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March 14, 2010

Communicating with Your Co-Parent After Divorce

Divorce is difficult and life changing for the entire family. Sometimes partners need to separate because of conflicts too challenging to overcome. Luckily working together and effective communication can reduce the trauma of divorce or separation. Join Nurse Rona and guests, Andrew Lamden, a licensed clinical social worker specializing in children, families, and couples, practicing in Marin County, and Stephania Francone, of the Collaborative Practice of Santa Cruz County, as they discuss how to co-parent for the sake of children.

Guests:

Andrew M. Lamden, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Kentfield, CA. Drew has over 26 years experience working as a psychotherapist with teens, children, families, adults and couples. He works with individuals in counseling and psychotherapy. He specializes in work with families going through divorce as a therapist, mediator, Collaborative Divorce Coach and Child Specialist, Child Custody Evaluator, Court Appointed Special Master (recently renamed to “Parent Coordinator”), and co-parenting counselor. He has worked as a Clinician and on the School Services staff at the Center for the Family in Transition, with Drs. Judith Wallerstein and Janet Johnston. He is Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Northern California Mediation Center. He is the Director of Schools Program, and provides clinical supervision for Community Institute for Psychotherapy. He also provides clinical supervision for Apple Family Center, and is Clinical Consultant to A Home Within. He has developed and conducted student and parent groups in the schools, and consults to attorneys, various schools, mental health training programs, clinics, crisis and family court settings. He is also co-coordinator of the Marin Teen Mental Health Board. He is on the Clinical Faculty at Langley Porter, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCSF.

Stephania Francone, JD, is a UC Hastings Law School graduate, a licensed California Lawyer, Collaborative Law Attorney, Divorce Mediator and Administrative Law Judge practicing in Santa Cruz County and the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Stephania has been helping individuals and families resolve their legal disputes for over 20 years in and out of court. Over a decade ago Stephania made a observation that the litigation process often wounded all participants, even the so called “winners” and decided to build on her past work as a San Mateo Superior Court Arbitrator. She assisted the director of Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center and after her training as a community mediator conducted 3 panel mediations for PCR Center. Stephania also became a professionally trained and certified attorney-mediator and was selected to be in the first assembled panel of the San Mateo Superior Court’s Pilot Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, the first such program in the State of CA. Stephania’s other neutral legal work includes appointment to the Santa Cruz County Superior as a Judge Pro Tem to preside over various types of civil and criminal matters and render Decisions and selection as a California as Administrative Hearing Officer presiding over mobile home disputes in Santa Cruz County and through the State and presiding over administrative hearings involving land use and code compliance in the County of Santa Cruz.

Since 2004 and currently the focus of Stephania’s practice is on working with individuals, couples, and entities as a Collaborative Law Attorney, Mediator, administrative law judge and divorce lawyer. Over the last two decades she has integrated her own spiritual growth into her practice, including her Jungian and transpersonal training and experience at Mercy Center in Burlingame, California, part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and her beloved Twelve Step Programs. Her work and dedication in and with these organizations have not only provided her with a solid foundation for her work as a Collaborative Law Lawyer and a Collaborative Law Divorce Attorney but also have given her a deep compassion and tools beyond legal - for those who seek her legal assistance during times of great difficulty, conflict and transition.

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March 21, 2010
Discipline Through the Lens of Temperament

Understanding a child’s behavioral style is a key ingredient to effective and respectful discipline. We’ll discuss strategies such as preparing a sensitive child for a new experience or helping an intense child calm down. Join three temperament experts, Nurse Rona Renner, Mary Kurcinka, author of Raising Your Spirited Child, and Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, and Stephanie Agnew, a parent education coordinator at Parent’s Place in San Mateo County.


March 28, 2010
Talking with Teens without Guilt, Blame, and Miscommunication
This show is the final episode of a six-part series called Your Teen Matters: A Series on Navigating the Middle and High School Years.

Are you frustrated when your teen responds with one-word sentences or shrugs? Do you find yourself at a loss when whatever you say is met with defensiveness and anger? Parents of teens often resort to lecturing, blaming, grilling, and shaming as they attempt to keep their adolescent safe and on track. Join guest host Beth Samuelson, MA, of Student Organizational Services, to learn tools for effective communication with teens.