Couples & Parents: Real Tools, Real Results

Co-parenting involves navigating a range of emotions, from grief and anger to love and hope. Co-parenting counseling sessions provide a safe, supportive space for you and your co-parent to address conflicts, communicate effectively, and prioritize the needs of your children. Together, we work towards establishing healthy co-parenting dynamics that promote cooperation, respect, and collaboration.

From differing parenting styles and discipline approaches to managing transitions and navigating new relationships, co-parents face a myriad of challenges. Dr. Deb specializes in helping co-parents address these challenges head-on. Through personalized counseling sessions, she will  assist co-parents in developing strategies for co-parenting success, fostering open communication, and resolving conflicts amicably.

Book: Parenting After Divorce One Week at a Time
52 weekly habits, scripts, and checklists to make co-parenting calmer and more consistent—so kids feel safer, faster.

Child-centered, attachment-informed, practical.

I help families design parenting plans that work in real life—and guide you through calm, structured divorce planning that protects kids, time, and resources.

• Parents who want a clear, livable parenting plan
• Families aiming to avoid court escalation (mediation/collaborative)
• Co-parents navigating high stress, loyalty binds, or two-home transitions
• Professionals/families seeking a child-sensible Divorce Narrative

• Weekly schedule: rhythm, handoff times/locations, illness & snow-day backups
• Holidays & breaks: alternating patterns, travel windows, extended family traditions
• Decision-making: medical, school, activities, faith/culture; how to resolve disagreements
• Communication rules: where to message, response times, tone norms, information-sharing
• Transitions & handoffs: packing lists, meds/homework transfer, “goodbye/hello” rituals
• Technology & social media: devices, screen time, location sharing, posting permissions
• Special topics: neurodivergence supports, therapy coordination, new-partner introductions
• Review & repair clauses: when and how you’ll update the plan as kids grow

• Readiness & safety screen: right model (collaborative, mediation, staged approach)
• Issues list & priorities: what must be decided now vs. later
• Meeting design: short, focused agendas; roles; decision logs
• Between-meeting playbook: message templates and deadlines that keep momentum
• Team coordination: attorneys, financial neutral, other specialists 

I help couples lower stress, communicate clearly, and build everyday habits that protect your relationship while you welcome a baby. We’ll align on sleep, feeding, mental load, money, sex/affection, and family boundaries—so you feel like a team.

Who This Is For

• Expecting or new parents (prenatal → 12 months postpartum)
• Couples feeling stretched by sleep, schedules, and the mental load
• Partners wanting fewer blowups and faster repairs
• Second-time parents who want a smoother experience this round

Premarital counseling is a type of therapy that helps couples prepare for marriage. Premarital counseling can help ensure that you and your partner have a strong, healthy relationship — giving you a better chance for a stable and satisfying marriage. 

The goal of Premarital Counseling is help you identify weaknesses that could become problems during marriage, and facilitate new ways of healthy communication to discuss problems, resolving conflicts, and build dreams together.

Fast, practical prep before the wedding.
You’ll get: talk-map, money conversation prompts, division-of-labor plan, repair scripts.

More support + practice on tough topics (finances, faith/culture, families, blended kids).
You’ll get: weekly habits, a shared “relationship charter,” and a 90-day check-in.

When dates are close or schedules are tight.
You’ll get: focused agenda, live skills practice, 30-day action plan.

Design your financial and practical agreements in a collaborative law setting—respectful, private, and interest-based.

How it works

1. Fit & goals: We clarify what you want the prenup to do (security, fairness, family protections).
2. Team: Each partner retains a collaborative attorney; a financial neutral models budgets and projections. I can serve as neutral coach to keep talks calm and productive.
3. Meetings: Short, structured sessions turn values into clear provisions (disclosure, assets/debts, earnings/savings, home ownership, support expectations, inheritance, business interests).
4. Draft & review: The team drafts the agreement; we refine language together until it reflects your intent.
5. Future-proofing: Add review dates, life-event triggers (birth/adoption, career changes), and repair/mediation clauses so you can revisit with care—not conflict.

Why couples choose this

• Private, respectful process
• Full financial transparency with expert support
• Agreements that reflect your values, not boilerplate
• A healthier start than “winner/loser” negotiations

Important: I do not provide legal advice or draft the prenup. Your collaborative attorneys ensure compliance with your state’s requirements.

• A shared language for hard moments
• Shorter, kinder messages (and fewer spirals)
• A fair plan for money, roles, and decisions
• If chosen: a collaboratively drafted prenup aligned with your values

Mediation to Stay Married is a mediation process for couples who are experiencing marital problems or difficulties and who would prefer to stay together, work through their issues in a constructive way, who are willing to learn to resolve conflict and who wish to avoid divorce. 

Mediation to Stay Married is a practical, solution oriented approach to conflict resolution in which the couple identifies, brainstorms, negotiate and problem solve their own solutions to conflict.

Mediation to Stay Married is a more practical approach to solving conflict that relies on dispute resolution techniques. The superior benefit of Mediation to Stay Married is that it teaches conflict resolution, constructive communication and a deeper understanding of issues and conflicts.