We are experienced independent mediators, lawyers, divorce coaches , financial and mental health professionals. We have our own practices with separate offices, but frequently work together to help couples divorce respectfully.
Bridges Collaborative Divorce Solutions (“Bridges”) is able to adjust the scope of our professional assistance to try to meet each family’s unique needs in the most cost-effective manner. At an initial meeting with any Bridges professional, we will explain the following process options and how each choice may (or may not) meet the client’s and family’s needs:
We have limitless ways to help families, but the following five arrangements are most common:
Bridges Collaborative: We create a collaborative team to suit the family’s unique needs. This may include a child specialist for parenting plan work, a financial specialist for analyzing the level of financial support to be exchanged or complicated asset portfolios, divorce coaches for guidance with the natural emotional part of the restructuring family, or a vocational coach for a partner who needs to re-train or change careers. The team will work with collaboratively-trained attorneys in an amicable, respectful, and family-centered manner to problem-solve with clients toward their mutual goals and interests. One of the biggest advantages of the collaborative method is the open dialog and synergy created in a team atmosphere that is not seen in alternative methods of divorce.
Bridges À la Carte: Couples may wish to proceed with a divorce on their own, without use of a full-service attorney or mediator. Bridges professionals are available to provide unbundled services, which can include consultation with an attorney (for document review or legal information) or work with a coach (on child issues, family dynamics, financial analysis or vocational issues).
IACP
Bridges Divorce is a recognized practice group within the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals [IACP].
As a multidisciplinary practice group, we serve couples and families throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington.
IACP is an international community of legal, mental health and financial professionals working in concert to create client-centered processes for resolving conflict.
The mission of the IACP is to transform the way families resolve conflict by building a global community of Collaborative Practice and consensual dispute resolution professionals.