Beyond the Traditional Divorce Model: How a Professional Collaborative Approach can Create Better Outcomes for Separating Families
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Beyond the Traditional Divorce Model
How a professional Collaborative approach can create better outcomes for separating families
Separation is rarely just a legal process. It is a whole-of-life transition that can impact a person’s finances, emotional wellbeing, parenting, relationships, future security and more.
Yet the traditional approach to separation can see these issues addressed separately, often after problems have already emerged, and in a manner that can escalate confusion, conflict and costs.
What if there was a different way?
Join Collaborative Financial Accountant Natasha Milne, together with Collaborative Separation Facilitator and former family lawyer Kara Ockendon, for an informative session exploring how a professional Collaborative approach can better support separating individuals and families.
Together, Natasha and Kara will explore the why behind Collaborative Practice, the different roles of lawyers, facilitators, financial and other separation professionals, and how an interdisciplinary team can work together with both members of a separating family to reduce conflict and support better outcomes.
You’ll also be taken through how the Collaborative process works in practice, including interest-based negotiation, the pathway to resolution, and how professionals can connect with the growing professional community of Collaborative Practitioners.
Who's this for?
All professionals who may support separating individuals or couples.
Lawyers, Accountants, Financial Advisors, Psychologists, Counsellors, Mediators/FDRPs, Coaches, HR officers, EAP providers etc.
More information on Collaborative Practice
For more information on Collaborative Practice or to find a collaborative practitioner please head to the Queensland Association of Collaborative Practitioners: https://qacp.org.au/
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Natasha Milne
Natasha is the founder and director of Crux Forensic, and an accredited forensic accounting specialist and business valuation specialist (CA ANZ). She helps families get to the crux of their financial position to resolve family law and estate disputes. Natasha has 25 years of experience in accounting, with the past 18 years specialising in forensic accounting, litigation support services and business valuation. Prior to this, she practised in taxation and business services. Natasha prepares accounting reports used as expert evidence in Court and shadow expert and consulting services where expert reports are not required. Natasha is also a financial neutral in collaborative practice matters in family law and estate disputes. Natasha regularly provides training and presentations to solicitors, accountants, and other professionals on a range of accounting, forensic accounting, business interruption, assessment of damage and business valuation topics. She was also a guest lecturer in the forensic accounting courses at the Queensland University of Technology.
Kara Ockendon
Kara Ockendon is a Amicable Separation Specialist, Collaborative Separation Facilitator, Educator and Coach, with a professional background spanning family law, psychology and conflict resolution. With 15 years’ experience as a lawyer, Kara holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Psychological Science and is trained in Collaborative Practice and Conscious Uncoupling™. Kara supports individuals, couples and families to navigate separation with greater clarity, reduced conflict and a focus on healthier long-term outcomes. Within Collaborative Practice, she works as a neutral facilitator and coach, supporting both members of a separating family and the broader professional team to manage communication, emotional dynamics, conflict and decision-making throughout the process. Drawing on her combined legal, behavioural and coaching experience, Kara has a particular interest in the human dynamics that can drive and escalate conflict during separation, and in helping families and professionals approach these differently. Kara is also the founder of Thriving Divorce & Separation, where she develops and delivers affordable education, coaching and professional development focused on reducing post-separation conflict and supporting more conscious, collaborative approaches to separation.
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