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Category Archives: Support Groups
Someone always controls an interpersonal dynamic
Be careful when an organizational structure advocates co-anything as a leadership construct. Some divorce support groups favor co-facilitated discussions, typically led by a man and a woman out of some perception that this supports a better balance in participation, improvements via same-gender connect-ability. I’ve also seen divorce mediations similarly managed. In fact, all the better [...]
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Tagged as: bias, control, divorce mediation, divorce support groups, negotiation
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Have you thought about what your affiliations reveal?
An associate of mine who facilitates a divorce support group is also a “Friend” on Facebook. Last week, I was sitting in on one of her get-togethers to assist with a challenging participant situation. And as facilitator, she weighed in with a rather personal story of her own at one point, to make an empathetic connection. By [...]
Posted in Communication, Consequence, Legal Matters, Support Groups
Tagged as: confidentiality, divorce, divorce support groups, Facebook, privacy
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