Workshops

Divorce Reality Programs

Dell Deaton – Domestic Relations Mediator, Divorce Coach

Many people benefit from participating in professional workshops and support groups with others. You can be one of them.

Participants in my programs typically come away feeling less isolated. They feel heard and respected. Content helps them with perspective and positive self-direction. Facilitated discussions help them make important adjustments to their connections that will be necessarily different after marriages end.

• Divorce Recovery Workshop (basic, 5 week program)

• "Divorce Survival Day (1-day Divorce Recovery Workshop)

• Divorce Reality 2: Next steps (advanced) Divorce Recovery Workshop

• Seminars (typically 1-evening, stand-alone topics, 2½ hours each)

It has to work for you

Let's face it: You schedule was hectic enough before the word "divorce" became commonplace in your daily challenges. A divorce recovery workshop should give you tools for relief — without overloading your Palm Pilot, wall calendar, or sticky notes on the bathroom mirror.

So I offer four kinds of programming (including comprehensive Divorce Recovery Workshops in two formats, see below) through Divorce Reality Group here in Washtenaw County. I am solely responsible for the unique development, presentation, and facilitation for each of these.

You choose the one or more that best suits your lifestyle, information needs, and gut feel. For information on my contract programs at other locations, see below.

Divorce Reality Workshop 1™

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This is our comprehensive, 5-week "Divorce Recovery Workshop" addressing the basics of your transition into life after divorce. Participants range from those first considering marital separation, to those still looking for answers sometimes years after their Judgment of Divorces were entered.

We're here to help all of you.

• Our upcoming Divorce Reality Workshop 1 schedule: Next dates not yet scheduled.

Complete program and materials pricing is $<TBD>/person in advance, or $<TBD>/person at the door (space permitting). All sessions are held at our Saline location.

Divorce Survival Day™

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Some people feel left out of great programs simply because they can't commit to a multi-week schedule. Maybe you have a long drive. Work commitments are often a challenge. Or child care (if not coordinating predictable visitation plans) may be what's standing in your way.

Divorce Survival Day is addresses the must-cover areas of our Divorce Reality Workshop 1 in a format you'll complete in just 1 day (approximately 6 hours).

• Our upcoming Divorce Survival Day schedule: Next dates not yet scheduled.

Complete program and materials pricing is $<TBD>/person in advance, or $<TBD>/person at the door (space permitting). We meet at our Saline location.

Divorce Reality 2: New Attachments™

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This 3-week "after Divorce Recovery Workshop" addresses the next big question: How do I get it right next time?

Feel free to take this entire program, or register only for the one or two seminar modules most relevant to your situation.

• Week 1: "Relationship Basics"

• Week 2: "Dating"

• Week 3: "Remarriage"

We think you'll find Divorce Realty 2 an invaluable series — even if you aren't currently in a relationship.

• Our upcoming Divorce Reality 2: New Attachments schedule: Next dates not yet scheduled.

Complete program and materials pricing is $<TBD>/person in advance, or $<TBD>/person at the door (space permitting); register for any one session and materials for $<TBD>/person in advance, or $<TBD>/person at the door (space permitting).

We meet at our Saline location.

Divorce Reality Seminars™

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Throughout the year, we offer stand-alone seminars on leading topics of interest in divorce. There are no prerequisites or recommended preparations: We think you'll find the content and discussion applicable wherever you are in your divorce process.

All seminars run 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and are held at our Saline location.

• "Let Go of Your Divorce"

"Motives and techniques in moving on." Would you be surprised to hear that simple passivity can be one of your most effective tools to achieve this? We'll review practical applications and encourage you on through 17 key reality checks. You can let go — even of the most persistent attachments and post-divorce games.

• Scheduled for: Next dates not yet scheduled. Link to pre-registration form.

• "Divorced Parenting Tips"

...regardless of the age of your "children." We are parents first: Before we are "divorced" parents. Then comes co-parenting, step-parenting, and the differing impacts of divorce on children from younger ages all the way into, yes — the impact of divorce on your children when you divorce even after they've become adults.

• Scheduled for: Next dates not yet scheduled. Link to pre-registration form.

• "Trust after Divorce"

"Watch your step and look out for accidents." Whatever the betrayal that ended the intimacy of your marriage, how can you ever trust anyone again? Answer: By accident (I'm serious). We all believe in something, so this seminar lays out 14 reality checks to increase your chances of believing in the "right" thing.

• Scheduled for: Next dates not yet scheduled. Link to pre-registration form.

Contract presentations

Yes, I am available to present any of the workshop material listed here — and develop new content for specific needs -- on location. In the past this has included international organizations, local churches, and businesses.

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