While We Heal - Home of Parents' Commitments to Their Children

Our Professionals Corner is filled with articles that may benefit the professional involved in mediation and divorce. Whether you are an attorney, a counselor or a mediator, there is something for you in this corner of our website. To read any article, marked with a PDF icon, you will need the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader^TM . If you do not have it, you can download it quickly by clicking HERE Some of the other articles are links to other websites. Click on them and a new window will open.

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DEALING WITH GRIEF AND SEPARATION
Various resources that will help you cope with your separation and grief

The Loyalists
A story about grief

Finishing the Grieving
Various resources that will help you cope with your separation and grief.

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EXAMPLES OF COMPLETED WORK FROM THE WEBSITE
These two sample documents are an excellent short introduction to WhileWeHeal.org, showing what parents create as guides to their future interaction.

Sample Agreed Commitments of Parents
One set of parents' Commitments to their children during their family's conflict. (This takes a moment to load.)

Compliments
Some of the best compliments and positive memories we've seen from fathers and mothers

Exercises
Sample responses to Exercises A through D.

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I. A PREVIEW FOR PROFESSIONALS
This introductory article and proposed rule show pressionals another way--cooperation.

Introductory Memorandum to Professionals
In addition to explaining how the website can help your work with parents, this memo includes court rules, court orders, and professionals' correspondence referring parents to this work.

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A Rule for Cooperative Divorce Law
This proposed rule could be tailored to give any American jurisdiction a way to convert parents and attorneys from mere problem-reporters into problem-solvers.

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LEGAL RESOURCES
While this section does not and can not substitute for good legal advice and counsel, the life jackets may assist you in finding a good attorney.

In Search of a Sensible and Dependable Attorney
Practical advice to help you find an attorney

MARRIAGE SAVERS
If there is still any hope that the marriage can be saved, these resources may help.

Retrouvaille
A program to help couples heal and renew their own marriage relationship

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