SAN FERNANDO VALLEY DISTRICT
Presenter: KATHY MEMEL, LMFT, Ph.D is a private Divorce & Child Custody Mediator and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist.
Kathy Memel often CoMediates with Family Law Attorneys. With this arrangement, couples can receive the benefits of the psychological as well as the legal expertise. Through education and fair negotiation, she specializes in helping parents cooperatively resolve child custody issues during separation, divorce, and post divorce. Together, they work towards creating positive Parenting Plans for their children, while at the same time working with the volatile emotions that can arise in custody cases. The finalized Parenting Plan gets incorporated in the parents Marital Settlement Agreement and filed with the court. Parents retain complete control over all decisions, while never having to step foot in a courtroom. Dr. Memel formerly worked as a Family Law Paralegal and assisted in handling 40 divorces a month for five years, She is a former Conciliation Court Family Mediator at the Los Angeles Superior Court, a former psychology teacher at Beverly Hills High School, and a Divorce CoParent Educator. Dr. Memel maintains a private Mediation and Psychotherapy practice in Beverly Hills and has more than 30 years experience in her field. Her website is www.drkathymemel.com
SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION: This presentation will be an introduction to increasing consciousness, awareness, and choices for parents going through separation, divorce, child custody, and parenting plan disputes. Effective communication tools and handouts will be offered so clinicians can begin to inform their clients about divorce options, understanding the needs and fears of children, parental fears, family trauma, grief and loss. Mediation is a cooperative rather than combative approach to settling disputes OUT OF COURT. Divorce is not the end of one’s family, it’s the BEGINNING of a family reorganization.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- What is mediation and how does it work? Case examples.
- What are the various ways people can divorce and how long does it take?
- Use of the Genogram to understand family patterns of behavior.
- Navigating the emotions of divorce and how they impact children.
- How to we tell our children, family & friends? What is the family “story”.
- How to create a workable parenting plan a step by step process.
- Limits of mediation: domestic violence, child abuse, addiction, psychopathology
- Law & Ethics: avoiding dual roles or giving recommendations
- Cultural Differences
- Divorce Recovery
The Sherman Oaks Galleria is located at 15301 Ventura Blvd. (Intersection of 101 and 405 freeways and corner of Ventura and Sepulveda). The Community Room is located on the 1st floor near the Cheesecake Factory and past Paul Mitchell Salon, and ATM.
Validation for Free Parking given at meeting
COORDINATORS: Tanya Moradians, PhD, LCSW 818 783-1881 or tmoradia@ucla.edu | Gloria Geesas, LCSW at 818 990-1053 or gegesaslcsw@gmail.com
All clinical disciplines are welcome and may attend at No charge. Attendees may go to any presentation regardless of its location. Students are encouraged to attend. Light refreshments are provided. Bring your flyers, brochures and business cards for networking and socializing. Society members earn 2.0 CE units at no charge. The cost for non-members to receive 2.0 CE units is $20. This presentation meets the qualifications for 2.0 CE units for LCSWs, ASWs, LPCCs and MFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
To sign up for membership or for more information contact info@clinicalsocialworksociety.org or Call 650 460-9210.
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