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Basic Collaborative Training presented by Collaborative Professionals of Pierce County

May 6, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - May 14, 2025 @ 5:00 pm

What to Expect

The Uniform Collaborative Law Act (UCLA) was passed August 2013 in Washington State (RCW 7.77). It is the ideal time to add Collaborative Law to your practice! The Collaborative Law Professionals of Pierce County (CLPPC) is offering the basic training for all attorneys, mental health professionals, and financial professionals. This training is for new practitioners or seasoned professionals interested in refreshing their skills.

Training objectives include:

• Learn the basic theories, practices, and skills needed to effectively practice the Collaborative Law Process.

• Learn the Collaborative model as a dispute resolution process designed to work with interpersonal relationships and create client-centered solutions.

• Introduce interest-based negotiation and other problem-solving tools needed to successfully conclude cases.

• Understand the dynamics of interpersonal conflict in a divorce situation and how effective communication can transform conflict.

• The benefits of a professional Collaborative team (lawyers, mental health professionals and financial specialists) and the role each plays in the Collaborative Law Process.

• Why the Collaborative Law Process can be a healing process for clients and their children.

• How to assess client’s suitability for the Collaborative Law Process.

• Learn and observe the skills for taking a Collaborative case from the first interview to the final documents.

• Ethical considerations of Collaborative professionals.

• How to start your Collaborative practice.

Details

Venue

  • May 6, 7, 13, and 14, PM-5PM on Zoom EARLY BIRD PRICING until 4/15/25! 14.5 CLE credits (incl. 0.5 ethics) and 6.5 CEUs (provider #1975-272) for Psychologists, Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Mental Health Counselors by the National Association of Social Workers Washington Chapter through Collaborative Professionals of Washington. This training is taught by an interdisciplinary Collaborative team (attorneys, mental health professionals, and financial specialists), and will offer demonstrations, small group activities, role-playing, and hands-on practice. All attendees receive a manual with handouts, notes, and articles referenced in the training and a thumb drive containing valuable checklists, forms, handouts, and articles. Participants will have all the materials they need to start their Collaborative practice.