“It takes two or three years to process the emotional agenda (of divorce) and lawyers who aren’t trained in this, that don’t understand this, are adding gasoline to the fire when they align with the emotional agendas of their clients. A lot of transference and counter-transference takes place. The lawyers bring their own personal agendas to the case…
What we’re learning now is that divorce is really a mental health issue, more than it is anything else. If we can bring mental health professionals into the equation early on, we can make a huge difference in terms of saving time, saving money and more importantly, protecting children.”
— Ron Supancic, as interviewed by Karyn Foley during a 2007 Calabasas Author’s Night.
Calabasas Author’s Night – The Real Cost of Ending a Marriage from The Law Collaborative on Vimeo.
