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March 14, 2010

Communicating with Your Co-Parent After Divorce

Divorce is difficult and life changing for the entire family. Sometimes partners need to separate because of conflicts too challenging to overcome. Luckily working together and effective communication can reduce the trauma of divorce or separation. Join Nurse Rona and guests, Andrew Lamden, a licensed clinical social worker specializing in children, families, and couples, practicing in Marin County, and Stephania Francone, of the Collaborative Practice of Santa Cruz County, as they discuss how to co-parent for the sake of children.

Guests:

Andrew M. Lamden, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Kentfield, CA. Drew has over 26 years experience working as a psychotherapist with teens, children, families, adults and couples. He works with individuals in counseling and psychotherapy. He specializes in work with families going through divorce as a therapist, mediator, Collaborative Divorce Coach and Child Specialist, Child Custody Evaluator, Court Appointed Special Master (recently renamed to “Parent Coordinator”), and co-parenting counselor. He has worked as a Clinician and on the School Services staff at the Center for the Family in Transition, with Drs. Judith Wallerstein and Janet Johnston. He is Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Northern California Mediation Center. He is the Director of Schools Program, and provides clinical supervision for Community Institute for Psychotherapy. He also provides clinical supervision for Apple Family Center, and is Clinical Consultant to A Home Within. He has developed and conducted student and parent groups in the schools, and consults to attorneys, various schools, mental health training programs, clinics, crisis and family court settings. He is also co-coordinator of the Marin Teen Mental Health Board. He is on the Clinical Faculty at Langley Porter, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCSF.

Stephania Francone, JD, has practiced civil, criminal, and administrative law in the Bay Area for over 20 years. After finding the litigation process often wounded all participants, she welcomed the Alternative Dispute Resolution model. She has been a Mediator since 1996 and Arbitrator for the San Mateo Superior Court from 1992 until her move to Santa Cruz in 1999. Since the nineties, she has sat as a Judge Pro Tempore for various Bay Area Counties, including San Francisco and Santa Cruz Counties. Since 2000, she has worked as an Administrative Hearing Officer Statewide and Santa Cruz County. Over the last two decades, she has integrated her own spiritual growth into her practice, including work at Mercy Center Convent in Burlingame, California, part of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and Twelve Step Programs. These organizations have given her a deep compassion and tools beyond legal - to help people during difficult conflicts and transition periods.

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March 21, 2010
Discipline Through the Lens of Temperament

Understanding a child’s behavioral style is a key ingredient to effective and respectful discipline. We’ll discuss strategies such as preparing a sensitive child for a new experience or helping an intense child calm down. Join three temperament experts, Nurse Rona Renner, Mary Kurcinka, author of Raising Your Spirited Child, and Kids, Parents, and Power Struggles, and Stephanie Agnew, a parent education coordinator at Parent’s Place in San Mateo County.


March 28, 2010
Talking with Teens without Guilt, Blame, and Miscommunication
This show is the final episode of a six-part series called Your Teen Matters: A Series on Navigating the Middle and High School Years.

Are you frustrated when your teen responds with one-word sentences or shrugs? Do you find yourself at a loss when whatever you say is met with defensiveness and anger? Parents of teens often resort to lecturing, blaming, grilling, and shaming as they attempt to keep their adolescent safe and on track. Join guest host Beth Samuelson, MA, of Student Organizational Services, to learn tools for effective communication with teens.