Finding Common Ground: High-Conflict Custody Disputes

This program will explore how integrating legal and therapeutic frameworks can lead to more durable resolutions in high-conflict custody matters. It will draw on dual-discipline practices to address the emotional and psychological dynamics that drive conflict between co-parents, while covering mediation, arbitration, and collaborative strategies for steering disputes away from costly litigation. Together, the presenters will walk through how a settlement-focused mindset, informed by both courtroom experience and therapeutic insight, can be applied at every stage of a custody dispute. Attorneys will leave with practical tools for identifying when a collaborative or therapeutic approach is appropriate, how to work alongside co-parenting professionals, and what it takes to help families reach agreements that actually hold.