My Approach to Helping

Relationships are big challenges. Who are we when we interact with those around us? Do we let others see us for who we really are? Can we see them? I specialize in working with individuals and couples as they try to manage their relationships: preserving them, ending them or changing them. This includes the effects of divorce and moving from a pre-divorce to a post-divorce family, whether through the court system or Collaborative Divorce, a process designed to help couples take control over the decisions that will impact their lives for many years, without going to court. While going through a divorce you might feel isolated and alone as you face legal issues, emotional turmoil, concerns for your children and financial questions. I will work with you to address your feelings, perhaps of anger, confusion and loss which can impair decision-making at this critical time. Divorce is an emotional event with legal and financial ramifications, not a legal and financial event with emotional consequences. As a family therapist, I will help you be clear about what is most important to you, the entire family, and especially the impact of divorce on your children.

More Info About My Practice

Co-Parenting: Communicating for Results (C4R) - Unplanned Conversations is a day-long experientialskill-building course. Parents experiencing divorce will learn how to improve their communication skills with a focus on creating a more effective co-parenting relationship for their post-divorce family. Go to drtuchman.comevents for more information.

We will practice these communication skills in the context of common co-parenting experiences. You will explore your common communication patterns while learning how to transform them into more positive interactions in the future.

Go to drtuchman.comevents for more information.

My Blog Posts

• After Divorce: When Children Resist Seeing One Parent
• 6 Considerations for Helping Young Children through Divorce
• 5 Good Reasons to Try Co-Parenting Therapy
• What We Know about How Young Children Experience Divorce
• Forgiveness and Divorce: 14 Considerations
• 15 Things Children Want You to Know About Divorce
• With Divorce, the Only Certainty Is Uncertainty
• Divorce and Social Networking Sites
• Addressing the Problems in Your Marriage Before It's Too Late
• Common Considerations for Children Coping with Divorce
• 11 Reasons to Choose a Collaborative Divorce
• Creating Divorce Rituals with Your Children
• Who Gets Which Friends?
• How Parents Make it Difficult for Children to Love Their Other Parent
• Five Rights Your Children Should Have in Your Divorce
• Dating after Divorce: Blending Families
• The Greek Chorus and Your Divorce
• Can My Child Choose Which Parent to Live With?
• To Divorce or Not to Divorce, That Is the Question
• Conflict and Co-Parenting: Mediums of Communication
• Five Considerations When Telling Your Children You Are Getting Divorced
• Shielding Children from the Details of Divorce: How to Manage Information
• Rights of First Refusal
• Ten Ingredients to Have in a Parenting Plan
• Curious about Curiosity?
• Bird Nesting: Advantages and Disadvantages of this Custody Option
• Child Custody Mediation with a Mental Health Professional
• Separated Parents: Six Ways to Manage Holiday Scheduling
• Easing Co-Parenting Communication: Scheduling and Organizing Websites
• Divorce is a Family Process: Finding the Right Professional Support
• Parallel Parenting: Minimizing Conflict for Children's Sake
• Dating After Divorce: Introducing Your Children to a New Partner
• The First Steps to Divorce