The Family Law Attorney's Guide to the Difficult Divorce Client 

$129 USD

A four-part framework for knowing exactly what's stalling her decision, and what to say next.

 

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Instant access · 1.0 CLE Credit Hour · Certificate issued on completion

You’ve explained the options to your client. She understands the legal implications. You’ve answered the questions.

And she still can’t make the decision.

The problem may have very little to do with whether she understands your advice.

The Four Pillars Framework gives you a practical way to identify what is actually holding up the decision, so you know where to take the conversation next.

 

 By the end of this course, you'll be able to:

  • Understand why capable, intelligent women can present as difficult clients during divorce.
  • Name which of the Four Pillars, Identity, Self-Advocacy, Financial Security, or Trust, is driving a stalled decision.
  • Explain why that pillar matters and what happens to a case when it goes unaddressed.
  • Recognize a pillar in real time, from what a client says and does in the room.
  • Use the framework to move a stalled decision forward in the same conversation.
  • Apply everything in this course in your very next difficult client conversation
  • Use the framework in difficult client conversations while remaining firmly within the attorney's role.

 

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Four specific reasons clients stall.

Know which one you're dealing with.

Built from a decade of coaching divorced women through exactly this moment, this course gives you the framework for identifying what's behind a stalled decision, what each one sounds like in the room, and the question to ask once you know which one you're looking at. Not a guess. A tool you can use in your next difficult conversation.

The Payoff

What this means for you...

1. Better Client Alignment

Help her name what she wants, and advocate for something solid instead of a moving target.

2. A Practical Tool

A four-part framework that tells you what's really going on with a client who's stuck, and how to move the conversation forward.

3. More Efficient Case

Fewer meetings spent on the same unresolved issue, and no unnecessary delays in reaching a resolution.

And it changes something for her, too
Her Terms

Heard. Understood. Moving forward on her own terms.

Her Future

Grounded. Forward-facing. Deciding for the life ahead, not the one behind her.

Her Team

Supported. Well represented. Trusts her team, and refers you to her friends.

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Stop Guessing

Know exactly why your client is stuck, and exactly what to say to move her forward.

Move Forward

One question, asked at the right moment, can unstick a decision that's been sitting for weeks.

Advocate Better

Spend less time repeating advice she already understands, and more time on what's really in the way.

Who we are:

Experienced professionals with ten years of working directly with thousands of divorcing and divorced women

Mimi Sullivan

Financial Coach
Co-developer of the Four Pillars Framework. Coaching Essentials Certified Coach through the ICF-accredited Mindset Coach Academy, with a focus on the financial realities of divorce.

University of North Carolina

Carolyn Bilyak

CBT Life Coach · Human Development
Co-developer of the Four Pillars Framework. Coaching Essentials Certified Coach through the ICF-accredited Mindset Coach Academy.

Penn State University

Cynthia Von der Lehr

Licensed Clinical Social Worker · 30 Years of Experience
A couples and relationship therapist working with individuals and couples at every stage of a relationship, including separation and divorce.

University of Texas

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