Kathryn S Lazar, Esq., Author at Lazar, Schwartz & Jones

October 19, 2017

Splitting up or Divorcing? Top Ten Strategies to Maintain Your Sanity

Many divorce clients who meet with us for the first time are stressed out and imagining multiple horrible possible things that might happen. Most of those things won’t happen, but when anxiety takes over, it is hard to think straight. We ...

August 1, 2017

Getting Divorced? Put YOUR Oxygen Mask On: Five strategies for surviving a break up

One of the biggest challenges people experience when beginning the separation and divorce process is maintaining their sense of sanity. Most people experience a wide range of emotions, and get caught up in the details of their own personal life. ...

December 14, 2016

Holiday Blues

STRESS MANAGEMENT AT HOLIDAY TIME BEGINS WITH YOU There are many articles about ways to manage stressful family situations during the holidays, especially situations involving children. There are articles about two-house families post-divorce, blended families (yours, mine, ours), loyalty to multiple families, stress around step-families, toxic and dysfunctional families, ...

October 24, 2016

Divorcing and Difficult Conversations – Where to Begin

DEALING PRODUCTIVELY WITH CHANGE TAKES COURAGE — BUT IT’S WORTH THE EFFORT Getting separated or divorced often requires having many difficult conversations. Sometimes it is hard to know where to start. If you are in the process of divorcing or are ...

February 5, 2016

Introducing Your Spouse to the idea of a Collaborative Divorce

One of the collaborative lawyers we work with has written a good article about how to introduce your spouse to the idea of considering collaborative divorce. Take a look — it might help you broach a sensitive topic with your ...

January 12, 2016

Brett Jones elected Co-Chair of Collaborative Regional Group

We are pleased to announce that Brett E. Jones, Esq. of Lazar & Schwartz has been elected to Co-Chair the Executive Committee of the Hudson Valley Collaborative Divorce and Dispute Resolution Association for 2016-2017. In her capacity as Co-Chair, she ...

July 22, 2014

Comparing the Costs of Divorce: Mediation vs. Collaborative vs. Litigation

A recent article on the MSNBC website entitled More Couples Seeking Kinder, Gentler Divorces reports on an interesting study which compares the costs involved in mediated, collaborative and litigated divorces. The study was prepared by the Boston Law Collaborative and analyzed 199 ...

October 4, 2013

Kathryn Lazar selected to present advanced workshop at International Conference

The International Academy of Collaborative Practitioners is having its annual meeting in San Antonio this October, and has selected Kathryn to present an advanced workshop called “Creativity Through Comparative Law”. One of the distinctive features of collaborative divorce is that ...

February 15, 2013

Kathryn Lazar Accepts “Psychologically Healthy” Organizational Award

Hudson Valley Collaborative Divorce and Dispute Resolution Association Receives “Psychologically Healthy” Organizational Award, May 5, 2012 DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY- The Hudson Valley Collaborative Divorce and Dispute Resolution Association (HVCDDRA) is to be honored with the Hudson Valley Psychological Association’s Award in the ...

February 12, 2013

Collaborative Divorce Interdisciplinary Basic Training

A Collaborative Divorce allows the parties to draw upon the expertise of various professionals trained to help them arrive at solutions which promote their long term best interest. For any attorney, mental health professional, or financial specialist who is considering ...

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