We’re still learning about mental health issues, but we know they can have serious impacts on divorce.
Emotional Support And Divorce
How do you talk to children about death?
Children are still learning their feelings, so dealing with death can be challenging. How do you help them?
How do I know there’s gaslighting in my relationship?
This blog article is by Dr. Becky Davenport with the Institute for Couple and Family Enhancement in San Antonio, a mental health professional who works with the Law Office of on select cases. Gaslighting is a term that originated from...
How do I know if I’m experiencing financial abuse?
This blog article is by Dr. Becky Davenport with the Institute for Couple and Family Enhancement in San Antonio, a mental health professional who works with the Law Office of on select cases.In over 20 years of working with couples, I have...
How do I make back-to-school time less anxious for my kids during divorce?
This is the time of year when children are about to go back to school - or, if your children are in SAISD, they already have! It's a time of change. In some cases, it's a big change, moving from elementary to middle school or middle school to high school. Even for...
The Importance of Acts of Kindness
We joined the rest of the nation this past weekend in being saddened and angered by the El Paso and Dayton shootings. As Texans, the El Paso shooting hit us particularly hard; we know El Paso to be an incredible community, and knowing that someone traveled from...
Do women really initiate divorce more than men?
We recently saw an article that caught our attention regarding who in a marriage is more likely to initiate divorce. The study cited in a Psychology Today article noted, in a study involving more than 2,000 heterosexual couples, that nearly 7 in 10 divorces were first...
Is there a difference in how men and women are affected by divorce?
We came across a recent, fascinating article in Psych Central on the differences between men and women in divorce - particularly, in the emotional effects they experience. It serves as a good reminder that men and women do indeed have differences that need to be...
What are the benefits of being divorced?
"What are the benefits of being divorced?" It seems like an odd question to ask, particularly thinking about the emotional challenges facing people during and after the divorce, as well as the financial challenges it can bring. But in moving from the uncertainty of...
Parenting Plans for Children from 0-3 Years
This is one in a series of four articles, in a collaboration between Law Office of founder Lisa Vance and Dr. Becky Davenport, founder of the San Antonio-based Institute of Couple and Family Enhancement, looking at parenting plans in...