Consultation and Psychotherapy Services
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Lectures & Appearances
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Speaking Engagements (2008):
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March 26-29
Plenary Address: World Congress, International Family Therapy Association, Porto, Portugal
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March 31
Keynote Address: Family Law Institute, Minnesota Bar Association, Minneapolis, MN
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September 19-20
Training Workshop, Idaho Association of Marriage & Family Therapy (IDAMFT), Boise, ID
Speaking Engagements (2007):
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Thursday, April 19
Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, CA
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Thursday, April 26
What Children Want their Parents to Know about Divorce and Remarriage
Public Lecture, Calgary, Alberta (contact AFMS at 1-877-233-0143)
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Friday, April 27
Professional Workshop
Alberta Family Mediation Society, Calgary, Alberta
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Tuesday, May 1
Family Justice Services, Vancouver, B.C.
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Friday, May 18
Family Therapy Society, Moscow, Russia
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Thursday, June 21
Keynote, Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
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November 10-17
Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico
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Thursday, December 6
Workshop, Minnesota’s Collaborative Law Institute, and Public Lecture, Minneapolis,MN.
Speaking Engagements (2006):
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Friday, February 24
Fostering Resilience in Children and Families after Divorce, West Los Angeles, CA
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Saturday, February 25
Fostering Resilience in Children and Families after Divorce, Costa Mesa, CA
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Thursday-Sunday, March 9-12
Divorce, Remarriage and Stepfamilies: A Process of Family Change, Ashville, North Carolina
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Friday, May 5
Fostering Resilience in Children and Families after Divorce, Pasadena, CA
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Saturday, May 6
Fostering Resilience in Children and Families after Divorce, San Rafael, CA
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Friday & Saturday, June 2-3
Coparenting Specialist Training, San Diego, CA
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Monday, July 10
Canada National Family Law Program, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
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Media Events:
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Wednesday, July 14th--CBS Early Morning Show--8:00-9:00 edt
Click here to see her appearance!
- Thursday, September 23--NBC TODAY Show--9:00-10:00 edt
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Speeches and Workshops:
Topics Include
We’re Still Family: What Grown Children Have to Say About Their Parents' Divorce.
Based on her newest book, Ahrons presents findings from her 20-year study on divorced families. She summarizes her interviews with 173 young adults whose parents divorced twenty years ago and discusses implications for practice and policy. Providing sound, practical advice, professionals will gain new knowledge and skills to use in their work with divorcing families and with grown children whose parents are divorced.
The Long-term Effects of Divorce on Children
Dr. Ahrons presents and discusses the newest research findings on the long-term effects of divorce on children. After summarizing and evaluating the current findings she discusses how misinformation has guided current mental health practice and legal decisions. With a focus on custody, living arrangements and coparenting, Ahrons presents clear directives on the how to insure the “best interests of children.”
21st Century Families: Diversity and its Challenges
Although we all know that American families have changed in dramatic ways, we lack information about the characteristics of our diverse families and how they impact the people who live in them. As polarized discussions emerge about whether one family structure is better than another for children, new stereotypes have developed. In this talk, Dr. Ahrons discusses the range of family types and provides information about the challenges that each type present.
The Good Divorce: Keeping Your Family Together When Your Marriage Comes Apart
Ahrons addresses the negative myths that linger and reinforce an adversarial approach to divorce. She discusses the impact of the legal system and explains how it escalates conflict between divorcing parents. Providing the key essentials for a good divorce Ahrons gives concrete examples of how parents can achieve this goal.
The Postdivorce Family: A Neglected Treatment Area
Ahrons challenges current treatment approaches and provides a new brief consulting model. Using excerpts from her video, Making Divorce Work, she shows how to work with the whole family.
Stepfamilies After Divorce: Complex Relationships and Confusing Loyalties
Almost 90% of those who divorce remarry. Remarriage can be an even more distressing family transition than divorce. Ahrons identifies the pitfalls that stepparents often fall prey to and explains how remarried families are different from first married families.
Divorce: Why Has it Become the New Plague on Families?
Ahrons challenges prevailing beliefs and attitudes toward divorce and shows how they are steeped in fears about marriage. She shows how these fears inhibit social policies and support the current mythology that divorce inevitably destroys children and families. Her suggestions for needed changes in legal and court practices as well as current policies are innovative and far-reaching.
Interpreting Research Findings: Questions Judges, Lawyers and Mental Health Practitioners Need to Ask In this practical presentation, Ahrons explains the misuse of statistics and identifies how the non-researcher can easily learn to decipher the research jargon. She teaches how to evaluate a research sample and the research design and explains the misuse of such terms as “causal” and “correlational.” She provides a set of questions to use when reading research findings, including assessing whether the conclusions set forth by the researcher are consistent with the data presented.
Praise from Participants:
“One of the best seminars I’ve attended in years. Thought-provoking and applicable.”
- Alliant University
“Dr. Ahrons was superb. Her presentation was cutting edge and very well organized.”
- Los Angeles Psychological Association
“A great speaker! Insightful, helpful and practical.”
- Family Service, Baton Rouge, LA.
“Animated, excellent and knowledgeable presenter.”
- Family Therapy Networker
“Participants felt the quality of the workshop was superb. Not a single criticism registered.”
- Mount St. Mary’s College
-American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Partial Client List:
Family Mediation Association of Georgia
Minnesota and Wisconsin, Interprofessional Committees on Divorce
American Bar Association
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Loyola University Law School, Chicago
Los Angeles Psychological Association
Academy of Family Mediators
Los Angeles County Bar
Parent Teacher Association, Laguna, California,
Children’s Institute International
Center for Children and the Courts, State of California
Family Therapy Networker
Family Service of Milwaukee
Baton Rouge Family Service, Louisiana
Family Service of Worcester, MA
Erickson Couples Institute, West Coast Conference
Hennepin County Court, Minnesota
Association of Family Conciliation Courts
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
National and State Chapter Conferences: Washington, California, Florida, Wisconsin, Arizona, Alaska
University of Rochester Medical School
University of Houston
University of California Medical School, Irvine
California State University, Fullerton
Alliant University, California School of Professional Psychology
Kodak Corporation
U.S. Armed Services
Stepfamily Association of America
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers