Be Aggressive in Marketing Your Skills as an Anderson and Anderson Provider

Too often we limit ourselves to thinking we provide only anger management classes and executive coaching. As there is no doubt that this is the mainstay of our business as providers, Mr. Anderson has given us the necessary training to provide a variety of services.

Three different types of programs are being utilized by the court systems that require a person that is trained to deal with angry people who cannot communicate with each other:

Conflict Resolution Program-used to lower resentments, improve communication, and remove adversarial barriers that prevent co-parenting. This program is also utilized in workplace disputes.

Parenting Coordinator-appointed by the court in several states to work with couples in high conflict. The parenting coordinator makes binding decisions when the couple cannot agree.

Collaborative Law-where people sign contracts with lawyers and agree not to go to court. Here, the term divorce coach is used to help parties agree to keep the situation amiable.

Family Law court is overwhelmed with contested divorce cases and motions being brought back before the court taking up long trial periods. Many of these arguments could have been resolved with qualified individuals who have experience dealing with people in high conflict and the emotional state that accompanies that conflict. With this in mind, Anderson and Anderson providers are a perfect match for this type of work. We have the most training and should market ourselves as such. Anger Management is the most critical element needed for the success of the above programs. Both lawyers and judges should be approached from the aspect of our ability to lower the adversarial element thereby not creating unworkable post-divorce custody situations and managing case flow better in the court system.



Frank Morales, M.S., CAMF

www.fsc-hsv.org

Family Services Center

Huntsville, Alabama