An Attorney Explains Collaborative Divorce (Video)

Attorney Alan Freed is interviewed on TV station KSDK about the collaborative divorce process. (Click the blue link to view the video.)

Freed explains how the collaborative divorce process works, how it is different from mediation, and the interaction of specialists (including mental health therapists) in the process. He also responds to the question about whether collaborative divorce is quicker than a traditional divorce. The interviewer asks if collaborative divorce attorneys have a hard time convincing clients to choose this route -- Freed responds that couples who have children, for example, choose collaborative divorce because they want to be able to have that parenting relationship after the divorce is finished. He also explains that most people going through a divorce are fearful of the process, and there are two ways to handle that fear: To ramp up into a battle or to understand they are fearful and work with a team to get through the process.