Valerie Frankel, LMFT
MFC 42238
Collaborative Divorce Coach
Coparenting Counseling
Parenting Plan Development
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms
—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
- Viktor E. Frankl
About Me
I am passionate about working with people who are divorcing to support them in working through the divorce process. If my clients have children, we focus on learning to coparent and work together more effectively.
Finding meaning in life events and learning to live with them is essential to me. I enjoy the newness of getting to know each person I am working with and meeting their individual needs as they go through the journey of divorce.
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Work Update & Specialties
Work Update
Collaborative Divorce Coaching
Coparenting
I have closed my private practice as of 7/1/22. My intention is to focus on the other areas of my work: collaborative divorce coaching, parenting plan development, and coparenting counseling.
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If you are one of my previous clients and need a referral for a new therapist, please email me.
Collaborative Divorce is a team approach to divorcing, where each client has their own attorney and divorce coach and we (along with a financial specialist and, if needed, a child specialist) work together to create a divorce that both clients can live with. I love being a part of this process as it truly works and keeps families out of the adversarial nature of going to court. For more information about Collaborative Divorce, visit Sacramento Collaborative Divorce Group.
As parents raise children together in two households, establishing a foundation of coparenting together positively impacts the well-being of their kids. I feel passionate about helping parents learn to co-parent with respect. In turn, this gives their children a healthy experience and definition of divorce. Coparenting counseling is done with both parents together in each session.
Our Families in Two Homes
I am excited to be using Our Families in Two Homes workbooks to help former couples navigate through coparenting with dignity and respect. The approach helps people listen to understand each other and work together toward figuring out what the best way to coparent together throughout their divorce and beyond. Children, both young and old, benefit from this approach. Find out more information about Our Family in Two Homes here.
Parenting Plans
I am trained to work with divorcing or separating parents to create a livable parenting plan for raising their children together. Parenting plans provides the foundation for coparenting in two households. As a neutral professional, I work with parents to decide what the guidelines are for raising their children, and this plan becomes an important part of their divorce agreement.
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