More resources about divorce and child custody

Helping Couples on the Brink of Divorce

Helping Couples on the Brink of Divorce

May 26, 2026

The second edition of this clinical guide details the process for helping mixed-agenda couples find the best path forward for their relationships.
Parenting Plan Evaluations

Parenting Plan Evaluations

May 26, 2026

This comprehensive guide will help you conduct scientifically sound, legally defensible child custody evaluations.

What the movies get right (and wrong) about relationships

July 23, 2025

Paul Eastwick, PhD, and Eli Finkel, PhD, talk about dating and relationship truths and myths in films
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New guidelines for child custody evaluationslogin required

October 1, 2024

Updated guidelines emphasize new research that better supports the best interests of the child
Family Evaluation in Custody Litigation

Family Evaluation in Custody Litigation

February 15, 2024

New in paperback. This book presents a well-regarded, evidence-based, step-by-step child custody assessment protocol for mental health professionals.
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Treating challenging couples caseslogin required

January 1, 2024

Specially trained psychologists are using evidence-based practices to help heal relationship fractures in challenging couples cases.
Once Upon My Dads' Divorce

Once Upon My Dads' Divorce

November 7, 2023

This book helps children understand the divorce of same-sex parents and how a child's living situation may change.
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Talking through practicalities of divorce later in life

November 1, 2023

Mental health clinicians can help people think through the practical implications of divorce, such as impact on caregiving and medical decision-making plans
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Navigating divorce after 50

November 1, 2023

The divorce rate for people later in life has doubled since 1990, presenting mental health challenges and opportunities for divorcees and their practitioners

Helping Couples on the Brink of Divorce: Discernment Counseling for Troubled Relationships

October 20, 2023

Explain the background, history, theory and research around discernment counseling, and apply the model and methods of discernment counseling to the three paths.