Zoom and In-person sessions offered.

JOY A. DRYER Ph.D

Payment Fees and Insurance for Mediation

PAYING FOR Mediation or Collaborative Divorce MY FEES. How much does mediation cost? My current fees are based on $350 per 60 minutes.  Can you pay with insurance? No.  Insurance, and out-of-network benefits, only cover psychotherapy. Can you afford it? If you can not afford my full fee, I will help you find a good […]

For Professionals

*If you have already chosen a divorce process, please print these forms and bring them to our first meeting.   FOR MEDIATION * Participation Agreement for Mediation Roadmap of the Mediation Process FOR COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE * Participation Agreement for Collaborative Divorce Coaching Roadmap of the Collaborative Divorce Process SONY DSC FOR BOTH MEDIATION AND COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE […]

Forms

Required Forms Before 1st Session Optional Forms Required Forms Before 1st Session If you have already chosen a divorce process, please print these forms and bring them to our first meeting.  * Participation Agreement for Mediation Roadmap of the Mediation Process * Participation Agreement for Collaborative Divorce CoachingRoadmap of the Collaborative Divorce Process *Registration form (for […]

Resources

RECOMMENDED READING A few books seem to stand out as especially helpful to couples and their families going through divorce or separation. Nearly all of these are available on-line from Amazon.com‘s divorce listings. For your convenience, click on either a book’s title or its image, and you will  be linked to Amazon.com for more information or ordering. * Denotes […]

Approaches to Mediation

FUNDAMENTALQUESTIONS We’ll review.  We’ll discuss how deeply to talk, and for how long (more than one session?)  What’s your current living situation?  And with whom?  What’s positive? Negative? About it? How did you get together?  What is the “purpose” of being together?  How was conflict  handled, and resolved,  in your family?  In your own life? […]

Getting Started

FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS Your History. Are you married? Living together? Or have some version of a “nontraditional” relationship? How did you get together? What was good then?   when/ what changed?   Why do you wish to split up?  Why NOW? What do you expect?  hope? will be different once you live separately?  Your values, the criteria […]

Intro to Divorce Mediation

YOU MAY BE DECIDED OR UNDECIDED ABOUT SEPARATING/ DIVORCING I can help you frame the right questions and your options at one of life’s most difficult times: As a Mediator as a general Divorce Consultant as a Collaborative Divorce Coach YOU MAY HAVE MANY QUESTIONS What’s the difference between separation and divorce?  Which  divorce process […]