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Mastering the Balance: Making the Collaborative Process Safe in the Face of Power and Control Dynamics Presented by: Barb Burr, Esquire and Natalie Goldberg, LCSW Wednesday, March 12, 2025 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Zoom More to come on this follow-up topic to February’s Member Meeting: Power, Control, and Influence: A Framework for Identifying and Understanding Power and Control in Collaborative Cases. Please note: This meeting will be conducted by Zoom. Please contact the DCACP Adminstrator at DCACP.office@gmail.com for more meeting information. Kindly submit an RSVP below to record your attendance. Read More

Power, Control, and Influence: A Framework for Identifying and Understanding Power and Control in Collaborative Cases Presented by: Barb Burr, Esquire and Natalie Goldberg, LCSW Wednesday, February 12, 2025 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Zoom Please be on the lookout for more details to come! Please note: This meeting will be conducted by Zoom. Please contact the DCACP Adminstrator at DCACP.office@gmail.com for more meeting information. Kindly submit an RSVP below to record your attendance. Read More

When Your Collaborative Case Starts Circling the Drain…. Stuck Cases: When- and How- We Should Start Talking “Termination?” Or Effectively Try to Save the Process Facilitated by: Lisa Herrick, PhD and Rebecca Shankman, JD Panel discussion: Sarah Zimmerman JD, Steve Goldman JD, Cynthia Radomsky JD and Sue Soler, LCSW Wednesday, January 8, 2025 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Zoom We love the Collaborative model – and more importantly – we believe in it. The worst moments in our work come when we feel we have tried “everything” to move the clients toward resolution – or even just a few steps forward – and we find ourselves back at the ugly hurdle we faced last month and the month before. Or we realize some or all of us on the team no longer believe that a resolution is possible. What the heck do we do then? This presentation will review those very tough questions, and examine some of the ingredients that can create that awful moment. We will also dig into the pragmatic questions of how as a professional dedicated to helping our client(s), or as a team, we can regroup, step back, and brainstorm process options to escape the funnel circling the drain. We will also explore how – as a team – we can assess the necessity and wisdom of facing the option of termination with our client(s). And if it appears to be necessary to go that route, what steps should we take to provide the very best support to our clients that we can – even if the case itself sinks beyond saving. Please note: This meeting will be conducted by Zoom. Please contact the DCACP Adminstrator at DCACP.office@gmail.com for more meeting information. Kindly submit an RSVP below to record your attendance. Read More

Holiday Social Friday, December 13, 2024 Come celebrate the Holiday season and connect with your Collaborative colleagues at this in-person event! Details to come! Read More

End of Year Social Wednesday, June 11, 2025 Come celebrate the end of DCACP’s Collaborative year and connect with your Collaborative colleagues at this in-person event! Details to come! Read More

Without a Crystal Ball? Uh Oh…. How Do We Accurately Predict a Successful Collaborative Case? Screening; Setting Expectations; Seeing Beyond the Clients’ Presentation of their Case Presented by: Lisa Herrick, PhD and Rebecca Shankman, Esquire Wednesday, November 13, 2024 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM Sometimes we think clients are delightful and the case will be “easy,” but then we are taken by surprise when we start hitting bumps, resistance, non-compliance, and resentment – from one client – or YIKES – from both! Other cases appear challenging from the start, we buckle up and create a strong team…yet the challenges become so impossible we find ourselves questioning our own judgement in agreeing with those clients to follow a Collaborative model. This program will look at techniques and approaches we could include in our screening of new cases and new clients to make the path forward a bit more predictable. We will also discuss the role of setting expectations with clients at the start, and then at different steps throughout the process in the effort to avoid some of the deadlocks, and push-backs, we ultimately have to navigate. When is it time to “call it?” To advise a client to terminate, or to discuss with our teammates the dreaded option of withdrawing? Tune in for THAT discussion in January! Please note: This meeting will be conducted by Zoom. Please contact the DCACP Adminstrator at DCACP.office@gmail.com for more meeting information. Kindly submit an RSVP below to record your attendance. Read More

DCACP End of Year Party Read More

End of Year Holiday Party A Joint Celebration Between CDRP and DCACP! Members and their guests of the Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals and the DC Academy of Collaborative Professionals are invited to gather and celebrate the end of the year together! Read More