Kate Scharff, LCSW-C, LICSW

Kate Scharff, MSW, LCSW-C, LICSW is a psychotherapist, mediator, parent coordinator, divorce consultant, author, and senior Collaborative Divorce practitioner and trainer with over 35 years of clinical experience. She has taught and published widely in the areas of psychotherapy, divorce and Collaborative Practice. Kate has completed over 250 Collaborative cases in which she has served as coach or child specialist. She has conducted trainings nationally and internationally on a variety of topics, including interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice, divorce, high-conflict divorce, co-parenting, psychotherapy, and couple therapy. She is is the author of 4 books: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Therapy Demystified\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Navigating Emotional Currents in Collaborative Divorce: A Guide for Enlightened Team Practice\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" (ABA, 2014) and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Mastering Crucial Moments in Separation and Divorce: A Multidisciplinary Guide to Excellence in Practice and Outcome\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" (ABA, 2017)-- the latter two co-authored with Lisa and Herrick-- and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"We Need to Talk About Divorce: An Important Book About Separation, Step-Families and Feeling Heard\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" (for middle school children and their families). Kate maintains a private practice of general psychotherapy and divorce services in Bethesda, MD.