Future Training
INTRODUCTORY INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE TRAINING
Date: Attendance at all five dates is required to be eligible for Certificate of Training. Please note, all times are in the Eastern Standard Time Zone.
| Thursday, February 27, 2025 | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
| Friday, February 28, 2025 | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
| AND | |
| Monday, March 3, 2025 | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
| Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
| Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM |
Location:
Live, Online Training. Recordings will not be made.
Course Description: This Team Training course is open to Attorneys, Financial Professionals, and Mental Health Professionals. It meets the training standards established by the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, and you will be prepared to begin practicing in this model. For those already Collaboratively trained, it will develop and enhance your skills as a Collaborative divorce professional and allow you to grow an effective Collaborative practice. This training is designed to improve the skills of practicing Collaborative professionals while building a thorough foundation for professionals new to the model. While the objective of this training is to assist professionals in developing their skills as Collaborative practitioners, you will be able to use the tools provided in many other professional settings.
CPTI Trainers:
- Jenny Kuszyk, LPC – Mental Health Professional
- Carl Mitlehner, CFP®, MSFS, CDFATM – Financial Specialist
- Paul Smollar, JD, AAML – Attorney
- Dillina Stickley, JD – Attorney
Learning Objectives: (Download sample Learning Objectives here.)
Please contact the CPTI Administrator for this course, Morna Moher, at CPTI.office@gmail.com or 571-353-1846 (EST) with any questions you may have.
Note: We are planning future training sessions and will post information in the very near future. Please check back or contact Paul R. Smollar, JD, AAML via email with questions regarding future training.
Previous Training
INTRODUCTORY INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE TRAINING | Wednesday and Thursday, March 20 and 21, and Monday through Wednesday, March 25 – 27, 2024 | Virtual, Online Training | CPTI Trainers: Bruce Avery, JD – Attorney, Jenny Kuszyk, LPC – Mental Health Professional, Carl Mitlehner, CFP®, MSFS, CDFA™ – Financial Specialist, Karen Robbins, JD – Attorney
INTRODUCTORY INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE TRAINING | Wednesday and Thursday, March 8 and 9, and Monday through Wednesday, March 13 – 15, 2023 | Virtual, Online Training | CPTI Trainers: Bruce Avery, JD – Attorney, Jenny Kuszyk, LPC – Mental Health Professional, Karen Robbins, JD – Attorney
INTRODUCTORY INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE TRAINING | Wednesday and Thursday, April 6 and 7, and Monday through Wednesday, April 11 – 13, 2022 | Virtual, Online Training | CPTI Trainers: Bruce Avery, JD – Attorney, Jenny Kuszyk, LPC – Mental Health Professional, Karen Robbins, JD – Attorney
INTRODUCTORY INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE TRAINING | Wednesday and Thursday, March 3 and 4, and Monday through Wednesday, March 8 – 10, 2021 | Virtual, Online Training | CPTI Trainers: Jenny Kuszyk, LPC – Mental Health Professional, Gigi Robson, CPA, CDFA™ – Financial Professional, Paul Smollar, JD, AAML, Collaborative Attorney, P. Marshall Yoder, MA, JD – Collaborative Attorney and Mediator
INTRODUCTORY INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE TRAINING | Friday, September 20 – Saturday, September 21, 2019 | Wharton, Aldhizer and Weaver, 100 S. Mason Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 | CPTI Trainers: Jenny Kuszyk, LPC – Mental Health Professional, Gigi Robson, CPA, CDFA™ – Financial Professional, Dillina Stickley, JD – Collaborative Attorney, P. Marshall Yoder, MA, JD – Collaborative Attorney and Mediator
MEDIATION & INTEREST-BASED NEGOTIATION SKILLS TRAINING | Tuesday, April 30 – Saturday, May 4, 2019 | Collaborative Practice Center of Greater Washington, 1630 Connecticut Ave, NW – 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20009 | CPTI Trainers: Barbara Burr, Esq., Collaborative Attorney and Lisa Herrick, PhD, Mental Health Professional
CREATING CHILD-FOCUSED PARENTING PLANS AN ADVANCED 1-DAY TRAINING FOR CLINICIANS, COACHES, MEDIATORS & ATTORNEYS* | Friday, January 25, 2019 | Wharton, Aldhizer and Weaver, 100 S Mason Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801 | CPTI Trainers: Barbara Burr, Esq., Collaborative Attorney, Adele D’Ari, EdD, Mental Health Professional, Lisa Herrick, PhD, Mental Health Professional
INTRODUCTORY INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE TRAINING | Friday, September 15 – Saturday, September 16, 2017 | University of Virginia Northern Virginia Center, 7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church, VA 22043 | CPTI Trainers: Sanford Cassel, PhD, Mental Health Professional, Lisa Herrick, PhD, Mental Health Professional, Debbie May, CPA, CFP®, CDFA™, Financial Professional, Dillina Stickley, Esq., Collaborative Attorney, Paul Smollar, Esq., Collaborative Attorney and Mediator
MEDIATION & INTEREST-BASED NEGOTIATION SKILLS TRAINING | Wednesday, March 1 – Saturday, March 4, 2017 | The Collaborative Practice Center of Greater Washington, 1630 Connecticut Ave, NW – 4th Floor, Washington, DC, 20009 | CPTI Trainers: Barbara Burr, Esq., Collaborative Lawyer & Mediator, and Lisa Herrick, PhD
INTRODUCTORY INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE TWO-DAY TEAM TRAINING | Friday, March 18 – Saturday, March 19, 2016 |St John Lutheran Church, 4608 Brambleton Ave, Roanoke, VA 24018
AN ADVANCED TWO DAY TRAINING FORUM | Friday, May 15 – Saturday, May 16, 2015 |University of Virginia Northern Virginia Center, 7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church, VA 22043
TWO-DAY TEAM TRAINING | Friday, January 30 – 31, 2015 | University of Virginia Northern Virginia Center, 7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church, VA 22043 | CPTI Trainers: Lonnie Broussard, CFP®, CFDA™ Financial Specialist; Barbara Burr, Esq., Collaborative Lawyer & Mediator; Sanford Cassel, PhD, Mental Health Professional; and Paul Smollar, Esq., Collaborative Lawyer & Mediator
INTEREST BASED NEGOTIATION & MEDIATION SKILLS TRAINING | May 14 – 17, 2014 | University of Virginia Northern Virginia Center, 7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church, VA 22043
THREE-DAY COLLABORATIVE TRAINING | February 27 and 28, and March 1, 2014 | Fort Magruder Hotel and Conference Center | 6945 Pocahontas Trail, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | CPTI trainers are: Kimberly Fauss, JD; Marshall Yoder, JD; Adele D’Ari, EdD; Sanford Cassel, PhD; Gigi Robson, CPA & CDFA™; Lisa Schenkel, JD; and Cheryl Watson Smith, JD.
Two-Day Parenting Plan Training | September 27 and 28, 2013 | The Collaborative Practice Center of
Greater Washington, Washington, DC | Trainers: Barbara Burr, JD; Lisa Herrick, PhD; Kate Scharff, MSW | Day 1: The Nuts and Bolts of Creating a Deep and Durable Parenting Plan and Day 2: Parenting Plan Boot Camp: An experiential, all-day, facilitated role play opportunity to work with colleagues in simulated meetings and learn how to work with the couple’s emotional dynamics. This Parenting Plan training was a wonderful experience for our learners, and the trainers, Barb Burr, Lisa Herrick and Kate Scharff. About 20+ attendees filled our ranks, and we found it a stimulating and successful two days for all.
3-Day Introductory Collaborative Team Training sponsored by the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) | June 24 – 26, 2013 | The Judiciary Education and Conference Center, 2011 Commerce Park Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401 | CPTI offered this for a fourth time. The training is part of the State of Maryland’s plan to train large numbers of Maryland family law attorneys in Collaborative Practice. Maryland AOC offered this training FOR FREE, in exchange for a pledge from each attendee to provide one pro-bono Collaborative case within one year.
30-hour Mediation & Interest-Based Negotiation Skills Training April 24 through April 27, 2013 |
Collaborative Practice Center of Greater Washington, 1630 Connecticut Ave, NW – 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20009
CPTI Trainers: Barbara A. Burr, Esq., Collaborative Lawyer & Mediator; Lonnie Broussard, CFP®, CDFA™ Financial Specialist; and Lisa Herrick, PhD, Mental Health Professional. Training met the IACP mediation training requirement for Collaborative Professionals. Continuing Education Credits available as explained on Registration Form.
3-Day Collaborative Divorce Team Training January 31 – February 2, 2013 at The Country Club of Fairfax – Fairfax, Virginia – The 3-Day Collaborative Divorce Team Training is a multidisciplinary training that meets the requirements of the IACP for basic Collaborative training of lawyers, mental health professionals, and financial experts.
Financial Neutral Collaborative Divorce Advanced Training – Rockville, Maryland – September 19, 2012
Trainers: Trainers: Debora E. May, CPA/CFP®, CDFA™; Lonnie Broussard, CFP®, CDFA™
Advanced Training in Interest Based Negotiation Skills – Birmingham, Alabama – September 8, 2012
Three Day Interdisciplinary Collaborative Training – Birmingham, Alabama – September 5, 6, 7, 2012
Third AOC 3 Day Introductory Collaborative Team Training in Annapolis, August 2012 – Annapolis, MD – training Maryland attorneys for the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts – 64 attorneys participated from all over the state.
ADVANCED, TWO DAY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE TRAINING, Columbus, Ohio, Dates: April 27 – 28, 2012 – Day One: Navigating the Emotional Currents of Collaborative Divorce and Day Two: Having Difficult Conversations: Communicating Effectively to Improve Relationships and Solve Problems
Second AOC 3 Day Introductory Collaborative Team Training in Annapolis, March 2012 – Annapolis, MD – training Maryland attorneys for the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts – 110 attorneys participated from all over the state.
3-Day Introductory Team Training – October 13, 14 and 15, 2011 – Falls Church, VA
CPTI presented an all day Institute, and three workshops at IACP’s12th Annual Networking and Educational Forum – October 2011 – San Francisco, CA
30-Hour Interest-Based Negotiation and Mediation Skills Training – September 11, 12, 13 and 14, 2011 – Natural Bridge, VA
Two Day Advanced Training in Creating a Collaborative Parenting Plan June 3 and 4, 2011 – Washington, DC
Collaborative Divorce Three‐Day Team Training March 24, 25 and 26, 2011 – North Carolina
Three Day Collaborative Training for Maryland Lawyers and Judiciary, March 2, 3 and 4, 2011 – Maryland
Three-day Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training November 11, 12 and 13, 2010 – Roanoke, Virginia
30 Hour Interest Based Negotiation and Mediation Skills Training September 29, 30 and October 1, 2, 2010
Creating a Deep and Durable Collaborative Parenting Plan One day training for mental health professionals
and attorneys – May 15, 2010
Jumpstarting Your Collaborative Practice 3-hour Evening Workshop for Attorneys
3-Day Introductory Interdisciplinary Team Training, Gaithersburg, MD, March 4th, 5th, and 6th, 2010
Jumpstarting Your Collaborative Practice, Charlottesville, VA, 16 November 2009
Emotional Dynamics of Collaborative Divorce- Understanding our Team Functioning, Charlottesville, VA, November 2009
Three-day Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training, Virginia Beach, VA, May 2009
Three-day Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training, Columbia, MD, May 2009
Grievance Procedures Available upon request or please request from CPTI Administrator.
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