Renegotiating Family Relationships (eBook)

Robert E. Emery, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on family relationships and children’s mental health, with interests including parental conflict, divorce, mediation, child custody, family violence, genetically informed studies of family life, and associated legal and policy issues. He has authored over 150 scientific publications. His other books on divorce include Marriage, Divorce, and Children’s Adjustment, Second Edition, and The Truth about Children and Divorce: Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive. He also is coauthor, with Thomas F. Oltmanns, of Abnormal Psychology, Seventh Edition. Dr. Emery maintains a private practice as a clinical psychologist and mediator and is the father of five children.

1. Conflicting Perspectives: His and Her Divorce2. Beyond Anger: Pain, Longing, Fear, Guilt, and Grief3. Grieving Divorce: The Leaver and the Left4. Renegotiating Relationships I: Separating Marital and Parental Roles5. Renegotiating Relationships II: Two-Parent Divorced Families6. Divorce and Custody Law: Perfect Problems, Imperfect Solutions7. Negotiating Agreements I: Setting the Stage and the First Mediation Session8. Negotiating Agreements II: Identifying Issues, Brainstorming Options, and Drafting Parenting Plans9. Mediation Research: A 12-Year Randomized Study