SACPA to discuss issues from divorces

Divorces are difficult. But there are tips available to those who are going through it.

On Thursday, during the regular weekly SACPA session, set for noon at the Royal Canadian Legion, speakers Robert Harvie, Cyndi StarzykFrey and Harvey Labuhn will present: “How can the Trauma Children Experience in High Conflict Divorce Cases be Minimized?”

Harvie has practised law in Lethbridge for the past 27 years, now solely in the area of family-law litigation and family-law dispute resolution with emphasis on property and financial disputes.

Starzyk-Frey has been a child and family therapist in Lethbridge for 18 years. She is a trained child specialist/parenting coach in the Collaborative Divorce Model, a member of the Lethbridge Collaborative Divorce Group, and a psychology/sociology instructor at Lethbridge College.

Labuhn is a chartered professional accountant and chartered business valuator with more than 35 years of public accounting experience and extensive experience as a financial professional in collaborative divorce.

The speakers will argue that it’s important to deal with your angst or anger on your own, with supportive friends or a counsellor, out of the children’s presence. They will further describe how an ugly divorce conflict can severely damage children.