Sandra Dopf

Sandra Dopf is the founder of Emerge Victorious, LLC. She is passionate about working with individuals, couples and families going through divorce to resolve their divorcing issues in the least destructive path for themselves, their children and their future. Sandra is equally passionate about working with people as they transform their lives after the divorce. Sandra Dopf holds advanced trainings and certifications in: Crisis Counseling Transformational Counseling Trained in the Collaborative Law Process Master Level Certified Coach Over 100 hours of video trainings with the American Association of Christian Counselors Certified Trainer in the field of Mediation Author and Speaker Her latest book, “Emerge Victoriously as you rebuild your life after divorce” is now available. To learn more about Sandra Dopf visit Emerge Victorious.

Ashley Freeman

Dr. Ashley Freeman has participated in Collaborative Divorce training and has seven years of experience working with children, families, adults, couples, and groups that she brings to her work as a Divorce Coach. Dr. Freeman works to help her collaborative divorce clients explore their interests, needs, and reactions in a supportive, nonjudgmental and genuine environment. She helps them to identify and improve communication patterns as well as to unearth the underlying emotions or interests fueling the conflict, so they can be well prepared to be effective in negotiations with their spouse. Dr. Freeman is skilled at assisting clients identify both their individual and collective interests in order to help make the collaborative divorce process as smooth and amicable as possible, resulting in making well-informed decisions and agreements. In particular, her specialized expertise as a group therapist has equipped her with a keen eye for communication patterns among the parties involved in the process, as well as among the professional team members assisting the parties. She has found this experience to be very useful in improving communication among spouses and team members, and helping the process go as smoothly as possible. Please visit www.lepageassociates.com for in-depth information on Dr. Freeman and Lepage Associates.

Nicole Imbraguglio

Dr. Nicole Imbraguglio is a specialist in children, adolescents, and families. She holds her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Interpersonal Dynamics, and a Master’s degree in Community and Clinical Psychology. Dr. Imbraguglio has coached parents experiencing the following that are many times associated with separation and divorce and get in the way of reaching settlement: anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, stress, physical symptoms of stress, and anger. Her dissertation examined how people in relationships respond to changes in their partner’s interpersonal approach, in particular responses to verbal aggression; this knowledge makes her excellent at coaching couples to effectively communicate during divorce negotiation meetings which can become tense .Dr. Imbraguglio’s concentration in Interpersonal Dynamics makes her highly skilled in coaching people to maintain and/or rebuild relationships during and after divorce; she works to help parents and children stay connected and work through difficult feelings surrounding the divorce, and to help people develop an effective co-parenting relationship. Dr. Imbraguglio is extensively trained in both the Full Team Model and Referral Model of Collaborative Divorce, and served as a Divorce Coach on the first Full Team CD in the Triangle. She has developed and conducted psychoeducational classes and outreach programs in several topics often relevant in separation and divorce: Stress & Anger Management, Substance Abuse, Depression, and Relationship Building. Please visit www.lepageassociates.com for in-depth information on Dr. Imbraguglio and Lepage Associates.

Katrina Kuzyszyn-Jones

Dr. Katrina Kuzyszyn-Jones utilizes her training in coping skills and conflict resolution to help adults, children and teenagers deal with issues of separation and divorce. As a Divorce Coach, she assists individuals in working through the challenges and stress that separation and divorce bring to everyday life, and helps them be effective communicators in negotiations. She finds that a combination of empowerment and coping skills is especially useful to people experiencing difficult life transitions. In addition, Dr. Kuzyszyn-Jones works as Child Specialist for those using the Collaborative Divorce process. She helps parents communicate with one another and their children, understand the difference between their ‘rights’ and their child’s ‘rights,’ and develop parenting plans with their child’s and family’s best interests in mind. Her understanding of family and individual dynamics allows her to holistically view the custody situation. Dr. Kuzyszyn-Jones is extensively trained in both the Full Team Model and Referral Model of Collaborative Divorce. She served as a Divorce Coach on the first Full Team CD in the Triangle, and currently serves on the Executive Committee of NCACDP. Having also worked in very high conflict divorces litigated in family court, she has witnessed the long-term damaging effects a hostile divorce process can create, and encourages families to consider Collaborative Divorce models when deciding upon their divorce process, and thus avoid the distress caused within the traditional adversarial divorce process. Please visit www.drkatrinakjones.com for in-depth information on Dr. Kuzyszyn-Jones.

Tina Lepage

Dr. Tina Lepage was the first psychologist in the Triangle to become fully trained in collaborative divorce (CD), and she continues to be the most highly trained and experienced mental health professional working in CD in this geographic area. Since 2004 Dr. Lepage has engaged in well over 200 hours of training in CD and mediation, and works with numerous families each year going though this transition. From the very beginning of her career with a B.S. in Child Development & Family Relationships, Dr. Lepage has been focusing on families, and she has extensive experience working with individuals, couples, parents, and children going through divorce. Dr. Lepage completed both her master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation in Clinical Psychology in the area of developing parenting plans, and is an expert in cooperative co-parenting and parallel parenting. Her combined experience in divorce transitions, child development, parenting plans, and conflict resolution make her highly sought out by people going through separation and divorce. A leader in CD in the Triangle, Dr. Lepage was the Case Manager and Child Specialist on the first Full Team CD in this area. The psychologists at Lepage Associates all have training and experience in CD to include the Full Team and Referral Models. Each of the other clinicians at Lepage Associates is mentored by Dr. Lepage in CD, receives outside training, and are all skilled at divorce work in their own right. It is not surprising families experiencing the transition of divorce find the assistance at Lepage Associates invaluable. Please visit www.lepageassociates.com for in-depth information on Dr. Lepage and Lepage Associates.

Donna Moore

Donna Moore is a Child Specialist, Divorce Coach, and Psychotherapist who has been helping people cope with a wide range of issues for over 25 years. She specializes in working with autistic children and their parents, including those going through Collaborative Divorce. She has received: Collaborative Divorce Team Training; Full-Team Interdisciplinary Collaborative Divorce Training; and Interest-Based Negotiation & Mediation Skills Training.

Donna offers additional expertise in: Parent Coordination; Court-Ordered Therapy; Hypnosis; HeartMath stress management; and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); and has delivered customized workshops such as: Crossroads of Parenting & Divorce; Cooperative Parenting & Divorce: Shielding Children from Conflict; Parenting Plans for Autistic Children; Emotional, Financial, and Legal Aspects of Divorce; Active Parenting for Step-Families; Rebuilding After The Relationship Ends; Healthy Ways to Recover from Divorce and Separation; Five Steps to Preventing Divorce Abuse; and How to Stay Upbeat in a Downturned World.

A quick tour of her career path illustrates Donna’s passionate devotion to clients. It begins when, armed with an undergraduate degree in Special Education from Old Dominion University, she became a teacher for the St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands (VI) Department of Education; and then became a Client Advocate for adults with disabilities with the VI Association for Independent Living. Next, she spent 12 years with Autism Services, Inc., in Raleigh, counseling and training families; and, in 2010, joined its Board of Directors. Along the way, Donna: became a Qualified Mental Retardation Professional (1995); earned a Masters of Social Work (East Carolina University, 2001); and became a Licensed (NC) Clinical Social Worker (2004).

For more information, visit www.DonnaMooreTherapy.com.

Molly Parks

Dr. Molly Parks is trained as both a child specialist and divorce coach, and assists adults, families, and children to make the often stressful process of divorce as smooth and manageable as possible. She joins the team with 10 years of experience working with families dealing with multiple life stressors. As a child specialist, Dr. Parks has an extensive history of working with divorcing families and helping children navigate this often stressful process, moving through this event with a healthy and intact sense of self. She has the ability to engage children, specializing specifically with pre-teens and teenagers, and help them open up about their experience of the divorce process and their feelings around how to make this process as comfortable as possible for them. Dr. Parks has a unique ability to engage with this age group, relationally connecting through their interests, and employing family work to deepen the impact of strides made in communication techniques and insight gained. She has also worked to help parents create plans for successful co-parenting and structuring shared custody living arrangements that are appropriate to their family’s specific needs as well as the developmental needs of the child/children. Dr. Parks is particularly interested in working with parents through the divorce process to provide parent guidance in creating healthy households after divorce takes place. As a coach, Dr. Parks helps families to create change in their ability to understand and hear one another that lasts beyond far the collaborative divorce process.  

Molly Parks, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist
817 Broad St., Durham, NC, 27705
Phone: (919) 937-8335
www.drmollyparks.com

Colette Segalla

Colette Segalla completed the first Collaborative Divorce training course offered in the Triangle area, and has a background with children, families and divorce that makes her well suited to acting as a Child Specialist or Divorce Coach in the Collaborative Divorce process. As a Child Specialist, Colette makes use of her background in education, having taught at both the secondary and elementary levels for eleven years. During these years she worked closely with parents to understand and best meet the needs of their children. This partnership with parents continues in her current work in clinical psychology as she conducts psychoeducational evaluations and individual therapy with children and adolescents. Her extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and parents both in education and in clinical psychology has prepared her exceptionally well to work in the role of Child Specialist. As a therapist, Colette also has experience doing couples therapy with couples who seek to improve their marriage as well as those who wish to peacefully separate and detach from one another when the marriage is ending. She focuses on helping these couples maintain a respectful partnership for the sake of the children and for their own emotional well-being even though they have chosen to end the marriage. As an adjunct to this experience, Colette completed extensive Leadership Training where the emphasis was on helping people achieve their full potential. This leadership training that serves as the foundation for a coaching relationship, combined with her individual and couples work in psychology, have prepared her to be very helpful to individuals when serving as a Divorce Coach. Please visit www.lepageassociates.com for in-depth information on Colette Segalla and Lepage Associates.

Monica Summers

Dr. Monica Summers owns and operates a private psychology practice in Cary/RTP area, specializing in the treatment and evaluation of children (including children under age 6), adolescents, young adults, and families. From her undergraduate training through her graduate training, Dr. Summers focused her education, research, and work on helping children and their families. Dr. Summers holds a Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology, with concentrations in Child Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Family Therapy. Since starting her post-doctoral career in 2001, Dr. Summers has helped countless families transition and cope through the separation and divorce process through child and adolescent therapy, sibling-based joint therapy, individual adult therapy, co-parenting consultation and therapy, and collaborative family therapy with colleagues. Dr. Summers has been told that she has a “gift” for connecting with all of the members of a family, making them feel validated, understood, and valuable when working with her.

Dr. Summers is a trained Collaborative Divorce professional, and has advanced training in working with parents on child-related issues during Collaborative Divorce. Her training and experience allows her to work in the role of Child Specialist or Divorce Coach in a Collaborative Divorce team. Her expertise in navigating complicated family dynamics to foster optimal co-parenting and optimal child/adolescent functioning within a divorced/divorcing family translates to her being highly skilled at de-escalating acrimonious dynamics to encourage a less distressing and more productive collaborative divorce process. More information about Dr. Summers can be found on her website: www.DrMonica.org.