Coping after a Recent Separation & Divorce Discussion Group

An educational discussion group designed to help people deal positively with separation and divorce. Topics are driven by the need of its participants. They might include:

  • Grief and letting go (being realistic of self and others)
  • Coping with children and co-parenting
  • Anger and resentment
  • Resources for surviving the separation and moving on
  • Strengthening support systems (loneliness)
  • Exploring what is ahead

This group will be open to both parents with children and individuals without children.

Facilitator: Michael Saini is an Associate Professor, holds the endowed Chair in Law and Social Work at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto and is the Co-Director of the Combined J.D. and M.S.W. Program with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. He conducts custody evaluations, he is a parent coach for separated families and he provides parent education workshops on issues related to separation and divorce.