Table of Contents

LAYING THE FOUNDATION: COPING SUCCESSFULLY WITH DIVORCE.



The Aftermath of Marriage.



Legal Fundamentals: What Everyone Should Know.



Stress and the Emotional Roller Coaster: Tools to Cope.



Feeling Defeated and Immobilized: How to Combat Depression.



What Do I Do with All This Anger?



CHILDREN AND DIVORCE.



Divorce through a Child's Eyes.



Critical Ingredients for Children's Adjustment.



Conflict!: The Number One Predictor of Children's Poor Adjustmentafter Divorce.



Fostering Children's Long-Term Adjustment: A Step-by-StepGuide.



REBUILDING A REWARDING SINGLE LIFE.



Your Emotional Divorce: Stepping-Stone to a Rewarding NewLife.



Rebuilding.



Communicating with an Ex-Spouse: Ten Tools that Will Make theDifference.



New Romantic Relationships.



How to Create a Successful One-Parent Home.



The Parent without Custody: Dilemmas and Solutions.



CO-PARENTING CHILDREN AFTER DIVORCE.



Custody: What's the Real Scoop?



Parenting Plans: Blueprints for a Smooth Future.



Making Co-Parenting Work.



Ending the Conflict: A Step-by-Step Approach.



How to Discipline Effectively and Still Be a "Good Guy".



STEPFAMILIES.



Stepfamily Myths versus Stepfamily Reality.



Losing Strategies: Eight Common Paths to Serious StepfamilyProblems.



Learning What Works: Successful Strategies for Stepfamilies.



OVERVIEW AND APPENDICES.



Closing Remarks.



Appendices.



Notes.



Selected Sources.



Index.

About the Author

GENEVIEVE CLAPP, PhD, is a counselor with the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, and works exclusively with separated and divorced parents with child custody disputes, co-parenting problems, or stepfamily problems. She has worked as a divorce mediator and has taught both graduate seminars and undergraduate courses at California State University and Arizona State University.