Your Family Matters is a talk radio program with expert information about family law issues, and various dispute resolution practices and other services concerning the law and how it relates to your family, because “Your Family Matters!”

Host, Cyndy Morin,  is a Family Law Lawyer with Resolve Legal Group – a Family law firm dedicated to client centred holistic legal services with offices located downtown Calgary Alberta and downtown Cochrane, Alberta. The unique delivery of client centred holistic services that Resolve Legal Group has become known for is structured to address not only a client’s legal matter, but this model also ensures that families are bridged with differing community supports, based on an individuals and family needs. It is the firm’s philosophy that with the right supports in place, clients become empowered to make sound legal decisions when files are lead to resolution. It is the firm’s desire to continue to grow and expand this model so that holistic practice becomes the norm in Family Law rather than the exception.

Complete List of Episodes:

• Voice of the Child - Representation in Family Law

  Special Guest: Julie Hart LLB  

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    Joining Host Cyndy Morin is Special Guest: Julie Hart LLB from Children’s Legal and Educational Resource Centre.

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• The Dos and Don’ts in Family Court

  Hon. Provincial Court Judge T. LaRochelle  

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    Joining Host Cyndy Morin is Special Guest: Hon. Provincial Court Judge T. LaRochelle

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• Setting Healthy Boundaries In Relationships

  Dr Raksha Dave Gates  

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    Dr. Raksha Dave‐Gates

    Raksha is a Registered Psychologist in independent private practice counselling adult individuals, couples and families. She completed her B.Sc. in Psychology (with Distinction) and M.Sc. in Clinical (Community) Psychology at the University of Calgary with her Ph.D. in Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota. She has over 15 years of counselling experience giving respect to relationship and cultural contexts. She works collaboratively with child and pediatric psychologists to support the family when needed. Raksha specializes in the treatment of: depression, anxiety, relationship issues, grief and loss, life stage transitions, stress management, assertiveness and self‐esteem enhancement. She offers counselling services in English, Hindi and Gujarati. She is an active member of The College of Alberta Psychologists and Psychologists’ Association of Alberta.

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• Parent Coordination

  Lorri Yasenik  

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    Lorri Yasenik Ph.D., RSW, CPT-S, RPT-S

    Lorri is a Registered Family Mediator, Registered Parenting Coordinator-Arbitrator, Registered Clinical Social Worker, Registered Play Therapist and Child Specialist based in Calgary, Alberta Canada. Lorri is the Past President of the Alberta Family Mediation Society and the 2010 recipient of the John Haynes Award for outstanding contributions to Family Mediation. Lorri provides child psychotherapy and play therapy and is the Co-Director of Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute and owns a Private Practice Counseling and Consulting Group. She delivers national and international training related to children’s issues and specialized child and play therapies. As a result of her doctoral work Lorri is currently co-delivering a skills-based training program nationally and internationally on the Child-Centered Continuum Model: A Four Level Approach to Including Children’s Voices in Separation and Divorce to Legal practitioners, Mediators, Parenting Coordinators and Counselors.

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• Cross-Border Abductions

  Max Blitt, QC  

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    Max Blitt QC
    Max Blitt was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1975 and is currently an associate of the law firm of Spier Harben. He practices primarily in Family Law, Real Estate, Wills and Estates. Max has also had extensive experience dealing with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abductions. He has personally been involved in assisting clients and legal counsel to recover children that have been abducted by parents and relatives Internationally and to other Provinces in Canada. In addition to International Children's issues, Max works with counsel in foreign countries in dealing with support and property issues involving Canada and foreign jurisdictions, such as the United States, UK, and the Middle East. Max is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Canada Family Mediation, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (International), Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association, International Bar Association, American Bar Association, Law Society of England and Wales and the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is a Court Appointed Dispute Resolution Officer with the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (2006 to present), a Negotiations / Advocacy Assessment Instructor for the Canadian Centre for Professional Legal Education 2008-to the present (Bar Admission Course), and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in December 2013. Max's interests include martial arts (former Karate / Kung Fu Instructor), skiing, physical fitness, reading, and travel.

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• Sex and Porn Addiction in Marriage

   

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    "Kim is a Registered Psychologist at Calgary Counselling Centre. She has a B.Sc. in psychology from the University of Calgary and a Masters of Arts degree in Counselling Psychology from City University of Seattle. She has continued to stay current with new developments in psychology through ongoing training.
    Kim completed the CSAT training from the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals. She does specialized counselling for addicts and partners suffering with sexual addiction.
    Kim has completed specialized training in domestic violence over the past 8 years. She has worked with both perpetrators and victims of domestic violence in individual and group settings. Kim is the Associate Director of Clinical Counselling at the Calgary Counselling Centre. Within this role she has the pleasure of overseeing the training programs that provide practicum and residency experiences for new social work and psychology professionals. She loves being able to be part of helping new counsellors build their skills and be ready for professional practice. "

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• Infant Mental Health Assessments and the Impact on Child Custody Matters Reunification Therapy

   

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    Evelyn is a social worker and “Zero To Three” fellow who has devoted her career to high-risk children and families. For the last decade she has been providing infant mental health training and consultations to divorcing parents, health care professionals, mental health professionals, child welfare workers, lawyers, and judges throughout Alberta and B.C. and Northwest Territories. Evelyn has authored papers on the needs of vulnerable infants and toddlers for a variety of publications. She has 25 years of experience working with high-risk children and families in mental health, child development and child protection settings. She is currently in private practice.

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• Reunification Therapy

  Special Guest: Jean Dunbar  

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    Jean is a Certified Play Therapist and Play Therapist Supervisor registered with the Canadian Play Therapy Association, as well as, a Registered Social worker. She has worked in the area of domestic violence with families for twenty years. Jean’s interests include how trauma affects early brain development and she has participated in a research study on the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics developed by Dr. Bruce Perry. Jean is a skilled facilitator having presented nationally and internationally at more than 25 conferences. She completed her graduate training at the University of Lethbridge and has been working in the mental health field since 1999. Her work experience includes counselling, program development, facilitating workshops, supervision and executive management. Jean has a private practice providing counselling to children and their parents.

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• Judicial Settlement Conferencing

  Special Guest: Judge Nancy Flatter  

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    Nancy Flatters, LL.M., is a non-sitting Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta, Calgary Family and Youth Court. Prior to her appointment to the Bench in July 1996, she practiced law in Calgary, Alberta, including as a Q.C. during the last six months of her practice. Now as a volunteer, she teaches dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration, settlement skills, domestic violence, child advocacy, and mentoring, amongst other areas, to the judiciary and other professionals. She has a long history of service to many volunteer organisations. She has a commitment to building bridges in her work and teaching. Join us today to learn about Judicial Settlement Conferencing and what it all means!

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• Domestic Violence Part 1: Court Supports For Victims

  Special Guests: Christine Berry of CCC and Carrie McManus of PSSAW  

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    Carrie McManus RSW Carrie is the Program Manager at Peer Support Services for Abused Women (PSSAW), a Calgary based grassroots agency that serves women at risk of or experiencing domestic violence. Carrie completed her Diploma in Social Work at Mount Royal University in Calgary AB and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dalhousie University in Halifax NS. Prior to her time at PSSAW Carrie worked in program development, small business management and event coordination. Carrie has always found her most inspiring work environments to be those that grow out of the grassroots needs of the communities she is a part of. Carrie is a lifelong learner who believes that connecting with her community, sharing experiences with others and providing everyone with an opportunity to be heard is the best path towards wholeheartedness.

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• Domestic Violence Part 2: Identification of and Support for Victims and Abusers in Domestic Conflict

  Special Guests: Christine Berry of CCC and Carrie McManus of PSSAW  

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• Festive Families: Managing Stress and Depression through the Holidays

   

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    Joanne is a therapist with nearly 35 years of clinical experience working with adults, children and families in a variety of clinical and school settings. She has worked at Calgary Counselling Center for over 10 years, between 1993 t0 2001 and currently since 2014.. Her current responsibilities include counselling manager, supervisor and senior psychologist. Joanne is the clinical supervisor for the children’s groups, including Children of Divorce. Joanne specializes in trauma and working with children and their families and has presented internationally on play therapy and child-related interventions.

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• Surviving an Affair

   

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    Cathy is a Registered Clinical Social Worker and an approved Clinical Social Work Supervisor. Cathy has been in the counselling field for almost 25 years and has a Master’s of Social Work degree from the University of Calgary. Cathy has worked at the Calgary Counselling Centre – the leading research, training and knowledge-based counselling organization in Canada since 1997. She is currently the Director of Counselling Initiatives where she oversees the day-to-day operations of counselling programs. Prior to joining Calgary Counselling Centre she worked at the Distress Centre as a counsellor. Her areas of interest include: family violence, depression and anxiety, cross-cultural counselling, couples counselling and working with families. Cathy is also one of the lead trainers for Calgary Counselling Centre in Feedback Informed Treatment.

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• Confessions of a Private Investigator

   

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    YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS Eye-opening and thought-provoking episode!

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• Child Abuse and Protection of Children

   

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    Child Abuse and Protection of Children
    Today's episode is a panel discussion about child abuse and the protection of children.
    Detective Chad Titsing of the Calgary Police Service’s Child Abuse Unit; Joanne Ginter of the Calgary Counselling Center and “Wheels” from Biker’s Against Child Abuse (BACA) join host Cyndy Morin for todays show.

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• Dads are Important:Paternal Relationships with Children and Father’s Rights

   

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    Patrick has been working for children and families for over 25 years. He began his career as a Youth Worker in Vancouver, BC and now as a Provincial Coordinator, the position he has been in since April 2011. Prior to joining the Alberta Fatherhood Initiative in April 2011, Patrick has worked for government and started several non-profit groups that promote healthy families. In his current role, he works with various organizations and fathers from across the province to encourage fathers to become involved with their families. He is very proud of the work that has been done and enjoys working with the many people that are passionate about building healthy families. As a father, step-father and mentor, he is looking forward to discussing the role of dads.

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• Collecting Child Support: Alberta Maintenance Enforcement Program and Provincial Recalculation Programs

   

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    Angela Kerr LLB

    Angela is the current Director of the Child Support Recalculation Program, which opened in December 2009. Angela was born in Edmonton, obtained her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alberta in 1984 and was admitted to the Alberta Bar in 1985. She practised law with a small firm in St. Albert for almost 13 years. Angela had a general practice with an emphasis on family law and held a number of executive positions with the Canadian Bar Association, Family Law North subsection, including Chair, Secretary and National Representative. Angela joined the Maintenance Enforcement Program (MEP) in early 1999 and during her time with MEP, held a number of roles involving policy and legislation development. Her focus since 2006 has been on the Child Support Recalculation Program. She is married with one son.

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• Teens at Risk: Helping Teens cope with Family Changes in Divorce

  Special Guest: Peter Choate  

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    Peter is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Mount Royal University. He is an expert witness in the area of parenting capacity (including risk, domestic violence, and addictions). He has been qualified on over 150 occasions in the Provincial Court of Alberta (Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer) and the Court of Queen’s Bench (Calgary and Medicine Hat).
    His research includes reviewing the ways in which First Nations peoples are being assessed for child protection. Dr. Choate has published extensively in the field of assessment and child protection.

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• The Rollercoaster Ride of Recoupling

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    Dating After Divorce: The Rollercoaster Ride of Recoupling

    Cyndy Morin brings together a panel of 3 men and 3 women who open up about the roller coaster of dating after divorce.

    Also joining the group is Registered Psychologist, Kim Busch, from the Calgary Counselling Centre.

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• Safe Visitation

  Special Guests: Trish Carter and Stacey Ashton  

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    Safe Visitation: A Discussion about Supervised Access Released Feb 16

    Cyndy Morin has a discussion about Supervised Access for Safe Visitation with Trish Carter, Executive Director of Families First Support Services and Stacey Ashton, Supervisor of Visitation Services and Child Support programs at the YWCA of Calgary.

    Families First Support Services provides, Supervised Access, Virtual Visitation, Monitored Exchanges, Transportation and In-Home Assessments. As an organization that strives to provide exceptional services to families in need through their professional staff, the Families First Support Services team is guided by a set of core values that are shared by each and every member: Respect, empathy, commitment, safety, reliability, and confidentiality.

    The YWCA of Calgary Visitation Services program is committed to providing a safe, secure and comfortable environment for children to reconnect with the non-custodial parent without the risk of further exposure to family violence or conflict.

    - See more at: https://getyouvisible.com/podcast/discography/new-releases/#sthash.tIo1xuPV.dpuf

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• Child Custody Intervention, Assessments and Reports

  Special Guest: Stephen Carter, PhD  

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    Child Custody Intervention, Assessments and Reports (Pn7’s and Pn8’s)

    Stephen Carter, PhD, is a registered psychologist in Edmonton, Alberta, who works with children, adolescents, and adults. Much of his work focuses on therapeutic interventions and assessments of families involved in high-conflict separation and divorce. He assists individuals and families in dealing with serious problems, including abuse, anxiety and depression, behavioural disorders, self-injurious behaviour, relationship problems, and post-traumatic stress.

    Dr. Carter has presented frequently on topics such as Family Restructuring Therapy, high-conflict divorce, assessment, grief and loss, conflict resolution, behavioural disorders, school violence, stress management, ethics, and expert witness testimony. He is the author of Family Restructuring Therapy.

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• Cross Cultural Issues in Divorce

  The intermingling of Religious Laws and Canadian Laws  

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    Special Guest: Max Blitt, Q.C. has personally been involved in assisting clients and legal counsel to recover children that have been abducted by parents and relatives to other Provinces in Canada, the United States, Poland, France, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, Italy, South Africa, Lebanon and the United Kingdom.

    In addition to International Children’s issues, Max works with counsel in foreign countries in dealing with support and property issues involving Canada and foreign jurisdictions, such as the United States, UK, and the Middle East.

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• "Narcissistic Personality Disorders"

   

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    Dr. Tina Sinclair, sits down with host Cyndy Morin, to discuss the delicate topic "Narcissistic Personality Disorders" and how they show up during separation and divorce.

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• "Dividing Dollars"

  Special Guests: Brian Betts & Donna Carson  

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    "Dividing Dollars: Transitioning One Household Budget into Two and Bankruptcy Concerns in Family Law Matters​"

    Special Guests: Brian Betts & Donna Carson

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• "Tax time and Divorce"

  Special Guest: Sharon Numerow  

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    Divorce demands financial decision-making that will alter the rest of yours and possibly your children's life. Most people have no knowledge of the specifics of the finances of divorce. Many are too emotional to make sound financial decisions regarding their future. Quite often poor choices are made, choices that are permanent. These decisions require the experience of a divorce professional who specializes in the analysis of divorce finances and divorce financial planning.

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• Stepfamily Foundation

  Special Guests: Bev Nawdrick & Tess Jones  

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    The Stepfamily Foundation of Alberta is a not-for-profit based in Calgary, Alberta, that focuses exclusively upon the needs and concerns of stepfamilies. Their mission is to prevent stepfamily breakdown by providing a variety of services to assist stepfamilies address and resolve the difficulties that are characteristic of the stepfamily experience.

    - See more at: https://getyouvisible.com/podcast/discography/new-releases/#sthash.jxj7WZrz.dpuf

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