The role of the Collaborative Divorce™ Coach: 

Each spouse works with a divorce coach to provide a safety net for conversations that must take place as a part of the divorce process as well as create and develop the new co-parenting relationship.  This process helps spouses to recognize the end of their marriage and to move on to create fulfilling lives post divorce. When children are involved, divorce coaches teach divorcing parents how to best protect themselves and their children from the risks associated with divorce in the present and to look to the future needs of their family.   

In individual and joint meetings the coaches work with the couple to: 

1.      Identify and prioritize the concerns of each person. 

2.      Make effective use of conflict resolution and communication skills. 

3.      Develop effective co-parenting skills. 

4.      Work collaboratively with the couple, their attorneys and the other involved professionals to improve communication, reduce misunderstandings and solve problems as they come up. 

Divorce Coaches   

INGRID M. PRUITT, M.Ed., L.M.F.T.  

Divorce Coach 

Solutions Counseling/LINKED Divorce Workshops 

199 Canterbury Place Road 

Mooresville, NC   28115 

704-892-1337 

ip@mftsolutionscounseling.com

Ingrid Pruitt, compassionate and practical -- is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and certified Relationship Specialist (CRS) with over 17 years experience working with individuals, couples, and families. She specializes in areas of transition and life crisis. She uses a Solution-Focused approach to assist her clients in developing a positive strategy for significant change in their lives and relationships. 

Ingrid earned her B.S. from Radford University, Radford, Virginia in 1982 and her masters degree (M.Ed.) from Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina with a concentration in counseling and development in 1991. She is licensed in the state of North Carolina as a Marriage and Family Therapist and has been in private practice in the Mooresville/Lake Norman, NC area for over 14 years. 

Ingrid Pruitt offers dynamic divorce workshops.  Her LINKED Workshops, Cooperative Parenting and Divorce TM and Active Parenting for Stepfamilies TM are the only offerings of their kind in the Lake Norman area. Both of these programs are video-based, psycho-educational programs designed to improve the quality of the parental relationship in situations of divorce and separation.  For more information visit, www.ingridpruitt.com .

Other areas Ingrid specializes in are Pre-marital/Re-marital counseling to help couples prepare for their marriage and parenting/co-parenting issues for intact families as well as separated and divorced parents. Ingrid is a member of The Lake Norman Collaborative Divorce Group ^TM in which she serves as a trained divorce coach. If you are headed for divorce, please contact Ingrid for information about the Collaborative Divorce process. It is a non-adversarial approach to divorce that is facilitated by a collaborative team of lawyers, mental health professionals and financial divorce planners.