About Us The Lake Norman Collaborative Divorce™ Group has been in existence since 2004. We are a team of professionals that provide Collaborative Divorce™ services to the community of Lake Norman and surrounding areas. All of our members have completed training in the Collaborative Divorce™ model and meet experience and other requirements for membership. Our goal is for Collaborative Divorce™ to become the predominant method for helping families through the entire divorce process.
Our Mission
To establish and expand the Collaborative Divorce™ process as the best means for achieving a fair and comprehensive divorce agreement. We will work as an interdisciplinary team to:
Meet our Team
Divorce Coaches INGRID M. PRUITT, M.Ed., L.M.F.T. Divorce CoachSolutions Counseling/LINKED Divorce Workshops199 Canterbury Place Road Mooresville, NC 28115 704-892-1337 hipruitt@team-national.com Ingrid Pruitt, compassionate and practical -- is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and certified Relationship Specialist (CRS) with over 16 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 13 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. DIVORCE COACH Jim Anderson has over fourteen years of professional experience in the counseling field, following his undergraduate work at Tulane University and Masters Degree from Antioch New England Graduate School. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist (LCAS), and Certified Sexual Addictions Therapist (CSAT). Much of his pre-private practice experience has occurred in multi-disciplinary team treatment environments, where he served as a Director of Clinical Services, Director of Outpatient Services, and has co-owned two outpatient facilities in the greater Charlotte area. Along with collaborative divorce coaching, he currently focuses his work on intensive couples’ therapy, family therapy, individual counseling, and spiritual development through his private practice, Conscious Sense, LLC.
Divorce Coach/Child Specialist Carri Ryan, MA, LPC Lake Norman Child and Family Counseling 20830 Torrence Chapel Road Suite 207 704-651-2180
Carri Ryan, MA, LPC, received her Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Western Michigan University in 2003. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has been living in the Lake Norman area for 5 years. Her graduate program included a strong emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy and her counseling philosophy has always included focusing on all members of the family. She has experience working in several non profit counseling agency settings and has been in private practice in Huntersville for 2 years. She specializes in family therapy, blended family issues, child and adolescent behavior concerns, ADHD, anxiety, and parenting education. She works with families, children, and adolescents
Financial Specialist DEBRA N. MCKENZIE, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst Financial Specialist - Collaborative Divorce™ Equitable Divorce Solutions, Inc. P. O. Box 174, Cornelius, NC 28031 704-892-5277 debramckenzie@bellsouth.net www.equitabledivorcesolutions.com
Debra received her certification of Certified Divorce Planner in 1997, an advanced certification in 1998, and in 2003 received the designation of Certified Divorce Financial Analyst. In 2003, Debra also received training as the Financial Specialist in Collaborative Divorce ™ by the Collaborative Divorce™ Group in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Debra received her BA in Business Administration from Queens College. She was honored as the Outstanding Business Student of the Year by the McColl School of Business in 2001 and graduated summa cum laude.
Equitable Divorce Solutions, Inc. was founded in March, 1998 to work with clients to help effect equitable financial decisions in their separation and divorce cases. During the past ten years, Debra has worked with more than 200 clients and their attorneys as the financial specialist in their divorce cases. Her work includes gathering and organizing documentation and information on the marital estate, analyzing the marital estate, assisting clients in formulating budgets, evaluating tax implications of proposed settlement agreements, and providing practical financial guidance, planning and support throughout the divorce process.
Debra’s professional and civic memberships include the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts, Lake Norman Collaborative Divorce™ Group, Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce, and Rotary Club of North Mecklenburg.
Debra resides in Davidson, North Carolina with her husband, Jerry.
Our Attorneys JOHN M. FRIGUGLIETTI, JR. Attorney at Law 575 Davidson Gateway Drive Suite 101 Davidson, NC 28036 704-892-1173 (Phone) 704-892-1127 (Fax) email: john@davidsonlawyers.net
John was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Stanly County, North Carolina. He received his BA in History from Davidson College in 1993 and his JD from West Virginia University in 1996. He has maintained a general law practice in Cornelius/Davidson since 1996, emphasizing family law. His firm also handles most areas of law including, real estate, criminal, corporate, traffic, and general civil litigation. He practices in Mecklenburg, Iredell, Cabarrus and Lincoln counties. He lives in Lincolnton on a 36-acre former horse farm with his wife, Susan and son, Trey.
LAURA SNIDER BAKERAttorney and Counselor at Law Baker & Baker, PLLC Fax: (704) 895-7966
Laura Snider Baker has been a licensed attorney in North Carolina since 1995. She is a North Carolina native and received her undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University in 1991 and her law degree from Campbell University in 1995. She lives in Cornelius with her husband and two children.
Laura is a principal with the firm of Baker and Baker, PLLC. Its office is located at 9620 Holly Point Drive, Suite 102, Huntersville, North Carolina. Laura’s practice consists primarily of family law cases. While she prefers to handle family cases through collaborative law or mediation, she does appear in court in Mecklenburg, Iredell, Lincoln and Cabarrus counties on family law cases on a regular basis. Laura has been practicing family law in this area since 1995. The firm also handles real estate transactions, wills, trusts and estates, as well as some general civil litigation. |
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