Collaborative Family Law Training

Jonathan has been invited to join the team of Brian Galbraith, Russell Alexander, and Carrie Heinzl to provide training for professionals wanting to provide Collaborative Family Law for their clients!! Collaborative Family Law (aka Collaborative Practice) is a new process to offer families and couples going through separation and/or divorce which avoids court, . In this process, the client’s lawyers work together with a family professional and a financial professional to guide the clients through the separation process in a peaceful, supportive and timely fashion. This process is highly effective for most families, costs much less than going to court, and leaves the separating couple on better terms with each other. The professional team combines the legal expertise of lawyers, with the financial expertise of the financial professional, and the parenting expertise of the family professional - four experts all working towards the same goal! This process is not just a better way for families, it is less stressful for the professionals involved than litigation.

Don’t delay! You could be missing out by not offering this increasingly popular choice for families. Expand your practice, get new clients, and learn how positive the Collaborative Team approach to family law can be. Space is limited, so click on the following link to sign up for one of our up-coming courses!

CP Training for professionals from the USA & Canada

Click here: https://cptraining.ca/

Training for you and your organization

Jonathan is a Family Court recognized expert on a number of topics, including supporting mental health and wellbeing, family mediation, domestic violence, parent-child attachment, parental capacity assessment and trauma, in addition to having more than 20 years’ experience working in the field as a social worker, psychotherapist and family mediator. Given his experience and expertise, Jonathan can offer training on a wide variety of topics, including effective interpersonal communication, domestic violence screening, trauma-informed practice and many more. Contact Jonathan at paynterj@hotmail.com to request that he provide inhouse training for you and your organization, whether private or not profit.

York University

School of Continuing Education

OAFM Conference

Jonathan has joined the team at the Family Mediation Certificate program at York University as a Coach and instructor. You can find out more about the program by visiting https://continue.yorku.ca/programs/certificate-in-family-mediation/

Jonathan was invited to present at the OAFM Conference on September 27, 2019 on the topic of Mental Health and Addictions in Family Mediation. Please check out the OAFM website (https://www.oafm.on.ca/) or the flyer for the conference (https://www.oafm.on.ca/events/) for more details. Jonathan has been invited back to speak at the September 2021 OAFM conference on the topic of COVID & children’s mental health.

Family Law Now Podcast

Jonathan is honoured to be a periodic guest on Russell Alexander’s great podcast, Family Law Now (https://familyllb.com/podcast/). I recommend listening to all of the episodes Russell has produced. Jonathan was involved in the following episodes:

  • Episode 10: The Role of a Family Professional.

  • Episode 23: Spouse in the House – How to Avoid Divorce, where we discuss how to survive self-isolation with your spouse! Important in these unprecedented times with COVID-19 restricting our lives.

  • Episode 24: Child Access During Self-Isolation, Lockdowns and Quarantines, where we discuss custody and access cases during the COVID-19 situation, including a discussion of the latest cases to come out of family court on the subject.

  • Episode 36: Marriage Story Deconstructed, where lawyers Abi Adeusi, Russell Alexander and Brian Galbraith discuss the movie “Marriage Story”, staring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, among other excellent actors. Abi, Russell and Brian provide their view as lawyers of the movie, whereas I provide my perspective as a family professional.

  • Episode 38: Christmas Access During Covid-19, where we discuss how to manage Christmas during the time of the pandemic, including a discussion of how to manage when you are still living in the same home as your ex-spouse and how to help the children have a positive experience over the holidays, despite going through a separation.

Thanks to Russell for including me in the podcast and for making it fun to record!

Trauma Informed Care

 

Understanding and Coping with Stress: COVID

Taking Care of your Mental Health During the Pandemic

Jonathan was invited by Sarah Delicate and the Durham Region Unemployed Help Centre to provide a webinar entitled “The Trauma-informed Approach: Towards Job Seeker Success” for employment counsellors in August and November 2019. This training will be available soon to download. Thanks to Sarah and Christine Brown for giving Jonathan the opportunity and for all the support they provided!


Jonathan was invited by Sarah Delicate and the Durham Region Unemployed Help Centre to provide a Webinar entitled “Understanding and Coping with Stress during the Pandemic: a Webinar for Business Owners”, about how employers can support the mental wellbeing of their employees in May 2020, only a few weeks after the pandemic lockdown.

Jonathan was invited by Sarah Delicate and Yorkworks to provide a webinar entitled “Taking Care of your Mental Health During the Pandemic”, about specific techniques, including box breathing and guided visualizations, that you can use to manage stress during the pandemic. This presentation also covered the 4 Pillars of Mental Health and provided practical suggestions for lifestyle changes that can promote mental wellbeing and health. This webinar was offered in October 2020 and, back by popular demand, will be offered again on January 13, 2021. Click on this link to sign up for the free webinar: https://www.yorkworks.ca/upcoming-webinars