Oct 22, 2018
An interview with family law attorney Laura A. Wasser, Esq. Curt and Katie talk with Laura about the process of divorce, collaboration among professionals, and the creation of her online divorce mediation platform, it’s over easy.
It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. We are human beings who can now present ourselves as whole people, with authenticity, purpose, and connection. Especially now, when therapists must develop a personal brand to market their practices.
To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.
Attorney Laura Allison Wasser is an author, entrepreneur, and
Family Law expert. She is the
founder and Chief Executive Officer of the online divorce platform,
it’s over easy. Laura has represented celebrities like Kim
Kardashian, Ryan Reynolds, Angelina Jolie, Jimmy Iovine, Maria
Shriver, and Stevie Wonder, but she maintains that divorce is the
great equalizer—it terrifies everyone. Laura’s made it her mission
to change that by creating it’s over easy, which gives divorcing
couples an easy to use resource to dissolve their marriage that is
accessible (and affordable) to everyone.
In 2013, Laura authored the New York Times best-seller, It
Doesn’t Have to Be That Way: How to
Divorce Without Destroying Your Family and Bankrupting
Yourself. This year, she created it’s over
easy and launched the weekly Divorce Sucks! Podcast Hosted By Laura
Wasser. By simplifying the
divorce process online and sharing her vast experience in Family
Law with her audience, couples
are empowered to reclaim control over their own destinies. Laura is
determined to change the
face of divorce by providing education, tools and support for
families going through the process.
As a graduate of the UC, Berkeley, Laura earned her law degree from
Loyola Law School. She has
been named one of the California Daily Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers
and Top 50 Women Attorneys
every year for the last seven years (2012-2018). She has been
featured on The Hollywood Reporter’s Power Lawyers, Los Angeles
Magazine’s Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America. In June
2008, Laura received the Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law Zephyr
Ramsey Award and in 2011, she was the recipient of the Century City
Chamber of Commerce Women of Achievement Award. Laura received the
Brady Center Advocate Award in 2013. In 2016 Laura was honored by A
Place Called Home at their Gala For The Children. Laura is
frequently called upon as the preeminent voice on TV, in print and
across the media landscape in newsworthy matters regarding Divorce
and Family Law. Earlier this year, Laura
participated as a featured speaker at both the 2018 Women In The
World Summit and Girlboss
Rally. Profiles and interviews on Laura can be found in Vogue,
Bloomberg News, Porter Magazine,
Interview, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Hollywood
Reporter, People Magazine, The New
York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Town and Country, Parenting
magazine and more.
We’ve pulled together any resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links.
It Doesn’t Have to be That Way: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family or Bankrupting Yourself by Laura Wasser
it’s over easy blog: Co-Parenting with an Asshole
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Curt Widhalm is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in private practice in the Los Angeles area. He is a Board Member at Large for the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, a Subject Matter Expert for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Adjunct Faculty at Pepperdine University, and a loving husband and father. He is 1/2 great person, 1/2 provocateur, and 1/2 geek, in that order. He dabbles in the dark art of making "dad jokes" and usually has a half-empty cup of coffee somewhere nearby. Learn more about Curt at www.curtwidhalm.com.
Katie Vernoy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, coach, and consultant. As a helping professional for two decades, she’s navigated the ups and downs of our unique line of work. She’s run her own solo therapy practice, designed innovative clinical programs, built and managed large, thriving teams of service providers, and consulted hundreds of helping professionals on how to build meaningful AND sustainable practices. In her spare time, Katie is secretly siphoning off Curt's youthful energy, so that she can take over the world. Learn more about Katie at www.katievernoy.com.
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