Families in high-conflict situations over custody issues often struggle to find resolution without the assistance and intervention of professionals. Furthermore, the court is already over-burdened, and it is difficult to address the complexities of high-conflict custody matters in morning chambers. Therefore, achieving resolution to any custody matter is usually a slow and expensive process for families.
Families in high-conflict situations need access to immediate solutions and intervention. “Kids in Mind” was designed to provide immediate mediated or arbitrated outcomes for these families through a streamlined, cost effective, interdisciplinary alternative to court.
This program is where one of our Resolve Legal Groups branded vehicles periodically goes through a drive through vendors such as Tim Hortons, where we then pay for the order of the vehicle behind us and have the window attendant provide a card to the driver of the recipient’s car that says:
Your order was paid for by Resolve Legal Group – we ask you to Pay It Forward by providing a voluntary donation to one of the following:
Sagesse
Calgary Counselling Centre
~ The goal of this program is to bring awareness to these amazing establishments and to encourage donations from the general public ~
When poor communication has been a default within relationships that are breaking down, it can be difficult to find the help you need when you need it. Stressful situations involving communication focusing on blame and accusations make it difficult for any individual to be able to respond well. The ability to respond to aggressive or inappropriate behaviour in a way that will lead to a deescalation of any potentially explosive encounter is hampered by high stress. The human brain is hard wired to prioritize safety over problem solving and as a result the first reaction you are likely to have is either to flee from the situation or find a way to defend yourself—a fight or flight instinct.
Yet humans, as higher functioning beings, have the ability to counteract aggressive behaviour and work towards reducing the potential harm within a conflict interaction. This objective, though, requires the brain to reason and problem solve, and then to respond to the negative interaction from a reasoned perspective rather than an emotional one. But when you find yourself in the middle of a bad situation, it can be almost impossible to access that reasoning within yourself.
