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The collaborative process is the best way to manage any family problem which has legal aspects. The beauty of collaborative work is that all the time, expense, and energy is focused on stabilizing the situation and then developing a forward looking plan for the parties. I have practiced law in Anchorage for 29 years, and throughout that period, I have worked to develop skills to help resolve conflict without litigation. My experience includes commercial, employment, administrative, family law, probate and guardianships, adoptions, child advocacy and juvenile delinquency. I mediate in these and other areas, and offer collaborative legal representation in divorce and separation. Although I represent litigants in family and other matters, I strongly recommend that separating or divorcing couples consider the collaborative approach as the most dependable way to achieve a fair resolution and a working plan for the future. It is sometimes less expensive, and it is ALWAYS less damaging and more efficient and productive than litigation. My training relating to collaborative law: Date Course Instructor Hours 2016 Your Biases: How it Affects Your Clients & Judicial Decisionmaking Jeff Rachlinski 3 2015 Managing & Mediating High Conflict Disputes Bill Eddy 12 2014 Advanced Collaborative Team Training Linda Solomon, Melinda Eitzen, Scott Clarke 14 2014 Divorce Skills & Advanced Divorce Skills Larry Rice 13 2014 IACP Educational Forum, Vancouver BC International Faculty 19 2013 Advanced Collaborative Team Training AACP 5 2012 Working with Allied Collaborative Professionals AACP 7 2011 Advanced Collaborative Training AACP 5 2010 Advanced Collaborative Law Training AACP 5 2010 Appellate Mediation in Federal and State Courts Alaska Bar Assoc. 2.5 2009 Advanced Collaborative Law Training Mariette Geldenhuys, 7 2008 Basic Collaborative Law Training Sue Brunsting, Mariette Geldenhuys 14 2008 Divorce Mediation Training Zena Zumeta 24 2005 CINA Mediation Training Bernie Mayer 28 2002 Conflict Resolution Training Bernie Mayer, CDR Assoc. 21 2001 Mediation Training Mary Margaret Golten, CDR Assoc. 40

Valerie Demming, Ph.D. L.P.C.

Child Specialist

My name is Valerie Anne Demming and I am a Mental Health Professional and Child Specialist with Alaska Association of Collaborative Professionals. I am an experienced therapist who has worked with children, adolescents, individuals, couples, and families for the last 25 years. I was born and raised in Palmer, Alaska and attended college at University of Alaska Fairbanks and graduated with a Bachelors in Education with a minor in Psychology in 1975. In 1984 I graduated with a Masters in Community Counseling with a certification in Elementary School Counseling. I was employed as an elementary teacher for thirteen years and ten years as an Elementary School Counselor in the Fairbanks area. After moving to Anchorage in 2002, I attended Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center graduating with my Doctorate in Psychology in 2009. I have operated my Private Counseling Practice since 1993 in Fairbanks and now in Anchorage. I have extensive knowledge in the area of child development and behavior. I have worked in the counseling setting with numerous children whose parents are in the process of divorcing or have obtained a divorce. I have additional training from The Grief and Loss Center in Ft. Collins Colorado, which has been invaluable with my work with children, and adults who have gone through or are going through the divorce process. My work for my doctorate was focused on Self-Injury of female adolescents. I have counseled many teens, male and female, that have chosen this behavior to cope with life stressors. Another focus of my practice is working with clients that have been physically, emotionally, or sexually abused. I appreciate and am dedicated to working with the other professionals and clients in the Collaborative divorce process as we work together to assist our clients in a dignified and civil manner to come together to make decisions concerning their lives.

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