Neil Cahn, Esq., is a graduate of Yale College and a Law Review graduate of the Hofstra University School of Law. He is a revision author of New York Civil Practice, Matrimonial Actions and has written and lectured for various bar associations and professional organizations, as well as other lay groups. Mr. Cahn serves as a court-appointed arbitrator for the United States District Court, has been certified in Family Mediation by the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and the Mediation Institute of New York; and is a former member of the Nassau County Supreme Court Matrimonial Neutral Evaluation Panel. He is a member of the Family Law Committees of the American, State, and County Bar Associations; the Dispute Resolution subcommittee of the State Bar Association, and the Commercial Litigation Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association. www.divorceny.com
Neil S. Grossman, Ph.D., is a clinical and forensic psychologist who specializes in family and child psychology and has a sub-specialty in divorce and recovery from divorce. He received a doctoral degree from Baylor University and completed four years of postdoctoral training at Adelphi University, three years of family therapy training at the Ackerman Institute and in divorce mediation and collaborative divorce. Dr. Grossman is board-certified in Family Psychology, ABPP. He was a Board member, a Trustee of ABPP, and president of the Academy of Family Psychology and the Council of Specialties in Professional Psychology. Dr. Grossman helped bring the first parenting coordination program to New York State and he has presented numerous workshops on a local and national level and has written many articles for the professional literature. Dr. Grossman has taught on the faculty of a number of local universities and directed several psychology internships and postdoctoral training programs. www.DrNeilGrossman.com
Christina Senatore-Zangari, M.S.Ed., L.M.H.C. is a New York State Certified School Psychologist in the Bellmore UFSD, as well as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in private practice. She received her Master’s Degree from Pace University and Training in Divorce Mediation from the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Ms. Zangari provides children, parents, and families with counseling, parenting skills training, and behavior management skills. In addition, her responsibilities include crisis intervention, social skills training, classroom character education lessons, and Special Education evaluations and services. Ms.Zangari specializes in helping and supporting children and their families work through the crisis of divorce to a more stable, fulfilling and happier family life. Ms. Zangari also receives private clinical consultation and training regarding couples and family dynamics and therapies, Gestalt Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, anxiety disorders, trauma and bereavement and hypnosis.