Karen Bonnell

Karen Bonnell, ARNP, MS is a board-certified clinical nurse specialist with over 30 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and parents. Her private practice is dedicated to working with couples across the spectrum from pre-marital preparation to co-parenting in two-home families to remarriage. As a Divorce and Co-Parent Coach, Karen has dedicated her work to thoughtfully resolving conflicts one person, one couple and one family at a time. Karen has served on the board of King...See more

Karen Bonnell, ARNP, MS is a board-certified clinical nurse specialist with over 30 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and parents. Her private practice is dedicated to working with couples across the spectrum from pre-marital preparation to co-parenting in two-home families to remarriage. As a Divorce and Co-Parent Coach, Karen has dedicated her work to thoughtfully resolving conflicts one person, one couple and one family at a time. Karen has served on the board of King County Collaborative Law and was a founding member of the Collaborative Professionals of Washington. She is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and Academy of Professional Family Mediators. Karen is a regular presenter on topics related to divorce and co-parent coaching, as well as advanced communication skills. Karen lives in the foothills of the Cascade range outside Seattle. She values the lessons learned in the "school of hard knocks" in her experience of creating a two-home family before divorce coaching existed. Her two adult children are her every-day inspiration for the beauty of love, forgiveness, and trust in the capacity of family in all its forms. Kristin Little MA, MS, LMHC is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in private practice in the Seattle area. She has provided therapy for children at risk and their families within her community for the past 17 years. Currently, Kristin is a board member of Collaborative Professionals of Washington, a growing organization that is dedicated to reducing the harmful conflict of divorce for couples and families. Her private practice as a Collaborative Divorce Child Specialist, as well as her own difficult journey through divorce and single parenting, provides Kristin with unique insights and a compassionate and practical approach for guiding individuals, parents and children through the emotional landscape of divorce. Kristin is a frequent speaker to mental health and legal professional groups on the topic of healthy coping for parents and children in divorce. Kristin lives in the Seattle area with her young son and her loving, large, and complicated two-home family. See less