Active Waiting – a conscious use of time

Addictions – involvement of negative behaviors that affect life such as drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, Internet, shopping, work

Ambivalence – having conflicting feelings

Controlled Separation –  structure with guidelines spelled out; a couple guided or facilitator guided, time limited separation replete with guidelines designed to break the marital impasse

Couples on the Cusp –  couples on the edge of disaster in their marriage

CS® Contract –  a couple agreement

Divorce Prevention – intervention process for couples on the cusp

Domestic Abuse –  physical, emotional, verbal, and/or financial control and oppression

Good Divorce –  mediated agreement considering the best interest of all parties

Good Marriage – a partnership of equals

Infidelity –  whether sexual or not, unfaithfulness to a moral obligation

Marriage Education – relationship skills, enrichment programs, retreats, publications, and self-guided workbooks

Mediation –  reconciliation between conflicted individuals

Mid-Life Crisis –  an event that is similar to natural occurrence in adolescence of a compelling urge to be different, to feel competent, to be important and of value

Passive Waiting –  a destructive and often “fretting” process tantamount to doing nothing that leaves couples feeling helpless

Professional Resources – objective third party with appropriate education, training and skills (coaches, therapists, psychiatrists, marriage educators, clergy, parent educators)

Ugly Divorce – acrimonious, cruel, harsh and selfish end of a marriage with no balance of interest