TRAINERS

Lana M. Stern, Ph.D.

LANA M. STERN, PH. D is a Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator.  Dr. Stern has been in private practice in the Coral Gables, Florida area for the past 35 years.  She is a member of the American Psychological Association, Florida and Dade County Psychological Associations, International and Florida Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and has served on the IACP Trainers Network and Development Committee and on the IACP Higher Education Taskforce.  She has been a member of the Collaborative Family Law Institute of Miami for the past 16 years and is the immediate past Co-President.  She has served on the CFLI Board, Mental Health, Membership and Mentoring committees. She is a Board member of the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals (FACP), has served as Co-Chair of the 2017 Conference, on various committees and is presently Co-Chair of the Webinar committee. She has served on the Advisory Board of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court Parenting Coordinators.

Dr. Stern has been an educator, counselor, and trainer in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools.  She worked for Drake, Beam, and Morin, an outplacement corporation, as a career consultant and corporate trainer. She has expertise in treating depression, anxiety disorders, trauma, child sexual abuse and works with couples/divorce counseling, individuals, adults and adolescents. She taught the divorce education course for divorcing parents as part of a private group “Positive Transitions”. She was an Adjunct Professor at Florida International University for 6 years, supervising Master’s level, Mental Health and School Counselors during their Practicum and Internship and co-taught the first Collaborative Law Workshop at the University of Miami School of Law in the Spring of 2012 and will be co-teaching a workshop on Collaborative Law at NOVA University Shepard Broad College of Law in the summer session, 2026.  She received the FPA “Outstanding Contribution to Psychology in the Public Interest” award and DCPA “Certificate of Commendation” award in 1993 for her work in the area of Child Sexual Abuse.

In 2011, she co-founded “Florida Collaborative Trainers” an interdisciplinary training group and has presented multiple 2-day basic and 1-day advanced trainings to attorneys, mental health professionals and financial professionals statewide, nationally and internationally and basic trainings at the University of Miami School of Law, the University of Florida Levin College of Law in Gainesville and the Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville

Her article, “Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”, has been published in both the Spring 2017 issue of Collaborative Review (The Journal of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals) and inThe Divorce Puzzle–Connecting the Pieces Collaboratively,(2017). Additionally, she has co-authored the chapter “Collaborative Law” in The Florida Bar CLE textbook, Dissolution of Marriage. She has worked extensively in Collaborative family law cases as the MHP/Facilitator. Dr. Stern can be reached at: lmsternphd@aol.com,  www.drlanamstern.com and www.floridacollaborativetrainers.com