What's the story behind GFC?

After completing his post-law clerkship in 2017, Alex Glassmann embarked on a career as Senior Lead divorce and family attorney-mediator at the Erickson Mediation Institute. For over seven years, he has professionally guided separating couples and parents toward common ground, helping them find mutual agreement on the terms of their divorce and co-parenting—all without the need for adversarial attorneys.

Hundreds of divorces have revealed a stark truth: Problems can resurface, sometimes even more persistently, in post-divorce co-parenting dynamics and new relationships.

And there was a consistent refrain at the end of divorce and separation mediations: Clients would often say, “Thank you for getting us to agree on [budgeting, house-selling decisions, or creating a parenting plan, etc.].” This was often followed by the regretful realization that, “If only we had this X years ago, when the disconnect first took root, we wouldn’t have needed to get divorced.”

These insights became the impetus for creating Glassmann Family Coaching. By expanding the reach of mediation beyond divorce to couples “upstream” of serious problems, GFC empowers everyone—both divorcing and staying-together couples—to find common ground and build a healthy path forward. And for co-parents, we understand that the journey doesn’t end with divorce, which is why our coaching extends “downstream” from divorce as well.

Whether it’s creating a parenting plan, managing finances, or addressing a discrete hurdle, we’ll get you swiftly on your way. Today, as GFC’s mediation coach, Alex’s mission is to coach couples and parents toward comfortable agreement, so that they can return to living their lives.