Professional Services
I Help Family Law Professionals Navigate the Cases That Don’t Follow the Rules
In complex cases, what’s presented on paper often isn’t what’s actually driving the outcome. As a consultant, my role is to help you decode what’s happening beneath the surface—so you can stop reacting to the noise and start responding to the pattern.
I Work Where Law, Behavior, and Reality Collide
I bring an integrated approach that includes:
- Clinical and counseling frameworks
- Behavior-focused coaching methodologies
- Forensic-informed behavioral analysis
- Systems-based case strategy
- Trauma-informed best practices
Through collaboration, I help professionals:
- Identify and reduce escalation patterns
- Distinguish high conflict from coercive control
- Understand resistance, refusal, and compliance breakdowns
- Recognize and address the growing impact of technology in family dynamics
- Align legal strategy with what is actually driving the case
Because when there is clarity, strategy becomes more effective.
Meet Lucy Dunning
I’m the founder of Blue Sky Family Counseling & Coaching, where I provide consultation, coaching, and case strategy in high-conflict divorce and complex custody matters. My work sits at the intersection of family law, behavioral dynamics, and real-world application—supporting professionals and clients in cases that don’t respond to traditional approaches.
Who I Work With
- Family law attorneys
- Mediators
- Parent coordinators
- Guardians ad litem
- Divorce and co-parent coaches
- Collaborative law professionals
- Forensic custody evaluators
- Mental health professionals
- Individuals navigating high-conflict custody dynamics
Whether consulting on a case or supporting a client, my focus remains the same: Bring clarity to complexity—and create a path forward that helps families move forward and stay out of court.
Services Supporting Family Law Professionals
I provide a range of services across divorce and post-divorce matters, including:
- Divorce Coaching (including collaborative-trained support)
- Co-Parent Counseling
- Parent Coordination (jurisdiction-dependent)
- Reunification Coaching and intervention support
- Mediation (Georgia)
- Forensic-informed case consultation and analysis
- Expert witness services
With experience across multiple family law roles, I bring a dual lens—professional and client—which enhances accuracy, strategy, and outcomes.
I Strengthen Your Strategy—Not Replace It
You are the legal expert. My role is to make your strategy sharper, faster, and more targeted. I support your work by adding behavioral context to legal decision-making, anticipating patterns before they escalate, supporting evidence-informed strategy development, and providing clear, structured case insight.
Areas of Specialized Expertise
I focus on high-conflict case dynamics including:
- Coercive control and psychological manipulation
- Chronic health and medical issues impacting custody and parenting
- Chronic high-conflict co-parenting
- Resist–refuse and reunification dynamics
- Digital monitoring, access, and control issues
- Multi-professional cases lacking alignment
These are the cases where deeper analysis leads to better outcomes and more efficient resolution.
From Complexity to Strategy
By integrating clinical insight, coaching, forensic-informed analysis, and systems thinking, I translate complex interpersonal dynamics into clear, actionable strategy. I help answer critical questions such as:
- Why isn’t this case progressing?
- Where are interventions breaking down?
- What needs to shift to create movement?
This Work Is Also Personal—And That Matters
I don’t just understand these dynamics professionally—I’ve lived them. My personal experience navigating a high-conflict divorce and custody case gives me a unique inside perspective on system gaps and real-world limitations, misinterpreted or overlooked behavioral patterns, the impact of legal and clinical decisions on families, and the difference between theory and what actually works.
This dual perspective allows me to recognize subtle patterns of control that don’t present clearly, escalation disguised as “mutual conflict”, increased conflict following agreements or court involvement, and the lived impact behind courtroom narratives.
This isn’t just insight. It’s pattern recognition grounded in both lived experience and professional expertise.
If the Case Feels Stuck, Escalating, or Doesn’t Add Up—Let’s Talk
I provide consultation, case analysis, and strategic support designed to help you move complex cases forward with clarity, efficiency, and confidence.
Blue Sky Family Counseling and Coaching
3600 Dallas Hwy, Suite 230
Marietta, GA 30064
Phone: 470-810-1213
