Windsor Consulting

Services and Goals

Serve as a non-judgmental and neutral third-party to make decisions in the best interests of children, prioritizing their academic, social, and emotional needs.

Teach parents how to co-parent productively through goal-oriented communication and a strengths-based approach which gives children access to, and meaningful relationships with, both parents.

Create educational, extra-curricular, and family schedules with accompanying financial plans which work for children and parents across all ages, stages, and needs.

Provide consultation on academic testing, tutoring, enrichment, Individual Educational Plans (IEPs), applications, and school placement or transitions.

Communicate with school administrators, teachers, and therapists to help make informed, collaborative decisions for children.

Help children navigate the impact divorce may have on their sibling relationships, friendships, and social life.

Prevent high-conflict divorce which can increase children’s anxiety and stunt their potential.

Minimize the monetary and emotional cost of protracted disagreements regarding children’s activities.

Provide communication strategies and problem solving mechanisms, allowing for handling of future challenges.

Background and Experience

I opened Windsor Consulting in 2014. Over the past ten years, I have helped numerous families with a wide range of needs navigate the complex world of divorce. By working closely with these families I have learned the pitfalls, hardships, and destruction of high-conflict divorce, and I can help families avoid it.

I strongly advise families to seek my services while in the contemplative, planning, or early stages of divorce. Early guidance allows for the formation of healthy family dynamics that can have an immediate and lasting impact. My approach is honest, thoughtful, and deliberate, with a laser-like focus on the needs and well-being of children. I do not judge parents and the only “side I take” is that of the children. I also maintain the highest level of confidentiality.

I earned my undergraduate degree in Sociology from Harvard University in 1995, with Magna Cum Laude distinction, including significant coursework in Psychology, and an undergraduate thesis on Inclusion in the Massachusetts Public School System. I graduated from The Winsor School in Boston, MA.

I earned Master’s Degrees in both Elementary and Special Education from the Boston College School of Education in 1997, while teaching in the Dover-Sherborn Public School System. Among my primary tasks as a teacher, I created and led the Child Study Team program, which resulted in multi-disciplinary academic and well-being plans for students, focused on the children’s academic, social, and emotional needs. My team’s track record of success was notable in these situations, which often included divorce as a factor.

I am trained in Parent Coordination by the Cooperative Parenting Institute, as well as a member of the Massachusetts Association of Guardians ad Litem (MAGAL) and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). I have testified as an educational expert in Massachusetts and participated in mediation processes.

I am married with a daughter and three sons, including twin boys, ranging in age from 25 to 19. Attending both public and private schools, college through high school, each is active in school, sports, and other extra-curricular activities. I understand the challenges and complexities of parenting active, healthy, engaged, and content children. My expertise is relevant to children of all ages, capabilities, and characteristics.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Windsor Rose Ferrara, M.Ed.

Testimonials

"Windsor came highly recommended to our family as we were navigating the complexities of our divorce. While making the decision to go in different directions was incredibly difficult, we wished to handle this very challenging situation as best as we possibly could for the long term benefit of our children. Windsor took the time to objectively understand our situation and earned our trust through her objectivity, experience, and quality advice. She helped us focus on the big picture and was instrumental in resolving the conflicts that naturally arise under these circumstances. She has proven to be a trusted advisor to our family and valued resource that we utilize on an ongoing basis for assistance with scheduling, consultation to our children, and best practices as co-parents. Collectively we are in a very good place today and Windsor has been instrumental in helping us get here."

- Divorced father of two children

"Windsor is always focused on the best interest of my children. This clarity of purpose has helped cut through many conflicts with my ex. Her judgment is excellent and she draws from her experience, her superior knowledge of child development, and creative thinking to come up with solutions. She's also an excellent listener and respectful to everybody involved. I'm so, so glad to have found Windsor and I'd recommend her to anyone."

-Divorced mother of two children

"Windsor possesses the ability to tackle the complex and sometimes thorny issues that have concerned the care of our children throughout our divorce and in the years since. She understands that relationships evolve, that children's needs change, and that her guidance and support will be needed in different ways as we move into whatever comes next. Her complete and well-researched understanding of young children and adolescence provides a steady backdrop as she has helped to strike an important balance between the differences that can arise when parenting approaches differ. At each turn, I believe that my ex-wife and I both felt understood and valued even during moments when feedback was difficult to hear. And in every moment, I believe that she was working without bias as an essential advocate for each of my children."

-Divorced father of two children

"I think every child of divorce deserves an advocate like Windsor and every parent going through divorce deserves an advocate like Windsor. She masterfully finds the balance to be that advocate for all involved while most importantly putting the kids first. She is gifted in her ability to diffuse situations and get both parents working together with the kids' best interest at heart.

She has fair, practical and insightful advice. In addition to helping navigate current situations, she is forward thinking and finds ways to lay ground work in the present to make for smooth transitions with the inevitable changes to come in future years.

She understands childhood development and the demands of family life from both a personal level, as a parent, and a professional level, as an educator. She has been an invaluable resource to help me see and understand situations from all perspectives regarding general parenting, being a collaborative co-parent, and being informed on what to be thinking about now and conversations to have in the coming years.

I have so much respect, trust and appreciation for Windsor."

-Divorced mother of two children

"Windsor has been a tremendous resource from the earliest stages of our divorce. Like many dealing with this unwelcome experience, I didn't know where to begin, what questions to ask, or who to turn to for help. Before involving lawyers or mediators, Windsor was my first professional divorce advisor. By the end of our initial conversation, I no longer felt directionless. Windsor provided a clear understanding of the divorce process and explained what divorce might mean for me, my former spouse, and our three young children. Her expert advice was thorough, professional and empathetic, and she proactively addressed issues that had not yet come to mind. She helped evaluate the situation from a unique perspective, which allowed us to navigate the divorce process and negotiations in a manner that we had not considered. Windsor naturally had our own best interests in mind, but her primary focus was, most importantly, the well-being of our children. She was extremely responsive, and helped us understand the issues and the consequences of those issues at hand. Ultimately, she provided the expertise, direction and compassion that was needed to arrive at the best possible outcome in a difficult situation."

-Divorced father of three children

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