Tracy Callahan is a co-founder of Divorce Coaches Academy® (DCA®), a professional training institute advancing divorce coaching as an ADR-aligned early dispute resolution support consistent with principles recognized by the American Bar Association. She is a Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator and a Certified ADR Divorce Coach, with more than sixteen years of experience preparing spouses and parents to engage constructively in mediation, parenting coordination, and other family dispute-resolution processes.
Tracy’s work focuses on client readiness, helping individuals move from emotional reactivity to informed, interest-based participation so mediation can function as intended. She is a frequent speaker and presenter on mediation-adjacent practice, interdisciplinary role clarity, and ethical integration of pre-mediation support, and she is a contributing author to the bestselling volume Divorce: Taking the High Road: Simple Strategies for Creating a Healthy Divorce.
With a professional background in healthcare administration and experience as an adjunct professor at New York University, Tracy brings a systems-based, evidence-informed perspective to family dispute resolution. Her work centers on professionalizing divorce coaching through education, ethical standards, and competency-based training, positioning it as a practical upstream intervention that strengthens ADR outcomes and reduces conflict escalation in family law matters.
