What is a Divorce Coach?

According to the American Bar Association, Divorce Coaching is "a flexible, goal-oriented process designed to support, motivate and guide people going through divorce to help them make the best possible decisions for their future based on their particular interests, needs and concerns."

CDC Certified Divorce Coaches® are trained professionals who abide by a strict code of standards and ethics to provide confidential support with all aspects of divorce.  We are valuable members of a "divorce team" who provide clients with clarity, guidance, motivation, empathy, and hope.

Divorce coaches can :

• be a confidential and compassionate space to speak about your personal situation
• relieve emotional pressure from your friends and family and serve as an objective and empathetic listener 
• help navigate your divorce process as an active thinking partner
• simplify matters and minimize overwhelm and stress
• provide high quality referrals and resources
• help visualize the future and plan for life after divorce
• offer encouragement and perspective

Coaches are not pro-divorce.  We work with clients to  help them find clarity when contemplating to stay in or leave their marriage.  We believe the answer lies within each person and can help people realize their own best answer to very difficult questions.

This work is deeply personal and I wish I had known that specialized coaches existed when I went through my own divorce.  Now, I am dedicated to sharing my learning with you to help make your healing process easier.

I coach with compassion and open-mindedness and will challenge you in places where I feel that you're stuck.  We will have collaborative conversations to help you arrive at your own conclusions.  My job is to bring awareness to areas that will allow you to open, change, and grow, not to solve the problem for you.  With active listening and reflective questioning, we will get you to a stronger, more peaceful, and (imagine this!) joyful place.

Using tools and techniques to efficiently move you through your pain and confusion, we will create goal-oriented and customized sessions tailored to your unique situation.  You will learn to communicate clearly and effectively, and make decisions with clarity and confidence.  These skills will increase your awareness and serve you in your divorce and beyond.  

• conflict resolution techniques
• effective communication skills
• stress management exercises
• financial organization tools
• reflective and active listening 
• increased self-awareness 

With help, you can do hard things.