What is a Divorce Coach?

Separation and divorce are at the top of the list of life's stressors; the effect on families can be devastating, and the impact felt for many years. Relationships are damaged, sometimes irreversibly, by the intense feelings of confusion, anger, loss and conflict. But it doesn't have to be that way. You can choose to minimize the impact of separation and divorce on your family by working with a Divorce Coach in the Collaborative process. Divorce Coaches are professionals with a counseling background who have expertise in family dynamics. They also have specialized training in the Collaborative process and mediation. In a supportive and counselling role, your Divorce Coach assists you in being at your best in the process of separation and divorce by helping to resolve the intensity of emotions involved and improving the communication skills needed to move through the process. In four-way meetings, your Coach is there to ensure that your needs, concerns and feelings are understood by ...  more

A divorce coach is a licensed mental health professional trained in the collaborative process. A divorce coach can help you set priorities, stay focused, communicate effectively with your attorney or the other party and establish a good foundation for your life after the divorce. The divorce coach is available at any stage in the collaborative process to assist in optimizing the process.  more

Coaches are specially trained mental health professionals who help manage the collaborative process. They understand the emotional issues of dissolution so they can aid both parties in reducing the stress and upset of divorce. Your Collaborative Attorney will help you understand legal and financial issues. But what about diffusing anger, setting goals for your life after divorce, and learning how to clearly state your needs during emotion-filled negotiations? Coaching is not therapy, but it can be therapeutic. The primary goal of your coach is helping you be your best while you plan your new life apart from your partner. It took a long time to become a couple — the process of “de-coupling” can be difficult to manage alone. Your coach will help you cope with strong emotions during your separation, lower your stress level, and learn effective communication skills that will set the groundwork for a healthy post-divorce relationship with your ex-spouse.  more

A divorce coach is a trained professional with experience in the emotional and legal considerations of the divorce process. What does a divorce coach do? • Assists in managing emotions • Helps in developing Personal Goals • Works to create an action plan to achieving your goals and supports you through this major life event What are the benefits for using a Divorce Coach? • Save money – Often those in process of divorce will use their lawyer as a sounding board and councilor at $200-$300/hour. A Divorce Coach is a fraction of the cost. The Coach does not practice law, give legal advice or make any legal recommendation. • Save time – When emotions are managed and goals and directions are set, the divorce process can be streamlined. Time spent in meetings such as legal conference, court appearances and mediation can take less time thus save money • Focus – So often anger and disbelief control how we act and think during a divorce. The divorce coaching process allows the client to ...  more

A Divorce Coach specializes in helping families make the adjustments and changes that are a part of every divorce.  more

A divorce coach is a communication specialist. This expert has at least 5 years of experience as a Marriage Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Psychologist, and has received specialized training in the collaborative process. The job of a divorce coach is to help their client identify "hot button issues" and to teach their client ways to defuse those conflict areas to maximize settlement options. What is a Child Specialist and how do I know if we need one? One of the primary motivations of couples interested in collaborative divorce is to protec1 the children from fallout of the divorce - stress and trauma. The role of the child specialist is to help the parents craft a parenting plan that is in their children's best interest. Parents can become so caught up in their own emotions that they may not be able to separate their interest from those of their children. The child specialist meets with the parties together and with their children to assess the dynamics of the ...  more

A Divorce Coach is a person, usually a therapist, that works with you during divorce to help contain the emotional issues. See a list of our Divorce Coaches.