Collaborative Practice
Divorce Coach
Divorce may involved emotional issues that can impact the divorce process. Divorce coaches assist clients to more effectively manage emotions throughout the divorce process resulting in better communication and opportunity for a solution-focused settlement that meets the interest of both parties.
You can save money by using a professional who is trained and specializes in the emotional issues that result from divorce.
A divorce coach can help you with the following skills:
- Effective communication
- Manage reactivity to stress
- Advocacy for yourself
- Co-parenting
- Parenting plan so child's voice is heard throughout the process
Effective Communication
A divorce coach will assist in establishing a structured communication system with your spouse to:
- Make the divorce process easier for you and your children
- Help to co-parent after the settlement
- Develop strategies to present your ideas and concerns so you will be understood
- Assist you in understanding your spouse's concerns so he/she feels heard
Managing Reactivity to Stress
Throughout the divorce process, it is important for you to participate in meetings being the best you can be. A divorce coach can assist you in:
- Gaining awareness of your emotions
- Managing difficult emotions
- Managing your reactivity to your spouse and your stress
- Increasing your effectiveness throughout the divorce process
Advocacy for Yourself
A divorce coach will assist you to identify what you want for yourself and others in the divorce process and be able to express them in an assertive and clean manner.
Co-parenting
A divorce coach will assist you to learn new ways to cooperate as parents living in two different homes.
Parenting Plan
A divorce coach will help you develop a co-parenting plan based on your children's wants and needs. The divorce coach will assure your children have a voice throughout the divorce process.