Stephanie Barkett
M.S. LAW, M.S. MFT, LDA
Cooperative Divorce Mediation
Divorce Coaching
Are you contemplating getting divorced?
What is Divorce Coaching?
As defined by 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.” A divorce coach is trained to help you answer the questions that are preventing you from moving forward from where you are today. One of the common things that divorce coaching helps with is the biggest question, to know when and if you should divorce.
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Confused and Unsure?
When you work with a coach, one of the first steps is to look at the immense confusion that you will inevitably feel in several ways: the confusion and stress of thinking about divorce, the experience of being in the divorce process and the mix of emotions you face after you’ve signed the divorce papers -- when you are starting over.
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For all, divorce coaching must address the sense of overwhelm, which conceals some of our greatest fears … how will we possibly manage financially, and what will happen to our children, how you break the news to your children (who know more than you suspect), and how you navigate the split (with your spouse becoming your co-parent).
Finding Answers.....
An experienced coach helps you with the practical, financial, and legal challenges of
divorce. It includes all those questions about your budget, the rent, the mortgage, the college funds, the organization of those papers, and your life. It’s an assessment of where you are now and where you want to go. It involves understanding that your ability to weather this experience depends on the support you create for yourself now.
