Divorce and Separation
Expert Therapeutic Support for Navigating Divorce with Confidence
We offer a range of therapeutic and coaching services to support clients going through divorce and separation.
Therapeutic Coaching for Separating Parents
Many separating parents struggle to put their own emotions aside when navigating separation and worry about the impact this can have upon their child.
Whether attending sessions alone or with your ex, Therapeutic Coaching can help you improve communication skills, understand and explore your emotions and help you transition into effective co-parenting for the benefit of your child. By focusing on the child’s welfare and receiving emotional support, you can work through past issues, move forward, and rebuild your life.
Divorce Counselling for Individuals
Family Consultancy for Legal Proceedings
Working closely with family solicitors and mediators, we provide specialised therapeutic consultancy and counselling to support our shared clients through divorce, helping them manage emotions and reduce conflict.
Elinor is a qualified Collaborative Practioner, having completed training with Resolution. By fostering clearer communication and promoting amicable solutions, our therapeutic expertise can make the legal process smoother and more efficient. Our collaboration ensures that our clients not only reach better legal outcomes but also experience emotional healing, leading to healthier co-parenting dynamics and reduced tension during negotiations.
Together, blending legal and therapeutic expertise, we can help clients achieve long-term well-being and healthier solutions without the need for court.
“Although we have decided not to stay together, you have helped us work out a new way to get along, this will help us stay friendly, especially for our children”
Recommended Family Law Firms and Mediators
We regularly refer to and recommend family solicitors, barristers and mediators to our clients. If you’d like to join this list, contact us to discuss how we could work together.
What can we help with?
For Clients
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Grieving and healing from the end of the relationship
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Improving communication skills without conflict
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Building awareness of your child’s emotional needs
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Improving emotional support and validation of your children
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Building a positive, co-parenting relationship
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Creating a shared, non-blaming narrative to tell children and family members
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Deciding when & how to separate
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Creating an empowering future journey after divorce
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Being aware of your child’s loyalty conflicts
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Creating new family traditions and rituals
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How to keep your child’s best interests in mind
You may find it helpful to read our expert article about how to communicate positively with your ex.
For Legal Professionals
- Offering emotional support to clients during divorce proceedings
- Reducing litigation & preventing prolonged court battles
- Helping clients reach positive and forward facing solutions
- Therapeutic Consultancy and Expert Guidance as part of collaborative proceedings
- Supporting client wellbeing including suicide and self harm assessment
- Stress Management for Legal Professionals
- Developing client communciation skills to reduce hostility and conflict
- Co-Parenting Focused consulting
- Trauma Informed Legal Practice training
Read more about our training and workshops for legal professionals
Details have been changed to protect client anonymity
Case Studies
Mr and Mrs O
To Separate or Not
Mr and Mrs O came for sessions after the discovery of an affair. They both agreed their relationship had been worsening for some time and that the affair had been a symptom of this. Therapy sessions with Elinor allowed them to explore their options and with the safety to be open and honest.
They learned to develop their communication skills and reflected back on their relationship timeline and the events that had led them here. When they decided to separate, they created a joint narrative to tell their teenage children and were able to work respectfully and amicably during the legal processes. They remain on good terms and can attend important family events together.
Mr J
Responding Differently to Anger
Mr J was referred by his family solicitor after the breakdown of his marriage. He felt angry and hurt that his wife had left and devastated not to spend as much time with his daughter. His anger was impacting all communication with his ex-wife and hampering his ability to instruct his solictor clearly.
Through counselling and coaching we explored his relationship with anger and how it was used to mask his feelings of vulnerability and sadness. We explored his feelings of loss and helped him find new coping strategies. Developing alternative responses to his feelings of anger allowed him to engage more healthily in mediation sessions and communicate his feelings and needs better to develop a more child centred co-parenting plan.
WHY SEEK THERAPY DURING DIVORCE?
Emotional Support
Divorce is a highly stressful time and having professional support can help get you through this, and give you the space to feel however you feel.
Grieving the Relationship
The end of a relationship can feel like a bereavement. Just as in death, it’s important to make time to grieve what has been lost.
Finding Acceptance
Without accepting the situation, we can feel stuck. Therapy can help you find ways to accept things, alongside the pain and distress.
A Neutral Person to Talk To
Talking to family and friends is wonderful but sometimes we need someone neutral to talk to, so we can explore how we really think and feel without influence.
Experience & Understanding
We have worked with many clients going through separation. We can use our expertise in this area to help you with your unique circumstances.
Moving Forward
Being able to process the past means we can help you look to the future with hope, and develop your inner strengths and self beliefs for the happiness to come.
