The Importance of a Divorce Coach
Most often, we find that very few communication skills are not present with our clients who are divorcing. Often, it is because they have never learned basic communication skills.
If lack of communication is why couples divorce, then most often than not once the divorce is finalized, the communication avenues have almost completely been broken down.
In a litigated divorce, it’s all about winning and losing, not how to keep the family unit healthily intact, but when you use a collaborative divorce approach, there is a team of mental health experts and divorce coaches available who can help open the lines of communication to allow for emotional healing to begin.
A divorce coach can play a major part in helping the healing process. Here’s how they can help:
- Gives your family emotional support when situations occur during the divorce process
- How best to discuss co-parenting for your family
- Discuss best practices for sharing information with your children about the divorce and the situations that have occurred in the past, present and future
- Helps minimize future conflicts
- Develop pro-family communication skills
When you start the healing process at the beginning of the divorce process, you will be able to move forward in a healthy way that benefits your family unit once the marital separation is finalized.
Our team of experts can help you and your spouse learns to move forward with your marital dissolution while emotionally healing yourself.
The Collaborative Practice of San Diego is a nonprofit, multi-disciplinary referral network of independent professionals of attorneys, mental health professionals and financial professionals working together to learn, practice, and promote Collaborative processes for problem-solving and the peaceful resolution of family law issues in regard to co-parenting, with an eye toward preserving the emotional, as well as the financial assets of the family.
Contact us today to learn how collaborative divorce works through your family’s emotional needs during your separation.
Note: This information is general in nature and should not be construed as legal, financial, or mental health advice. You should work with your attorney, financial, or mental health professional to determine what will work best for your situation.