Del Mar
Certified Divorce Coach®️
What is a Certified Divorce Coach®️
During my years as a Clinical Forensic Psychologist I began to notice that women clinical clients that where going through divorce were being greatly underserved.
They would consult a mental health professional to manage their emotions while their marriage, family, and oftentimes children, began to split up.
I watched as their choice to reach out to such a professional would sometimes work against them in custody decisions.
Not only that, but these women were suddenly thrust into an unfamiliar world of attorneys, paperwork, custody, and courts… often with very little preparation and know how to navigate it all.
I decided to become a Certified Divorce Coach to serve this need for my clients’ so they could feel supported, manage all the logistics while feeling in control, organize the seemingly endless paperwork and rebuild their life as the person they want to be.
Working with a Divorce Coach is a trend that’s continuing to increase year after year. Many attorneys encourage their clients to hire one because we can help in ways that neither an attorney or a clinician can!
It is important to look for the Certified Divorce Coach®️ Emblem. We have earned a certificate with the ICF International Coach Federation, which includes rigorous training and ongoing support and education to help us stay current to best serve you.
Call or Email me to discuss your needs
If you’d like to discover more about Divorce Coaching, what it is, what it’s not, if it fits into your budget, or if it can help you create the experience you want for yourself…
The first step is to book a free 15 minute phone consultation so I can get to know your unique circumstances, you can get to know me, and we’ll decide if working together is the right next step for you.
Once we decide to work together where can we meet?
I have an office in Del Mar and Online via Zoom or another HIPAA approved platform.
I also travel to client homes, local beaches or parks if you’re more comfortable outside.
Let’s turn your trial into a triumph in the setting where you feel most happy and secure.
During The Coaching process
The benefits of having a Certified Divorce Coach
Individuals who engage in a coaching relationship can expect to experience fresh perspectives on personal challenges and opportunities, enhance thinking and decision-making skills, improve interpersonal effectiveness, and increase confidence in carrying out chosen work and life roles.
Consistent with a commitment to enhancing their personal effectiveness, they can also expect to see appreciable results in the areas of productivity, personal satisfaction with life and work, and the achievement of personally relevant goals.
A Certified Divorce Coach has been trained to give you the best possible outcomes and is certified by the International Coach Federation;
http://www.coachfederation.org
Feeling Emotions *
We experience feelings in life and are most likely going to have feelings about divorce.
It is good that feelings come up. Even if they come up every session. It is OK to shed the tears, experience the emotion and then continue with a productive coaching session.
The coaching session may be the only place to express ourselves, and where we can shed some tears. This a safe place to let it out.
As a Coach I can just be with you with the experience of the emotions. The feelings validate how we feel and we have every right to feel this way – divorce can sometimes overwhelming..
Divorce Coach
What can I expect?
- Sort through that challenging decision of whether to divorce or not.
- Gain confidence and clarity for wherever your decision leads! Looking at divorce with your eyes open.
- Managing the communication and dealing with the response – with courage and empathy
- Understand the "business" of Divorce.
What can a Certified Divorce Coach®️ Do for you?
There’s more than you may think!
Divorce Coaching can help you navigate:
- How to decide whether you are ready for divorce process.
- Your thoughts and emotions in a productive way and feel that you have been heard.
- How to prepare for divorce. Being prepared will help you focus and stay on track, and save you money!
- Deciding which divorce process will be best for you and your family. Whether it be mediation, litigation or collaborative, you can make decisions that work best for you with the right information.
- How to choose and work with a divorce lawyer.
- Creating a divorce team that has been vetted for you.
- Understanding the divorce system.
- What you can do to save time and money in your divorce.
- How to make goals for yourself in your divorce, a workable plan to achieve those goals, as well as a partner to help you make choices that you are confident with.
- What you need to do to prepare for mediation.
- What you need to do to prepare for court.
- How to avoid confusion and frustration, with support, to keep your divorce moving forward effectively.
... and much more
Questions you may be asking yourself
- I feel hurt, betrayed, ashamed and overwhelmed, what do I do?
- How do I tell my kids and family? What will everyone think?
- Should I get a lawyer? Paralegal? Mediator? What is best for my situation?
- What do all these documents mean? What do I need to prove my case?
- I am leaving the house, what important documents do I take?
- How will I live on one income? How do I budget?
- How do I update my resume?
- How will we co-parent? How do I control what they learn at the other home?
- How do tell my attorney what I need?
- How do I create a new normal? What is my life going to look like?
- How do I communicate with the other spouse?
These are just some of the questions I can help you answer. I can also help you to find the right professionals you may need.
