A Coach guides…

Prepare.

Anything worthy of your passion should be worthy of your preparation.

Sue Enquist, Coach 11 National Championships, All-American, and Hall of Famer.

Collaborating, exploring options, mediating, educating, and receiving on-going support for your changing family, sets a foundation for successful transitions—and healthy, thriving children, teens and adults alike.

“How to tell the kids” – Preparing for Divorce/Separation
- Start off on the right foot for this major family transition
Developing a Residential Schedule/Parenting Plan
- Make agreements that can be used in the preparation of a legal parenting plan
Creating a Two-Home Family
- Set up a two-home family; create a secure home base for children
Implementing Your Parenting Plan Post-Divorce/Separation
- Develop practices and protocols that work for strong co-parenting
Collaborative Divorce Coaching
- A non-adversarial, respectful alternative to “fighting” through divorce
An Experienced Guide through the Divorce Process
- Strategy, self-care, skill, intention…

“How to tell the kids” – First Steps in Divorce/Separation

When you commit to ending relationships respectfully, you hold a space for resolving protracted conflict and deep hurt. Thoughtful steps that honor the other person provide a foundation for a new relationship (from intimate partner to co-parent/friend) and expanded family structures (like the two-home family). Conflict transformation is the gift you give yourself – your children, extended family, and community of friends as you embark on building a better tomorrow. Divorce preparation coaching can help you, your partner/spouse, and your children as you contemplate divorce/separation.

“How to tell my partner/spouse I’ve made the decision to divorce…”

“How to tell the kids” … and other pertinent concerns in preparing for a family change

Next steps, options, choosing an attorney/mediator, and navigating the separation/divorce process

Co-Parent Coaching

Co-parent coaching offers guidance through the transition from spouses/partners to co-parents. Whether you’ve been married, lived together or simply have a child you want to raise as co-parents, learning to work together in the best interest of your child is the purview of the co-parent coach. Most common use of co-parent coaching is in developing a parenting plan. However, many parents access the guidance of a co-parent coach for implementing their parenting plan after divorce/separation, reducing conflict, and developing practices and protocols that work in two-home families. Co-parents often seek guidance from a co-parenting coach when planning to introduce a new romantic partner to their children and similar significant family events.

Collaborative Divorce Coaching

Collaborative Divorce is a non-adversarial, respectful alternative to “fighting” through divorce. Attorneys, mental health professionals, and a financial specialist work closely with a couple to determine what’s best for each of them (and their children) – building toward the best future possible. I’m happy to discuss this and other options for a family approaching divorce/separation. I work closely as a King County Collaborative Divorce professional with attorneys and financial specialist trained in Collaborative Divorce.

Divorce Coaching

For individuals going through a difficult divorce, you may choose to work with a divorce coach to address strategies for self-care, mental preparation, how to face parenting evaluations and navigate a stressful/contentious, unresolved parenting relationship with your co-parent. We’ll work together on managing stress, “uncoupling” from your partner/spouse, resolving difficult feelings, strategizing parenting options, building communication skills, and responding to the demands of the divorce process in close coordination with your attorney.

Ideally, you and your co-parent are coming together to build the best co-parenting relationship possible as you transition your family from one home to two. Keep in mind, for a child, what divorce breaks apart, strong co-parenting rebuilds.