The Divorce Coach

Dating after divorce

Dating after divorce and dating and parenting

We are always open to polite requests to view posts and articles which may be of interest to readers and clients but increasingly fewer and fewer are, especially when it comes to dating. There are two exceptions in our view – The Singles Coach Trisha Stone always has content and programmes worth reading and listening to and she has re-launched her website www.imsingleagain.com with lots of very interesting content.

The other is an article "Dating After Divorce: 50 Tips to Get Back into the Groove" which is interesting. Not only does it give helpful tips on finding your feet again by re-discovering yourself (something many people fail to do as they rush headlong into a new relationship without finding out why the last one went wrong) but it gives a great summary of social networking sites available (for those who have the time!) and how to approach that first scary date. It also has tips on how to ‘date with kids’ - ‘making dating and parenting work together.’ I am not sure I have ever seen such an article, so full marks to the writers for tackling such a tricky subject. Click here to view the article entitled "Dating After Divorce: 50 Tips to Get Back into the Groove".

Preparing for court

"Preparing clients for court"

This was the title of an article in Resolution's "The Review" (family lawyers' magazine) July issue featuring a domestic violence case study and her lawyer.

The support services we offer at itsMYdivorce for people going to court are suitable for many highly emotional cases, including domestic violence cases.

The pilot study carried out by my colleague lawyer and mediator Shelagh Goldie last year featured two cases of marital domestic violence - the first an abused mother (and her son) in one study and an abused husband in another.

The former case is featured in this months July issue of the quarterly family lawyer's journal (Resolution's) The Review. Our client Catherine (name has been changed) got through what must be one of the most harrowing difficulties faced by a parent - proving abuse of their child by the other. The abuse she herself suffered became secondary. Her courage was amazing and is still being tested as her lawyers are seeking to make legal precedence with the case. You can read the article in pdf form here. The latter domestic violence case  - Julian's - is summarised here.

We firmly believe it was Catherines's courage and her ability to out the truth, drop any shame she may have felt and look and ask for the help she needed fast which helped her to convince the court of her case, with the help of her lawyers whom she had a lot of respect for.

Sadly, we suspect many people faced with similar challenges drown in despondency, not able to help themselves (let alone their children,) unable to speak about what is going on because of many factors which the counsellors amongst us will better identify. itsMYdivorce can't help in all these cases but if we can, we will do our very best. Please contact us, in confidence, to discuss how we can help.

Divorce Coach Services - help with your unanswered questions

We’ve been quietly overhauling our websites recently, so sorry there’s been no news for a little while. However, lots has been happening: both in the wider world of UK divorce and relationship breakdown, and in the services we at The Divorce Coach are offering to give separating and divorcing people more support, so that they come through less damaged.

Let’s catch up ... At The Divorce Coach we provide cost-effective help, divorce information and support for men and women facing separation, divorce and long-term relationship breakdown. Click here to read more about our services which include:

• Self-help course How to Successfully Split course is a self-help course to help with your unanswered questions, such as “How can I afford to divorce?” and “How do I divorce?” Priced at £35, it will help you to find answers to many of the common questions raised in long-term relationship breakdown.
  
  
• Telephone Support from £50.
  Navigate the potential minefield with telephone support tailored to your needs, coupled with unlimited e-mail support to keep you on track in-between telephone calls. Whether you are wondering whether divorce is the right path for you or if you are making your way through to the other side, our inexpensive telephone support can be booked as a one-off consultation or a monthly programme of on-going support.  
  
  We can also help post-divorce if you are wondering when life starts to get better again, and wish to explore the issues in more depth.
  
• Personal (face to face) Support  Some clients prefer to meet face-to-face at least once. We tailor our face-to-face services for individual clients.  
  
  
• Workshops  Learn how divorce experts can help with the unique 'One-Stop Divorce Workshops'  in London. Launched in autumn 2007, the next dates are 13 September and 1 November. We bring together a number of divorce experts to save you time and money in finding out the options available and to find answers to your questions.  
  
  
• Expert Speaker The Divorce Coach offers expert and motivational public speaker engagements.  Recent engagements include how it feels to be a litigant in person (with Richard and Judy on ITV and Lorraine Kelly on GMTV.