Regardless of who initiated a marital separation, it can be one of the most physically, financially and emotionally draining periods of a person’s life. Many clients however achieve excellent results working with a separation and divorce counsellor and coach to get them through the maze. This can often save clients thousands of dollars in the long run and enables them to feel less overwhelmed and more empowered along the way to achieving fair financial outcomes and parenting arrangements, which are in the best interest of the children.
Examples of how we help our clients:
Prepare you to have discussions with your former partner and the children about the separation
Helping you to set boundaries, identify your triggers and understand your former partners own boundaries and triggers
Assisting you to get the emotional and physical wellness support you need through the difficult process
Strategies, techniques and assistance to co-parent more effectively with your former partner
How to help communicate and negotiate with your ex-partner to try and achieve more amicable outcomes
How to help the children through the separation and divorce
Getting your Separation Plan organised including living arrangments, financial assistance, parenting arrangements
Help you feel more in control and organised in your preparation
Educate you on the range of options available to resolve financial/property and parenting arrangements and how to legally
divorce
How to get the best out of mediation and reduce your legal costs
What to prepare before you see a mediator and/or lawyer if necessary
Help to improve your safety and security when leaving a relationship and provide guidance on where to get additional support if required
Assist to get well prepared and organised with your evidence and documentation
Help to prepare your financial information and draft legal material including financial and parenting agreements
Help to obtain financial information and support including where relevant, property and/or business valuations, accounts, superannuation, credit ratings, bank information, financial and estate planning and mortgage broking requirements
Identify the key family documents which may need to be amended pre and post separation/divorce, what future documentation is required and assist to get changes made
Help on how to prepare an updated resume, interview skills and career assistance
Life coaching and emerging the other end with greater confidence and strength.
Our Separation and Divorce Counsellors and Coaches work in conjunction with Separation Support Network.
www.separationsupportnetwork.com
Questions about our
Services?
Medicare rebate or private medical insurance claim for psychological services?
Most clients prefer to book directly with with our counsellors. No referral is required to access this counselling service.
During the first session, you can discuss the benefits of seeking a Mental Health Care Plan from your GP should you wish to pursue this path moving forward and you are booking with a registered psychologist. If you require a Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP) you will need to make a long appointment with your GP and they will make an assessment about whether you are eligible.
All of our registered psychologists are registered with Medicare and you will need a referral from a GP if you wish to claim Medicare rebates. Under the Better Access program you can receive a partial rebate for up to 10 individual sessions in a calendar year.
All our psychologists are registered with private health insurance providers in Australia. If you have private health insurance, you may be eligible to claim rebates for psychological sessions. The level of cover and any applicable waiting periods vary between providers and depends on your extras cover policy.
To find out if you are eligible and/or how much funding you are entitled to claim for psychological sessions, please contact your private health insurance.
Where applicable, some of our psychologists also see clients who are self-managed or plan-managed through NDIS at the current rate for NDIS.
Cancellation or missed sessions policy
Given the nature of our support services, last minute cancellations are costly, and it means that other clients may miss out on receiving the required support. For cancellations within 48 hours of the scheduled appointment there is a $65 part fee payment. For less than 24 hours cancellation notice or a non-show, the full session fee will need to be charged. These fees are refunded however if the session can be filled at the last minute.
How are your counselling and coaching sessions held?
We know our clients are time poor. For your convenience, all our counselling or coaching sessions are now available online via Zoom.
You can book your appointment online via this website.
Zoom allows us to connect with you via video and audio. It just requires you to click on a link to join. You can sign up to Zoom to create a FREE account and download the Zoom Client for Meetings. Zoom does require internet connections.
After you book you will be sent a reminder about the booking and emailed a link to connect at the booked time. You are also likely to be sent a client information form to complete prior to your initial consultation to enable our Counsellors and Coaches to be better prepared for your first meeting.
If you are unable to make any of the dates available, please email us to see if we can accommodate an alternate time for you: [email protected]
If you live in Brisbane or the Gold Coast, Queensland, we are available for face to face consultations. Please email us at [email protected] if you would like to arrange an in person appointment.
Webinars - how they are received, transcripts and worksheets
Our clients have requested webinars and programs for years that allow them to access excellent support and guidance and a toolkit they can use to move forward. Many of our clients are time poor so these webinars give them the chance to get the support and resources in their time. The webinars can be purchased on line. The link, transcript and workbooks/worksheets and videos (where applicable)are then sent with the email. Sign up to our email today to receive updates on all our webinars, programs and resources.
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How we help YOU
What is a Separation and Divorce Coach and Why Should You Use One?
A Separation and Divorce Coach is someone who cares about YOU, works alongside YOU as you make decisions about your separation and divorce. We know our approach saves our clients a lot of stress, time, and money!
Our clients consult with us when they are considering separating, have separated, or are near obtaining a final divorce order. Some reach out after divorce to get the ongoing support they need to continue to feel stronger and confident on their way forward. For many of our clients, they work with us from the initial stages of separation to a significant period of time after the divorce.
Where Do You Start in the Process with A Separation & Divorce Coach?
When a client starts working with us, we will often initially assist them to work through their feelings at the time - from grief, hurt, betrayal, guilt, to overwhelm and confusion about how to get help, who to trust. We have additional counsellors and psychologists on our team who can further assist with offering emotional support for our client and their families through each stage of the process.
We then work with our client, at their pace, to find out where they are in the process, their level of knowledge of the options, and where we need to help fill in any of the gaps. We further discuss their financial situation, their job, their support system, living arrangements, safety, and children.
We help guide our clients on the options available (including the pros and cons of each for their situation), support them with communication strategies, how to care for their own self, to identify triggers, and set boundaries.
We assist our clients in drafting a separation plan regarding living arrangements, children's arrangements, and financial issues, so there is some clarity along the way about parenting and financial matters, before anything is finally negotiated and agreed to. We offer them financial and budget templates to complete in this process.
We help our clients get really organised with documentation, evidence and with their administration - from changing bank accounts to amending their wills. In the event that they need to see a lawyer or financial advisor along the way, they are highly organised and feeling a lot more empowered.
For clients with children, we help them draft parenting plans, and provide ongoing co-parenting and parenting guidance, strategies and support.
We have a panel of trusted experts who we can refer to our clients for additional support as needed - valuers, financial planners, career advisors, mortgage brokers...
Divorce is a Complex, Time Consuming and Expensive Process
As a Separation and Divorce Coach, I have several ways to help you understand the process better, save time and thousands of dollars.
For more information you can book a 15 minute free consultation or paid one hour consultation here, or purchase our best selling resource "The Divorce Planner" for step by step guidance here.
Please reach out by email anytime: [email protected] or sign up to our newsletter for additional guidance and support here.
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