Divorce Coaches Can Help You With The Non-Legal Aspects Of Divorce
One of the most challenging aspects of divorce is having to relearn all the adult skills that you had gotten used to practicing with your spouse. The little things are the most overwhelming. What happens to all the contacts in your phone when your spouse removes you from the family plan? When you were married, one spouse picked the children up from their after school activities while the other prepared dinner, but now that you are divorced, both of those tasks are your responsibility every school night. Yes, you could ask your family and friends for help and advice, but asking for help and advice is hard work when you are already overwhelmed, and so is navigating the humblebrags and the Schadenfreude of people close enough to you that they feel entitled to kick you when you are down. Your divorce lawyer can provide a wealth of advice, but you are paying your lawyer to provide legal representation, not to help you figure out how to finish unloading the dishwasher when your kid is watching a YouTube video where one of the characters has the same name as the person your spouse dumped you for. You may or may not need a divorce coach, but you certainly need a Birmingham divorce lawyer.
What Divorce Coaches Can Do
Divorce coaches help you with all the little things that pile up and become overwhelming during a divorce. They tend to focus on organizational matters, but they are also there to listen. These are some matters with which divorce coaches can help clients:
- Composing co-parenting related text messages to your ex
- Planning for holidays during and after divorce, both the ones where your children are with you and the ones where they are with your ex
- Moving out of the former marital home into a new residence
- Reflecting on your relationship with your children, especially when it comes to accepting their feelings about your divorce while not showing them your negative emotions about your ex
What Divorce Coaches Cannot Do
Divorce coaches would not have gone into this line of work if they were not knowledgeable about divorce. Some of them have worked as divorce mediators or family therapy counselors. They could probably accurately predict how your post-divorce finances would look. Divorce coaches are not a substitute for divorce lawyers. They cannot give you professional advice about divorce strategy or help you prepare documents to submit to the court. If you would ever consider representing yourself in a divorce case, it means your divorce is sufficiently simple that you do not have the means to hire a divorce coach. Any question that involves the court is a question for your lawyer, not your divorce coach.
Contact Peeples Law About Coping With the Disruptions of Divorce
A Birmingham family law attorney can help you see the big picture about how your finances and family life will be after your divorce, even though everything is in turmoil now. Contact Peeples Law in Birmingham, Alabama today to schedule a consultation.
Source:
abajournal.com/web/article/the-case-for-a-divorce-coach
