Experts in collaborative Divorce
Compassionate guidance for respectful divorce resolutions.
Experts in collaborative Divorce
Compassionate guidance for respectful divorce resolutions.
About Respectful Divorce
DIVORCE CAN BE DIFFERENT
At Respectful Divorce, we use a process that walks you through divorce in a step by step manner, so that you do not need to engage expensive solicitors.
With extensive experience and training in law, mediation and coaching, we understand the complexities and difficulties of divorce. Our methodology avoids polarising the two parties so that divorce can be respectful, dignified and honourable.
This site will give you all the support you need. Divorce doesn't need to be a nightmare!
Blow up
If you talk to friends or colleagues who have been through a divorce, most have bad stories to share.
Mostly, the kids suffer. But the adults do too. They walk away poorer emotionally and financially. It is an undignified process and no one comes out with their head held high. Our mission is to change all that.
TESTIMONIALS
Darrell says:
I have seen how other couples weather divorce and it is not good. People who once loved each other end up doing despicable things and poisoning others around them. There is so much distrust and so much disruption and my wife and I were keen to avoid all that. We chose Respectful Divorce because the emphasis is on a clean and clear ending without damaging the other person.
Vivienne's story:
Vivienne and her husband had been married for almost thirty years and had two adult children at the time of their divorce. Vivienne’s husband had a high profile job and she also worked during the marriage. They had tried couple counselling in the past. They used the collaborative process to agree the terms of their divorce settlement.
Vivienne says “There is no easy advice. Give yourselves time to make the right decision. A broken marriage is not the end but it does fracture lives and the truth is it takes time to heal and relearn new ways and follow different paths. There is a lot of pressure on folk to ‘perform’ because others are watching us and commenting. We somehow need to find ways to slow down and manage our own selves gracefully.
Mary says:
I approached the divorce with some trepidation as I knew it was likely to be a difficult experience. What I can say is that by going through the Collaborative process with Respectful Divorce and with the professional help and guidance of everyone involved, it was far less stressful than I imagined. There were some difficult times but I knew there was always someone to talk to if it was needed.
From Jamie:
I just want to say that from my perspective, you are the reason why 'the process' works. Can I say thank you to the team at Respectful Divorce for the calm and empathetic way you navigated us through to a mutually acceptable finish position. You are very good at what you do.
Thank you for your support through the entire process. If you had told me on that raw, fragile day when we first spoke back in October that we would manage to get where we have arrived today, I would never have believed it. Your calm, compassionate and impartial championing of our relationship and our relationship with our children, has been the guiding light for me throughout.
From Annabel:
The collaborative process was tough at times. There were several moments when I felt more like sending an angry letter than negotiating in person. Through a series of meetings we were able to reach agreement, without decisions being taken out of our hands.
Almost three years past my divorce being finalised, I can see the evidence that good work was done by everyone involved. Through the collaborative process, I think that my relationship with my ex-husband is much better than it might well have been. It is perhaps easier to start rebuilding life if you have achieved some resolution about what has gone before