Kara Francis Divorce Coach

As a divorce coach, I am an objective, non-judgmental sounding board who helps you process your emotions and think outside the box to find solutions to move forward. Divorce coaches work with their clients to define the goals you want to achieve in your divorce (and/or in life generally), and then we create action plans to achieve them. Along the way, I ask you empowering questions to help raise your consciousness about WHO you really are, WHAT you really want, WHY your goals are important to you, and what’s BLOCKING you from reaching your goals.

To learn more about what divorce coaching is (and is not), check out my blog post, “What is a divorce coach?”

The focus of therapy is healing and recovering from events and trauma in your past. While coaching also gets into your past, we don’t stay there; we go from past, to present, to future. Another important difference is that therapy typically serves clients who are experiencing some level of dysfunction (i.e., an inability to function in everyday life), with the goal of helping them become functional. Conversely, coaching takes the client from functional to optimal.

To learn more about the differences between therapy and divorce coaching, check out my blog post, “What are the differences between therapy and coaching?”

There are going to be many divorce professionals involved in your case: lawyers, mediator, judge, financial advisors, accountants, and parent coordinator (especially for high conflict divorce) are the first people you may think of. But none of these individuals are trained to help you on the emotional side of divorce. Given my professional experience, I know that emotions often block clients from thinking rationally and creatively on the legal side, which causes the divorce to drag on longer than necessary. I provide you a safe, judgment-free space to process your emotions, so you can move forward. We also define the goals you want to achieve, not only for your divorce, but for your new life. And unlike most coaches, I have years of legal experience in family law under my belt.

The other divorce professionals – while absolutely necessary – do not provide this type of support for you. Plus, releasing your emotions with a trained divorce coach is much more cost effective and will save time, compared to calling up your divorce lawyer, who is already pressed for time with many other cases and is not trained to help you process your emotions.