Our next divorce workshop is on Saturday November 3rd in Holborn Central London. There is more information at www.divorcesupportgroup.co.uk/workshop. Let us know if you would like to join it.
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September is here and welcome back.
Divorce Support Group is ready for the Autumn and we are looking forward to running our one day workshops, ten week groups and seeing individuals to help make your separation manageable. Our newsletter will be sent out in two weeks please do email me here if you...
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
Everyone loves a happy story. So willing were we to invest in the happy ever after fairy-tale of Tom and Katie, that the press fused this couple into ‘TomKat’. How lovely they looked together. She had the man she had always had a crush on from the silver screen...
Children deserve more.
Recent publicity of the government’s proposals to enshrine in law the importance of children having a relationship with both parents post separation has resulted in controversy. This controversy has, in my view, deflected from a debate which is fundamentally...
Infidelity websites
Well, we have certainly moved a few light years away from our Victorian relations in terms of how we behave now as a society. Infidelity has taken a new turn. Of course, infidelity is well documented and has always lurked uncomfortably in the corner of many a...
Don’t blame the Children.
There was an article this week about children causing more rows between couples than money or any other worries. I don’t think it is right to say they cause rows, but more that it is the stress and exhaustion associated with bringing up children that exacerbates...
Summer Time Blues
Summer is the longest school holiday of the year and parents who hitherto have been ‘short-changed’ in the child contact department feel, that now is their opportunity to spend real, quality, uninterrupted time with their child. Now, due to the length of the holiday,...
Do We Value Fathers in our Society?
I was interested to read that there are now plans to introduce legislation to promote a child’s ongoing relationship with both parents. We all know that what that really means is legislation to register that the father’s relationship is just as important as the...
Do we live in cloud cuckoo land?
Let’s get this in perspective. An article in the Daily Mail today http://bit.ly/IUSTxc quotes Sir Paul Coleridge’s view that the more we spend on weddings, the greater the family breakdown. I simply don’t agree. He and the writer of the article in the DailyMail,...
Do people give up on marriage too easily?
This morning Sir Paul Coleridge said, that having adjudicated on hundreds of divorces he wants to let people know that they shouldn’t give up so easily on their marriages. His view is that divorce is the scourge of our generation. I am not sure if it is a scourge but...
The end of Legal Aid
There is an article in today's Guardian about removal of legal aid in all family cases apart from where there is an issue of domestic violence. The removal of legal aid helps makes a level playing field impossible and slows the court system down as people...
How long does it take to get over Divorce?
This is a question I am asked many times by people who come to our Divorce Workshops and support groups. Is there a one size fits all answer? Of course, like anything in life, people react to major life events in different ways. Some people are able to function...
Couple Sessions
If you and your partner are in crisis or in difficulties, I can offer you both a joint session and we can explore how to help you improve things between you or how to separate as comfortably as possible.
My Blog
Co-Parenting arrangements for children
I thought I would share with you an article written by FLIP to help separated couples make contact arrangements for their children. It involves an App called Our Family Wizard. https://www.ourfamilywizard.com/ The article follows: For many separated parents, finding...
Individual Consultations on Zoom or Skype
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