Relationships, Separation & Divorce

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Relationship transitions often occur alongside deeper life changes. When a relationship is under strain, ending, or evolving, it can activate long-standing emotional patterns, attachment responses, and nervous system survival strategies.

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Separation and divorce are not only relational losses — they are identity transitions.

Many people experience anxiety, overwhelm, people-pleasing, emotional shutdown, or a sense of losing their voice. These responses are not signs of weakness; they reflect a nervous system responding to uncertainty and perceived threat.

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Importantly, separation and divorce do not have to be acrimonious. When individuals are supported to regulate their nervous system, understand emotional triggers, and respond rather than react, it becomes possible to navigate this transition with greater clarity, respect, and emotional steadiness.

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Co-Parenting Support​

Co-parenting can be one of the most challenging aspects of separation. Ongoing communication, differing perspectives, unresolved emotions, and concern for children’s wellbeing can place additional strain on an already overwhelmed nervous system.

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I support parents to:

• Regulate emotional responses during conflict or communication

• Understand triggers and patterns that escalate tension

• Respond from a place of calm rather than survival

• Strengthen boundaries while maintaining respectful communication

• Support children understand their own feelings and model emotional regulation and stability

 

This work helps create a co-parenting dynamic that prioritises emotional safety — for both parents and children — even when circumstances are complex.

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How I Work:​

I support individuals and couples through relationship transitions by working integratively with:

• Nervous system regulation to reduce reactivity and overwhelm

• Awareness of relational and attachment patterns

• Exploration of root causes influencing connection, boundaries, and self-worth

• Support in rebuilding identity, inner safety, and self-trust

• Guidance to move forward with clarity rather than fear or self-blame

 

This approach creates space to process loss, reduce conflict, and reconnect with a grounded sense of self — beyond the relationship.

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