Divorce Coaching

When going through a divorce, the changes to immediate family and living arrangements and even budgeting are well-recognized.  Beyond this there are changes to the social life, connections within any faith-based community, relationships with extended family, individual confidence, and of course emotional well-being.  While as a coach, there are a multitude of challenges to recognize and address, coaching does provide a positive process for focusing on the future.

What are effective approaches to divorce coaching?  Because of the extent of changes after a divorce, exploring goals in all areas makes sense.  At the Center for Coaching Certification, coaches ask clients what they want and probe for specific goals in six categories: Personal, Relationships, Career, Financial, Health, and Lifestyle.  Considering each of these makes sense following a divorce and empowers the coaching client to focus on their future.

Coaching involves change and Certified Professional Coaches provide clients with a tool for creating the focus and habits the coaching client wants to support achieving their goals.

As coaching progresses, the client chooses which goals are their highest priority.  Coaching then focuses on developing a strategy to achieve results.  The coaching process ensures meaningful progress and builds confidence.

What are the special considerations for a coach when their client is going through a divorce?

Cathy Liska

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Most blog posts here are written or curated by Cathy Liska, Guide from the Side®, CDP, MCC.

Cathy is CEO/Founder of the Center for Coaching Certification, CCC. As Guide from the Side®, she is a sought-after trainer and coach with over 30 years of experience in business management and ownership. Cathy built her diverse team at CCC that includes trainers, customer service, and coaches. She was Co-Leader for ICF’s Ethics Community of Practice, on the Leadership Team for the review and updating of the Code of Ethics in 2024, and active in the Ethics Water Cooler. To ensure she stays current in related areas of expertise, Cathy has earned the following: ICF’s Master Certified Coach (MCC), Certified Coach Trainer, Certified Consumer Credit Counselor, Certificate of Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Grief Support Group Facilitator, Certified in the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool, Certified Apartment Manager, Certified Civil and Family Mediator, and Certified in DISC.

Cathy’s clients range from attorneys to corporate executives, government to nonprofit, entrepreneurs to children, under or unemployed to newly retired. She specializes in communication, management, conflict, and leadership. Her personal mission statement is “People.” Cathy is known for her passion to serve others so they achieve the results they want.

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