COACHING
SERVICES
Benefits of a Divorce Coach
Road to Becoming
a Certified Divorce Coach
Brad is excited to leverage his extensive experience as a family law attorney, litigator, mediator, collaborative law professional, and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® to offer his clients unparalleled, one-on-one divorce coaching nationwide.
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During his legal career advocating for clients, Brad found deep professional fulfillment by embracing many responsibilities that he now recognizes closely aligned with the role of a skilled divorce coach.
However, many accomplished attorneys, despite their legal expertise, are not equipped to handle situations where their own clients struggle with communication, decision-making, task management, emotional regulation, or active participation in their own divorce.
When this happens, the attorney’s viewpoints – and even those of the opposing party – can inadvertently
overshadow the client’s voice. This dynamic, if left unchecked, often results in outcomes that fail to reflect the client’s genuine positions, core values, and long term goals.
Given the significant upheaval a divorce or family law matter can create, a growing number of forward-thinking family law attorneys are now encouraging their clients to partner with a divorce coach. Similarly, an increasing number of proactive individuals navigating a family law matter to independently seeking the guidance of divorce coaches to improve their chances of achieving a favorable outcome. It has even become common for divorce coaches to help their clients interview, select, and later communicate with their attorneys to ensure their interests are represented during the legal process.
Recognizing this growing trend and the extensive benefits of divorce coaching, along with his desire to expand his family law skill set, Brad enrolled in the intensive and rigorous certification program at the College for Divorce Coaching and became a CDC Certified Divorce Coach ®.
As detailed further herein, while divorce coaching is not the practice of law, Brad is excited to leverage his extensive experience as a family law attorney, litigator, mediator, collaborative law professional, and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® to offer his clients unparalleled, one-on-one divorce coaching nationwide.
"Brad remained calm, focused, and strategic. He is not only highly intelligent but also is sympathetic and absolutely focused on getting the best outcome for me. He is patient, compassionate, and thorough in what he does and presents."
- Geoff
Pre-Divorce Planning
Deciding whether to take the first step to initiate a divorce or family law matter in court can often feel like an insurmountable hurdle. As your divorce coach, Brad possesses the skills necessary to help you overcome the overwhelm, objectively assess the strengths and weaknesses of your unique situation, as well as select an attorney who bests aligns with your interests.
Make Better Decisions and Think Like an Attorney
While a divorce coach cannot provide legal advice and should not tell you what to do, Brad excels at using his extensive legal background to help his clients explore previously unknown options, think creatively, and make more informed decisions. Additionally, Brad will support you in maintaining a balanced perspective throughout what is often an emotionally charged process, helping you avoid costly mistakes, and increase the likelihood of achieving your desired outcome.
Learn Effective Strategies and Tactics
Equip yourself with personalized strategies and practical tactics to navigate even the most high-conflict divorce and family law matters with confidence. Draw from Brad’s experience to prepare like a professional, think several steps ahead, and obtain greater control over the resolution of your case.
Improve Attorney-Client Relationship
As a practicing attorney himself, Brad greatly value clients who ask thoughtful questions, remain well-regulated, and have the ability to actively collaborate with him on their cases. As your divorce coach, he will help you become self-assured, credible, and gain the self-awareness necessary to have more meaningful conversations with your attorney.
Conflict Resolution and Enhance Communications
Brad has firsthand experience navigating a wide range of personality types, conflicts, and complex situations that can arise throughout the legal process. He will teach you how to filter out the noise, maintain reasonable expectations, resolve conflicts, and even prepare strategic responses that you can potentially use as evidence in court.
Increase Client Credibility and Case Clarity
Brad takes great pride in helping his clients understand the importance of remaining credible at every stage of the legal process, ensuring their voice is heard – whether in settlement negotiations, mediation sessions, depositions, or while testifying in court. This often starts with demystifying the process, explaining what matters, what doesn’t, and the relevance of specific actions.
Reduce Stress and Stay Regulated
The adversarial nature of a divorce or family law matter can intensify feelings of uncertainty, isolation, and fear, thereby straining relationships, impairing decision-making, and making it challenging to focus on the future. By offering emotional support and practical guidance, Brad will provide a safe space for you to process your feelings, reduce stress, and improve your overall well-being.
Discovery Assistance and Asset Identification
Many divorce and family law cases encounter significant challenges early on due to a lack of understanding about the vital role discovery plays in the legal process. Drawing on Brad’s expertise and role as a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®, he will help you understand your discovery obligations, ensure full disclosure of your spouse or partner’s assets, debts, income, and liabilities, identify hidden assets, uncover improper spending, and clarify the role of expert involvement.
Navigate Child-Related Matters
Naturally, child custody arrangements and parenting plans are often the most contested aspect of a divorce or family law case. As your divorce coach, Brad deeply understands the complexities and far-reaching impact of child-related matters, as well as how to effectively utilize court- appointed professionals to your advantage. By fostering a child-focused approach, Brad helps his coaching clients gain a fresh, often counterintuitive perspective that not only improves their chances of achieving a favorable outcome, but also prioritizes the best interests of their children.
Get Organized and Complete Goals
Even the most organized individuals can quickly feel overwhelmed navigating a divorce or family law matter, especially while juggling work, maintaining a household, and raising children. The process often includes extensive discovery, constant communication with attorneys and other professionals, motion practice, settlement negotiations, and court preparation. Brad will guide you through every step of the legal process, help you prioritize and complete tasks, and set realistic goals to ensure steady progress.
How a Divorce Coach Saves You
Time and Money
Engaging a divorce coach during your family law matter can help save you money, streamline the legal process, and improve your chances of achieving a favorable outcome. While some may mistakenly equate a divorce coach with that of an attorney or mental health professional, their role is both distinct and complementary.
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Not Attorneys or Therapists
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Only licensed attorneys can provide legal advice, and only mental health professionals can diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders. However, both are often ill-equipped to fully support clients who struggle to effectively manage and positively influence the outcome of their own divorce or family law case – especially in contested or complex matters involving a high-conflict spouse or partner.
Attorneys, while experts in the law, primarily focus on providing legal advice and advocacy, often leaving little room to address their client’s well-being. On the other hand, therapists may excel at offering emotional support during a divorce, but they often lack knowledge of the legal complexities necessary to help their clients take meaningful steps to improve the outcome of their case.
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Cost-Effective Expertise
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Additionally, parties to a divorce or family law matter are often reluctant to pay their attorney’s high hourly rate (typically $400/hour or more) for assistance with matters beyond the scope of the practice of law, such as enhancing their well-being, participating in their decision-making process, improving communication with involved individuals, or addressing any of the numerous other challenges identified above. On the other hand, relying on family members and close friends for advice can backfire; they may lack familiarity with the process, simply tell you what they think you want to hear – potentially reinforcing poor decisions – or distance themselves to avoid becoming entangled in the ongoing complexities and drama of your case.
Skilled divorce coaches like Brad provide specialized expertise that family and friends typically cannot offer, while also being a more cost-effective option compared to family law attorneys. In line with a commonly accepted informal standard, Brad charges exactly half of his hourly rate as a family law attorney for his divorce coaching services.
Improve Emotional Well-Being
A skilled divorce coach also serves as a reliable resource for building confidence and self-empowerment, helping their clients navigate the many complex decisions they must make with a clear and calm mindset. Furthermore, Brad equips his coaching clients with strategies to manage negative emotions, in order to help them focus on constructive solutions rather than beingconsumed by conflict.
Mediation and Litigation Preparation
In many divorce and family law cases, parties may be required to testify before a judge during trials or hearings, participate in depositions, undergo formal interviews with child-related professionals or experts, and negotiate on their own behalf during mediation. These interactions can be both intimidating and crucial to the outcome of your case. As your divorce coach, Brad will help you enhance your credibility, build confidence, and stay focused while testifying in court or communicating with other family law professional, ensuring these interactions strengthen your position rather than jeopardize it.