Divorce and Separation Counseling

Feeling uncertain about the future of your relationship or marriage can cause incredible pain, guilt, fear, and confusion.

Whether you are still determining if you should stay or go or a spouse tells you they might be leaving, Kentlands Psychotherapy can help through our professional support and therapy. Without experienced divorce, couples, or relationship counseling, your thoughts might continue to go in circles with no resolution. Divorce and separation counseling can get you out of the circles in your head and onto a clear path forward.

Coping with divorce or separation may require a professional marriage counselor. Unfortunately, friends and family cannot always offer an adequate support system. Often, these individuals are too biased to help, too fatigued by their prior support, lack the necessary time, or no longer want to help any longer after witnessing months or years of “dysfunction.” When children are involved in a divorce, a whole different set of issues are exponentially more complex.

Separation and divorce can be challenging for even the best-intentioned parents. Professional guidance on breaking the news to the children, how best to handle difficult situations, or even how and when to introduce a significant other to your children can be very helpful. If you are a couple with children considering separation or if you are already divorced but need help with issues involving your children, call or contact us today.

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Which Professional Could Be Right for Me?

Please look at the table below for a quick look at who sees what populations.

Couples Therapists

Populations Accepted	Clinician
Individual Adults (25+) and Couples	Krista Beyer, Psy.D
Individual, Couples, & Families	Reuven Rosen, LMSW

*All couples therapists listed above only see adult psychotherapy clients (not adolescents or children).

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Difficult Ex-Relations

During a painful or difficult marriage, divorce often feels like a welcome relief from the day-to-day crises and stressors. For many people, it is precisely that. Some folks seem to seamlessly move from marriage to friendly collaborators in raising their children, graciously sharing the holidays each gets with the kids, how to distribute the limited high school graduation tickets, and even, in rare cases, attending each other’s second weddings.

Sadly, these exes are exceptions to the rule. In most cases, post-marital negotiations are complex and sometimes even contentious, especially if the betrayal of monetary or sexual infidelity is involved. As not every divorce is amicable, some ex-relations are less than ideal and may benefit from seeing a family therapist. Sometimes, all it takes is a professional to help mediate.

Working with a psychologist, or a marriage, family, or couples therapist can help you to strategize and cope with the long-term challenges of dealing with a difficult ex. Do you feel it is time that you and your ex began to co-parent in a manner conducive to helping your children have the happiest childhood possible under the circumstances?

Please call us at 240-252-3349 to talk about your situation and best options.

Co-Parenting with a Difficult Ex?

In this article by Dr. Elizabeth Carr, read about strategies for dealing with challenging co-parenting arrangements after a contentious divorce.