Separation & Divorce Counselling

Separation or divorce is one of life's toughest transitions. The decision to end a relationship can be traumatic, chaotic, and filled with contradictory emotions.

Reactions To Separation

If you are the initiator of the decision, you may feel fear, relief, distance, impatience, resentment, doubt, and guilt. If you are the receiver of the decision, you may feel shock, betrayal, loss of control, victimization, decreased self esteem, insecurity, anger, a desire to "get even," and wishes to reconcile.

Handling Your Emotions

You may not know how to handle your emotions, and support is essential in this challenging transition. It is very important to talk to someone who understands about how you really feel and address your emotions so that you do not have to live the rest of your life in a constant state of recovery from the divorce.

Moving Forward

Psychotherapists are not only excellent sources of support for people going through and/or recovering from a divorce but also able to help you find out things about yourself that you never knew before, start to see dynamics in your relationship that you didn't see before, and have a clearer view of what went wrong, why the relationship had to end, what you want and what you don’t want in future relationships.

Find a Therapist

Shizuka Torii (Northcote) has a particular interest in working with and supporting people through separation and divorce.