A plain English guide to surviving separation, what to expect, what to do first and how to stay organised when everything feels overwhelming.
Written by Katherine Waterhouse, Separation Support Practitioner, based on personal experience of navigating the full process and supporting others through it.
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Practical steps to take in the first days and weeks, what matters and what can wait.
A plain English overview of divorce, financial remedy and children proceedings.
What documents to gather, how to set up your files and how to track deadlines.
Honest guidance on managing the emotional impact alongside the practical demands.
How to approach the conversation and what children need from both parents.
A guide to the support available, legal, practical and emotional, and how to access it.
Written by Katherine Waterhouse. Katherine is a Separation Support Practitioner and McKenzie Friend based in Essex. She experienced her parents' traumatic divorce as a child, and later navigated her own separation as an adult, going through the full process including financial remedy proceedings, co-parenting, mediation and court. She founded The Separation Companion to offer the kind of grounded, real-world support that is hard to find elsewhere.
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