Practical, calm and organised guidance through separation and divorce — written by someone who truly understands the process.
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The Starter Pack was written by Katherine Waterhouse — a Separation Support Practitioner and McKenzie Friend who has sat in solicitor meetings, attended family court, and navigated co-parenting and financial remedy proceedings from the inside. This is guidance from someone who has genuinely been there.
20 pages of practical, calm guidance — wherever you are in the separation journey.
Where you are right now
Thinking about separation, recently separated, or already in the process. Each pathway gives you practical next steps for your actual situation.
Step 1
Children, finances, housing, communication, and the legal process — one area at a time, starting with what feels most urgent.
Step 2
Making decisions whilst emotional, taking advice from Facebook, using children as messengers — and how to avoid them.
Step 3
Mediation, solicitor-led negotiation, collaborative law, court — a clear explanation of every route and when each one is appropriate.
Step 4
A practical financial information checklist covering the documents you need to gather — bank statements, pensions, mortgage, debts, and more.
Step 5
Friends, counsellors, mediators, solicitors, McKenzie Friends, Separation Support Practitioners — who does what, and when to ask for help.
Worksheets
My personal separation roadmap. Documents and priorities. Communication boundaries and questions to prepare for your next appointment.
A note from Katherine
Katherine is both a child of divorce and a divorcee herself. She has sat in solicitor meetings, attended court, and experienced the practical, emotional and financial reality that many people face.
And when you're ready to talk it through — your first 20-minute call with Katherine is free. No obligation, no pressure, no jargon. The guide tells you how to book.
Get the Starter PackThe Separation Starter Pack was written by Katherine Waterhouse, founder of The Separation Companion. Katherine experienced divorce first as a child and later as a divorcee herself — navigating co-parenting, mediation, financial remedy proceedings, and family court from the inside.
That lived experience, combined with professional training as a Separation Support Practitioner and McKenzie Friend, is what makes this guide different from anything a solicitor or legal website would produce.