Divorce Adjustment

Are you contemplating leaving your spouse?

Are you currently separated or going through a divorce?   

Concerned about the effects of a divorce on your children?

Divorce can be one of the most difficult and overwhelming events an individual may ever experience.  

It can trigger a rollercoaster of emotions and leave one feeling depressed, anxious, hurt, angry, or confused.  Divorce often brings uncertainty and fear of the future.  Research shows that divorce can place people at increased risk for depression, health problems, life dissatisfaction and substance abuse.  Dr. Wise can help you mitigate these risks, recover from this experience, and reclaim your life.  

He has extensive experience helping individuals, families and children who are experiencing divorce and assisting them in adapting to the changes it brings.  Dr. Wise has supported many people through this distressing period in their lives and helped to bring them through it so they can function optimally and enjoy their lives again.

Dr. Wise has expertise with:

• Making sense of the overwhelming emotions of divorce.

• Supporting people through the legal and financial changes divorce brings.

• Creating a “safe place”  to process and work through these challenges and emotions.

• Providing advice on how to talk with your children about divorce to lessen the impact on their lives and foster resiliency.

• Helping you to grieve the loss of your marriage. 

• Working on rebuilding your life after a marriage ends.

• Establishing a healthy and productive co-parenting relationship.

• Creating a new social support system. 

• Discovering new activities and interests.

• How to begin dating again and practicing healthy intimacy.
  

Dr. Wise works with children who are experiencing the effects of divorce.  Children whose parents are divorcing often require help and support with:

• Understanding that the divorce is not their fault.

• Dealing with conflicted feelings such as anger and sadness.

• Adjusting to visitation and changes with living in two different homes.

• Having a safe place where they can talk about and process their feelings about divorce.

• Helping them to thrive and recover after the loss of their parent’s marriage.
  

Throughout his career, Dr. Wise has helped many families whose lives have been impacted by divorce.  He co-founded and led a divorce support group to help parents with their long-term adjustment to divorce.  Dr. Wise has specialized training in collaborative approaches to divorce to reduce the negative impact of divorce on families and children.  

For more information on collaborative divorce and to understand if this may be a good option for you, see Collaborative Divorce.