Tuesday 27 January 1pm – 2pm
For the Public
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A webinar to help you understand and manage emotions during a divorce or separation process.
Emotional readiness is the cornerstone of navigating separation, mediation, and divorce with compassion, resilience, and clarity; being emotionally prepared means acknowledging, processing, and managing difficult feelings – like anger, grief, and uncertainty – while building tools such as mindfulness, self-care routines, and supportive networks to reduce conflict and approach compromise. This readiness is vital not just for personal well-being, but for effective mediation, successful co-parenting, and minimizing the adverse effects of conflict on children, allowing individuals to shift from a focus on loss or blame towards future growth, healthier relationships, and constructive negotiation
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what “emotional readiness” means in the context of separation, mediation, and divorce.
- Recognise the impact of unprocessed emotions (anger, grief, uncertainty) on conflict, negotiation, and co-parenting.
- Learn strategies for acknowledging, processing, and managing difficult feelings to approach mediation constructively.
- Explore tools such as mindfulness, self-care routines, and supportive networks to build resilience and reduce conflict.
- Appreciate how emotional readiness supports effective mediation, healthier relationships, and constructive negotiation.
- Identify ways to minimise the adverse effects of conflict on children through improved emotional regulation.
- Shift focus from loss or blame towards future growth, cooperation, and solution-focused thinking.
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Kerry Lawlor, MA, PG Dip, MBACP (Accred), is an Integrative Psychotherapist, Supervisor, and Trainer with expertise in supporting individuals and professionals through psychological challenges. A director at The Workplace Collective, she specialises in mental health support for legal and high-achieving professionals, provides supervision for Family Lawyers across the UK, contributes to Law Society publications, and leads the Leadership Programme for Mountain Rescue England and Wales. She also delivers mental health training, developing wellbeing strategies, resilience, and high-performance mindsets. Drawing on approaches such as Internal Family Systems, CBT, Trauma-Informed Care, and Mindfulness, Kerry’s work focuses on imposter phenomenon, low self-worth, perfectionism, and supporting those exposed to others’ distress to prevent vicarious trauma and burnout. |
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Emma Heptonstall, the Divorce Alchemist is a former lawyer, and family mediator. Practising as a Trauma Responsive Divorce Coach, and high-conflict diversion specialist, she is the author of the Amazon best-selling book How to be a Lady Who Leaves, the Ultimate Guide to Getting Divorce Ready. Emma has been featured on BBC Radio, The Telegraph, the iPaper and in Marie Claire Magazine. Emma is also the host of The Six Minute Divorce Podcast. To find out more |
