This is an emotionally and practically challenging time for people. Both partners, as well as any children, can benefit immensely from a collaborative approach to separation. Counselling can support you to envision what you’d like your relationship and family to look like during and after separation and divorce, and to consider how you can support children through the change. It can help you navigate the different aspects of separation (emotional, physical, financial, social). You can  develop skills of communication and negotiation that can ease the transition and provide a foundation for cooperation and decision-making far into the future.