Practical support for the part of family law that does not fit neatly inside legal advice.
Divorce and Co-Parent Coaching with Alaina Patterson, CDCP, is designed for people who feel overwhelmed, emotionally flooded, stuck in conflict, or unsure how to move through separation and co-parenting issues without losing themselves in the process.
Divorce and Co-Parent coaching is not legal advice, therapy, or mediation. It is skills-based, non-legal support that helps clients slow down, get organized, think more clearly, and approach divorce with more steadiness and intention.
Sometimes clients do not need another opinion. They need a place to sort through the noise, identify priorities, prepare for hard conversations, and create a plan they can actually follow. That is where coaching can be especially valuable.
What coaching can help with
Clarifying goals, values, and priorities before the next major decision.
Preparing for conversations with a co-parent, attorney, or other professional.
Reducing reactive communication and learning more effective ways to respond under stress.
Creating structure around parenting issues, boundaries, scheduling, and everyday logistics.
Separating emotional pain from practical decision-making so the legal process is not driving every part of life.
Rebuilding confidence, steadiness, and a sense of direction after separation.
Who this should speak to
The overwhelmed parent who is emotionally exhausted and cannot see how to organize schedules, finances, legal appointments, and the next several weeks without shutting down.
The professional trying to stay composed while protecting privacy, reputation, and everyday functioning during a major personal disruption.
The stay-at-home spouse rebuilding independence and needing structure, confidence, and practical planning while stepping into unfamiliar financial and legal territory.
The person recovering from betrayal and wanting support separating pain from decision-making so the next chapter is not built entirely from hurt and panic.
What divorce and co-parent coaching is not
Not legal advice and not a substitute for an attorney.
Not therapy, counseling, psychological services, or mental-health treatment.
Not mediation, parenting coordination, domestic conciliation, or case management.
Not a court-appointed role and not a source of recommendations or reports to the Court, except basic verification of attendance if separately appropriate.
How it works
Private sessions focused on your situation, priorities, and goals.
Action-oriented support designed to create clarity and movement, not just conversation.
Phone or Zoom delivery can be utilized to match your current workflow and your convenience.
Can work alongside your attorney, therapist, or other professionals while staying within clearly defined boundaries.
About Alaina
Alaina Patterson, CDCP, is a Certified Divorce Coach Professional and legal assistant at Herrman Law LLC. Her role is designed to help clients navigate the emotional, practical, and logistical pressures that often surround separation and co-parenting transitions.
Certified Divorce Coach Professional training through IAP Career College / IAPO.
AFCC training on parent-child contact problems and parenting-plan related issues.
Additional recent training includes mandated reporter education, dispute-resolution education, mediation-related coursework, and core mediation training.
Mediation training is in progress. Mediation services are coming soon and are not currently offered.
FAQs
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No. Divorce and co-parent
coaching is non-legal support and does not replace legal advice from an attorney.
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No. It is practical, skills-based support and is not mental-health treatment.
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Not unless a court specifically approves that use.
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No. It can help with overwhelm, planning, communication, preparation, and post-separation adjustment across many kinds of cases.