Divorce Advice from Divorce Experts at the One-Stop Divorce Workshops

Who can help me divorce?

The Divorce Coach has welcomed the following divorce experts at our West London divorce workshops to offer the best divorce advice - including financial advice, legal advice, mediation and emotional and practical help from a bank of experts including:

MiD Twickenham (Mediation in Divorce)

MiD are part of National Family Mediation offering inexpensive 'All Issues' family mediation to resolve all the issues arising in divorce and serious relationship breakdown, as well as adult and children counselling in Twickenham. Family Mediation helps those involved in family breakdown to communicate better with one another and reach their own decisions about all or some of the issues arising from separation or divorce. 

The Centre for Mediation and Conflict Resolution at the Institute of Family Therapy offers mediation to separating and divorcing couples, a conflict resolution service for other kinds of family disputes and “Children in Mind” - parenting seminars which helps separated parents to help their children.

Andrea Karpinski 

Financial consultant and stockbroker, Andrea Karpinski has helped numerous clients over the last 25 years plan and re-structure their finances. She has worked for Zurich, Abbey National, Eagle Star and the Woolwich and now works for a City bank, however her passion is in helping people to progress through the financial aspects of divorce as painlessly and positively as possible dispensing sound financial advice. She is the mother of four children, divorced, and a single parent.

Cheryl Fisher

Independent mortgage consultant, Cheryl Fisher runs her company Finance Matters from Hitchin, Herts and is a mother, divorcee and in a long term relationship. As an independent mortgage broker, she has a huge range of lenders to call on to find the right deal which saves separating and divorcing clients both time and money. Cheryl is passionate about providing all her clients with exceptional customer service and makes the mortgage process a 'hassle free' experience.

Christine Alboni

Christine Alboni's long career in senior Financial Services management has enabled her to create a much needed service for businesses and private householders keeping books up to date and administrative tasks under control. Director of Admin Ambulance in Twickenham, Christine's cost-effective services include financial fact gathering and assisting in the compiliation of the Form E and other financial spreadsheets needed in order to achieve a financial split in divorce. Christine has recently achieved the most 'friendly' of divorces. 

Fiona Read

Legal advice comes from experienced family solicitor and partner in the Family Law department at Russell-Cooke in Putney, SW15. Fiona Read undertakes all aspects of family work for married couples, registered civil partners and cohabiting couples. Fiona is a Resolution trained mediator and collaborative family lawyer, a member of the Lord Chancellors' Abduction Panel and a part time Deputy District Judge.

Jeni Hooper

Child Psychologist, and Parent Coach, Jeni helps adults to understand the world through their child’s eyes and to explore what will support each child to adapt, grow confident and reach their true potential. Happy2Learn combines practical, family friendly approaches with the solid evidence from psychological research into emotional wellbeing. Jeni has helped many families over the past 25 years to make the most of their current circumstances and to work towards a better life where all members of the family will flourish.

Jennie Bolt

Founder of CoachingYourPotential Jennie Bolt brings experience as a teacher, life coach, divorcee and mother of three adult children to her refreshing approach to reducing the emotional impact of divorce. Oppressive energy is a huge problem for people in divorce situations and Jennie helps to convert this to positive energy by discovering new possibilities and promoting tools to help boost personal growth and understanding, enabling confident progression in all areas of a new life.   Jennie is behind the ‘What now, what next’ mini workshops - a supportive and upbeat experience which provide opportunities to explore the options open from family arrangements, career and the all important ’me’ time.

Lorraine Schaffer

Lorraine Schaffer is the Director of the Centre for Mediation and Conflict Resolution at the Institute of Family Therapy (IFT) (see top) and teaches graduate courses in Conflict Resolution and Mediation Studies at Birkbeck College. Lorraine has been a practising family mediator since 1995, and before that was a social worker with adolescents and families.  

Ray Rastall  

Ray has been an Independent Financial Adviser and Pension Consultant for 26 years. He works for Foster Denovo Ltd, a national, award-winning, firm. He specialises in pensions and has helped many people understand the complex area of pensions in divorce.  As he says “…pensions are often the largest asset after the matrimonial home, and must be taken into account in the financial settlement. Understanding how is crucial to avoiding costly mistakes”.  Ray can provide financial advice about your pension entitlement on divorce, and can help you invest your share of a pension under a pensions sharing order. He can also help you build your pension post-divorce. 

Sue Plumtree  

Personal coach and published author Sue Plumtree brings significant experience in life transitions to support you in creating a new life after the trauma of divorce. Sue begins with a focus on the core values, beliefs and expectations most of us carry but recognises that after a painful divorce, they are likely to cause conflict and stress - and sabotage eforts to lead a successful and happy life.  By enabling clients to set goals that are meaningful, she helps them to create the next stage of their lives, as they would like it to be.