Sarah-Jane Covell is an integrative psychotherapist based in North Yorkshire. She works with individuals and couples navigating life transitions, relationships and divorce. She is the author of When We Becomes Me: A Psychotherapist’s Guide to the Beginning, the Messy Middle, and the Other Side of Divorce. Feature: The Daily Wellness “Quiet Rebuilding Work” and Counselling Directory "Divorce and the loss of identity"
Understanding the Loss of Identity After Separation When people talk about divorce, they usually talk about the obvious things. The legal process. The finances. The family home. The children. The practicalities of untangling a life that has become deeply intertwined with someone
The hardest part of my divorce wasn’t leaving. It was the six years before that, the years spent trying to keep a family together while quietly knowing something had already broken. Divorce rarely begins the day you separate. More often, it begins
