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Debra Doak

Debra Doak

Divorce coach, CDFA, mediator, and co-founder of Divorce Coaches Academy — author of High-Conflict Divorce for Women and host of the Divorce Coaches Academy podcast.

Jun 29, 2026

11:13
So talk to me about that a little bit and about the training that goes into successfully becoming a divorce coach.
11:20
The spectrum of people that are starting to come into the profession of divorce coaching is so wide.
11:29
We have attorneys, paralegals, guardian ad litems, mediators, parenting coordinators.
11:36
So we've got people that are working in the court system.
11:39
But we also have financial, mental health, and medical professionals.
11:44
We have clergy, holistic healers, people from other coaching venues.
11:50
And then we have moms and dads that have been through divorce.

9 MINS LATER

20:36
But how do you find a divorce coach? What do you look for in a divorce coach? We've just talked about all these different types of people that take that training.
AnneHOST
9:02
And that is not going to happen.
9:04
Not at all.
9:04
Not at all.
9:05
Women in abusive situations need to start creating this exit strategy in stealth mode so that when he gets crazy, she's at least got a few things in place.
9:17
So she has copies of financial documents in a safe space because they disappear.
9:22
She's got some money set aside because money disappears.
9:25
Those kinds of things.
AnneHOST
11:25
The other thing our coaches do is help you work through those emotions.

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