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Managing the Fear and Emotional Challenges of a Louisville Divorce

Managing the Fear and Emotional Challenges of a Louisville Divorce

Are you searching for strategies associated with managing the fear and emotional challenges of a Louisville divorce?  Considering or beginning a divorce can be a very formidable and unsettling time.  You are working through a range of emotions, but there are a few things which can help you to reign in your mind and reduce the emotional toll of a divorce.

The first important concept to clearly wrap your mind around is this: Divorce is about decisions and emotional decisions are almost always poor decisions. Your instincts to confront your fears and somehow manage the emotional issues of your divorce were well founded.  Managing your emotions will be an important component of your divorce strategy.  Divorce is a process and not everything will come at you at once.  You should have time during each phase of your divorce such as child custody and visitation, the division of marital property and retirement as well as conversations surrounding support to really think through the issue(s) at hand and what you want and need.

Managing the fear and emotional challenges of a Louisville divorce should include a plan to ensure you have plenty of “you time” and strategies which can include meditation, counseling or exercise to help you to reduce and manage stress and emotion.  A strong support team of friends and family helps to make sure you have additional layers of “team you” supporters who can simply listen when needed.

The second important concept to remember about divorce is this: divorce is rarely a win or lose proposition, it is about give and take.  Rarely will a Court side with one party over the other in a “winner take all” result.  This is going to be about knowing your own priorities and what you want most.  It is also helpful to really think through what you think your spouse is going to want to fight for as it can improve your position during any negotiation or mediation.  Our divorce and family law attorneys help you to prepare for and understand each step of the process and provide sound advice and counsel based upon decades of experience.  Knowing what to expect and what you want and/or need is a position of strength and power.

Managing the fear and emotional challenges of a Louisville divorce begins with an understanding that you are not alone, you are not going to lose everything and there are proven strategies for the challenges ahead.  When we meet our clients for the first time, one of the most important questions we will ask is “What are you worried about the most,   what keeps you up at night?”  We understand what you’re going through.  We work to help you understand each step of the process and to identify the things which are most important to you, as well as the things you really want and need.  You can count on our attorneys to not only work to accomplish your goals and objectives, but to provide strong support and sound advice and counsel at each step of this journey.

We invite you to review the strong recommendations of our former clients and contact us or call 502-584-1108 to schedule an appointment with one of our experienced divorce and family law attorneys.