Helpful Resources for your Health & Wellbeing

Divorce Coaches & Life Coaches

• Sallyanne Hartnell – Reflect Relationship & Divorce Coaching https://www.reflectcoaching.com.au/ 
• Beautiful You Coaching Academy – List of Australian Coaches https://www.beautifulyoucoachingacademy.com/

Helping your Kids cope with Divorce

• Happychild.com.au
• https://www.helpguide.org/articles/parenting-family/children-and-divorce.htm
• Services Australia – servicesaustralia.gov.au

Parenting Resources

• Department of Education & Training – education.vic.gov.au
• Raising Children Network – raisingchildren.net.au –
• Services Australia – servicesaustralia.gov.au/separatedparents
• Parents Beyond Breakup – parentsbeyondbreakup.com
• Singlemum.com.au

Health Professionals / Managing My Heath during separation

• Beyond Blue  – beyondblue.org.au
• Youth Beyond Blue – youthbeyondblue.com
• Health Direct – healthdirect.gov.au
• HeadSpace – headspace.org.au
• Healthy Male – healthymale.org.au
• Better Health Channel – betterhealth.vic.gov.au
• Child & Family Health Services – cafhs.sa.gov.au
• Australian Psychology Society – psychology.org.au
• Services Australia – servicesaustralia.gov.au
• Sane Australia – sane.org.au

Psychologists / Counsellors / Therapists

• Vincent Papaleo & Associates https://www.vincentpapaleoassociates.com.au/  

Managing Finances through Divorce

• Money Smart – https://moneysmart.gov.au/getting-divorced-or-separating
• Chatfirst.com.au (financial consulting)
• SmallBusinessHQ.com.au
• GetPrice.com.au

Legislation

• Family Law Act
  – Family Law Act 1975  https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2010C00028
• Central Practice Directions https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/pd/fam-cpd 

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia:

• https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/
  – Separate Smarter https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/ss-overview
  – Separation and Stress https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/fl/pubs/separation-stress
  – Information Sheets:
  – How To Apply for a Divorce
  – Divorce Overview
  – Separate Smarter – We cannot agree
  – Separate Smarter – We have partially agreed
  – Separate Smarter -We have agreed
  – Separate Smarter Overview
     – Separation and Stress 

Family Relationships Advice Line:

https://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/separation/looking-after-yourself

Professional bodies and Government

• Australian Institute of Family Studies aifs.gov.au
• Centrelink https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/?utm_id=7

Books

What Are We Fighting For: A Peaceful Pathway for Separating Couples
by Kirsty Salvestro of Flourish Family Law

Breaking Up Without Breaking Down: Preserving Your Healthy, Wealth & Family
by Dr Tina Sinclair, Tricia Peters & Marguerite Picard of MELCA – Divorce Done Differently

Separate Ways
Surviving Post-Separation Grief, the Stress of Divorce or Separation, & the Family Law Process
by Shaya Lewis-Dermody