Family Transitions & Divorce Support
Support for Individuals, Children, and Families Before, During, and After Divorce
Separation and divorce affect far more than a legal relationship. They can impact emotional health, parenting, children, communication, identity, and daily family life.
At Orchard Wellness, we offer both clinical therapy services and divorce mediation services to help individuals and families navigate these transitions with greater clarity, stability, and support.
Some services may be covered by health insurance when clinically appropriate. Mediation services are private pay and are not billed to insurance.
Divorce Mediation
Private Pay
Divorce mediation offers couples a structured, collaborative way to make important decisions without relying solely on an adversarial legal process.
Divorce mediation offers couples a structured, collaborative way to make important decisions without relying solely on an adversarial legal process.
Dr. Eliezer Jones, PhD, Lead Mediator, is a therapist and certified Divorce Mediator through Northwestern University, with specialized training in the legal, financial, and emotional dimensions of separation and divorce. Dr. Jones also specializes in Child-Inclusive Mediation, a research-informed approach that helps parents better understand their child’s experience and consider that perspective as they develop a parenting plan.
Mediation is confidential, cost-effective, generally faster than traditional litigation, and self-directed. The process can address the key decisions needed to develop a detailed Memorandum of Understanding, a Child-Centered Parenting Plan when applicable, and the information necessary to complete the court documents required to finalize the divorce, including:
- Parenting plans and schedules
- Financial and support-related issues
- Division of assets and debts
- Communication and future co-parenting
- Post-divorce changes and agreements
Mediation is not psychotherapy and is not covered by health insurance.
Discernment Mediation
Private Pay
Not sure whether divorce is the right next step?
Discernment Mediation is designed for couples who are considering separation or divorce but have not yet reached a clear decision.
Facilitated by Dr. Eliezer Jones, PhD, Lead Mediator, the process can help you:
- Clarify whether to remain married, separate, or divorce
- Better understand the concerns bringing the relationship to this point
- Discuss fears and expectations about each path
- Consider the impact on children and family life
- Determine an appropriate next step
The goal is not to push couples toward reconciliation or divorce. It is to help them reach greater clarity.
Discernment Mediation is not psychotherapy and is not covered by health insurance.
Individual Therapy During & After Divorce
Insurance May Apply
Divorce can bring grief, anxiety, anger, uncertainty, loneliness, and major changes in identity and family life.
Individual therapy provides a confidential space to focus on your own emotional well-being while navigating the transition.
Therapy may help with:
- Anxiety, depression, anger, or stress
- Grief and loss
- Adjusting to separation and independent life
- Boundaries with a former spouse
- Parenting changes
- Rebuilding confidence and identity
- Moving forward into new relationships or blended-family life
When clinically appropriate, individual psychotherapy may be covered by health insurance, depending on your plan.
Couples Therapy
Insurance May Apply
For couples who decide they want to work on their relationship, couples therapy provides a structured space to improve communication, address longstanding patterns, rebuild trust, and better understand each partner’s needs.
Therapy may focus on:
- Communication and conflict patterns
- Rebuilding trust
- Emotional disconnection
- Intimacy and relationship satisfaction
- Parenting and family stress
- Repair after hurt, betrayal, or recurring conflict
- Clarifying shared goals for the relationship
- Building healthier patterns for moving forward
The goal is not simply to reduce conflict, but to help couples determine whether they can create a healthier, more connected, and more sustainable relationship.
When clinically appropriate, couples or family therapy may be covered by health insurance depending on the presenting concerns and the requirements of the couple’s insurance plan.
Therapy for Children & Teens
Insurance May Apply
Children do not always have the words to explain how divorce is affecting them.
Some may become anxious, angry, withdrawn, irritable, or struggle with school, sleep, behavior, or transitions between homes.
Therapy can give children and teens a safe place to:
- Understand and express difficult emotions
- Adjust to changes in family life
- Manage anxiety, sadness, and anger
- Develop coping and emotional-regulation skills
- Navigate transitions between households
- Work through loyalty conflicts or fears
- Build resilience
Our goal is simple: to give children a safe place outside of the divorce.
When clinically appropriate, therapy may be covered by health insurance.
Post-Divorce Co-Parenting Counseling
Insurance May Apply When Clinically Appropriate
Divorce may end a marriage, but parenting together often continues.
Co-parenting counseling helps parents develop healthier ways to communicate and make decisions while keeping children out of adult conflict.
Counseling may focus on:
- Reducing parental conflict
- Improving communication
- Creating healthier boundaries
- Managing emotional triggers
- Keeping children out of disputes
- Supporting transitions between homes
- Separating marital conflict from parenting decisions
- Navigating new partners and blended families
The goal is not to make former spouses agree about everything. It is to build a functional, child-centered parenting relationship.
When co-parenting work is part of clinically appropriate psychotherapy or family therapy, insurance coverage may be available depending on the family's plan.
Services focused primarily on legal disputes, custody decisions, or parenting coordination are not psychotherapy and are not billed to health insurance.
Therapy or Mediation: Which Do I Need?
Therapy focuses on emotional health, coping, relationships, behavior, and adjustment. When clinically appropriate, it may be eligible for insurance coverage.
Mediation helps couples make decisions and reach agreements. The mediator remains neutral and does not serve as either person's therapist. Mediation is private pay.
If you are unsure where to begin, our team can help you determine which service best fits your situation.
Moving Through Change With Support
Family structure may change through divorce, but the emotional health of the people within the family still matters.
Whether you are trying to decide what comes next, working through the divorce process, supporting a child, or learning how to co-parent afterward, Orchard Wellness can help.
Insurance coverage varies by plan and cannot be guaranteed. Eligible clinical services may be covered when medically necessary and consistent with the requirements of your health plan. Mediation and other non-clinical services are private pay.