Feeling alone on your separation and divorce journey?
Let’s fix that.
Hi, my name is Danielle.
My team and I help Australian women with their separation, divorce and co-parenting journeys.
We specialise in guiding parents on evidence-based ‘child first’ post-separation parenting arrangements.
When you’re navigating separation, it’s easy to lose yourself in the stress of it all.
It’s also easy, much too easy, to waste your precious time, money, energy and other resources on things that don’t help - and that might even make things worse.
We can help.
We have supported hundreds of Australian women to achieve better outcomes for themselves and their children.
From Conflict-Avoidant to Protective:
It takes more than just good intentions.
Most parents know they want to protect their children after separation, but knowing isn't enough.
Becoming truly protective requires building new skills, challenging uncomfortable professional advice, and developing the capacity to advocate effectively even when it feels difficult.
We can help.
We work with parents who are serious about moving beyond good intentions to become genuinely protective advocates who can navigate professional pressure, challenge inappropriate arrangements, and make evidence-based decisions that truly serve their children's best interests and wellbeing.
Danielle Black
Trudie Hargrave
Why do so many parents trust us to support them on their post-separation journeys?
We’ve been there, and done that!
We have extensive professional and lived experience of high-conflict separation, divorce and co-parenting. This includes lived experience of the court system, and optimising our court outcomes.
We have supported hundreds of parents to achieve child-focused, developmentally appropriate, parenting arrangements after separation.
A lot of our work is with women who have concerns about the way that their former partner behaves, and the way in which this behaviour is causing problems with separation, or co-parenting. This often takes the form of demands for equal shared parenting time (“50-50”) after separation.
The way we show up for our clients cuts through the noise of legal jargon and therapeutic platitudes.
They don’t want “professional distance”.
They don’t want to be “just a number in the system”.
They want someone who’s walked through the fire and gets it - someone who will actually name the bullshit and not sugar-coat it.
And that’s exactly what we deliver.
Here’s what our clients get from working with us:
Clarity + straight talk - someone who helps cut through the confusion, makes sense of your options, and tells it like it is.
Accountability - a partner who keeps you moving forward when it would be easier to get stuck.
Better outcomes for you and your kids - because every decision we make is child-focused, safe, and grounded in evidence and what actually works.
Parenting plans that make sense - age-appropriate, developmentally sound, and designed to protect kids, not just tick legal boxes.
Realistic expectations about the legal system - understanding how it really works, how to best engage with your lawyer, and when it’s time to push back or change course.
Tools to handle high-conflict separation - so you can lower your stress, show up better with professionals, and advocate strongly for yourself and your children.
Support with co-parenting (or parallel parenting) - from setting (and maintaining!) boundaries, to disengaging from conflict, and drafting calm, effective responses to toxic communication.
Rediscovering yourself - because your life isn’t over when the relationship ends. It’s a chance to figure out who you are now, and what you want to create in the next chapter.
Ready to transform from confused to confident in your post-separation parenting decisions.
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Click the image to be taken to ‘The Post-Separation Abuse Podcast’, hosted by Danielle, with Apple podcasts.
The Post-Separation Abuse Podcast can also be found on Spotify and other podcast hosting platforms.
Click the image above to read Danielle’s contribution in the leading Australian publication MamaM!a