The Book.
Separate Ways: Navigating Grief in Divorce or Separation and the Family Law Process
You’re probably not sure where to start. Most people aren’t.
Have you recently separated?
Do you feel a sense of loss or grief?
Are you struggling to navigate your separation and family law matter?
Perhaps you don’t feel like your ‘normal’ self. Perhaps you feel alone on this journey - everyone around you has carried on with their lives, but your life has changed significantly.
You are not alone.
Many of the emotions that you experience following separate are due to the sense of loss and grief following the breakdown a a relationship, the loss of a family, and the loss of your expectations as to how your life should be.
Nobody goes into a relationship anticipating a breakup!
In Separate Ways, I explore the concepts of loss and grief following your relationship breakdown.
“In this exceptional book, Shaya Lewis-Dermody effectively draws on her wisdom and experience as a Family Law expert to encapsulate the raw emotions experienced through the process of separation.”
“ She provides an empowering approach to moving beyond the separation with simple to follow ideas and helpful resources. As a Family Consultant I will certainly be recommending this book to my clients.”
— Artemicia Nisyrios (Family Consultant & Family Court report writer)
Testimonials - the book
“Shaya’s book confirms what her style of practice as a family lawyer already suggested; she authentically values the emotional perspectives of her clients. A lawyer with heart, giving both sensible and thoughtful guidance to those whose hearts are grieving following separation”
— Olivia Kay (Family Consultant)
“Separate Ways offers timely navigational skills and resources for anyone dealing with loss and grief and deserves to be read at every part of the process not only to understand what's happening to you but moreover to understand yourself”
— Brian McQuade (Barrister)
“I highly recommend this book to separating and separated parents, litigants and all family specialists alike. No stone is left unturned or unexamined. It is an easy read written with beautiful sensitivity and practical and accurate advice”
— Rose-Marie Read (Barrister)
“Shaya provides great insight into very real and varied experiences and emotions that people face when relationships break up”
— Dorina De Corso (former Registrar Family Court of Australia)
“Without doubt, this is one of best guides on this most thorny of issues that I've ever seen. It covers it all; law, psychology, support, self care. I'm not sure it gets much better than this. Do yourself or someone else who needs it a favour; buy this book.
— Pete Nicholls (former CEO Parents Beyond Breakup)
“Shaya has put together so much of what we need to be reminded of in one place. The information in this book is useful for both individuals and professionals and gives us a shared language to use when working together and talking about grief and loss”
— Roxanne Nathan (Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner)
Separate Ways. The Book.
Separate Ways: Navigating Grief in Divorce or Separation and the Family Law Process