Emotional Cost of Divorce

Cost of Divorce Skyrocketing Due to Lack of Treatment

LOS ANGELES, CA, June 15, 2010 – According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the U.S. divorce rate is estimated at 47.9 percent. From the expense of lawyers and the bureaucratic cost of judges, courts, and child support, to the increasing number of children traveling alone on airplanes for visits to non-custodial parents, the impact of divorce is estimated at $11.1 billion dollars each year; with another estimated $75.1 billion per year for grief counseling, therapy, life coaching and more. While circumstances are unique for each couple, the dissolution of marriage is one of the most challenging life transitioning periods that can trigger feelings of profound loss and despair. Divorce Detox provides divorce therapy that cures the heartbreak and confusion of divorce, filling a much needed deficit in the mental health community for sufferers of divorce.

“Devastation, loneliness and bitterness are some divorce emotions that exist due to a breakup. We help our patients navigate through the healing process with specific divorce programs and to discover the secrets to moving on,” said Dr. Andra Brosh, Divorce Detox Co-founder and Founder of Mothering Minds, a psychotherapeutic agency. “It’s staggering to think that on average, most people will miss 21 days of work dealing with a divorce or separation which unfortunately amounts to a loss of income to companies and organizations. Multiply that by the hundreds and thousands of people getting divorced and one can quickly calculate how an emotional divorce impacts us as a society.”

Divorce Detox is a comprehensive divorce therapy and recovery program that aids its clients in the process of healing the complications and traumas of an emotional divorce making it possible to fully recover from divorce. The Divorce Detox program offers proven methodology, and the most effective and empirically-based treatments drawn from the fields of psychology, sociology, and the behavioral sciences. Co-founder Allison Pescosolido, M.A. and Andra Brosh, Ph.D., combine the best of life coaching and psychotherapy to provide new “singles” with the proper counseling and life tools that promote the emotional healing necessary for long term recovery and well being.

“Divorce is the death of a relationship, a major life trauma. To heal from divorce emotions, one must seek appropriate professional intervention and divorce therapy,” said Allison Pescosolido, M.A. life coach, Principal at ALLIUM coaching and Co-founder of Divorce Detox. “Left untreated, the future emotional costs are quite severe.

One of the greatest costs to individuals who don't seek treatment is their inability to develop healthy, future relationships. This is reflected in the increased rate of divorce with re-marriage because most individuals bring their unresolved issues to their new relationships and make the same mistakes all over again. An even more tragic outcome which is all too common is when people avoid relationships all together because the scars of an emotional divorce run too deep."

"We also see a very parochial view of marriage among our clients, one that includes envisioning divorce as an end instead of a beginning. What makes us unique is that our divorce programs focus on moving forward past an emotional divorce, we don’t keep our clients focused on the past,” said Brosh. “A few decades ago, divorce carried a heavy social and moral stigma. Today, divorce is an opportunity to reevaluate all aspects of your life, become a better person, and create a more fulfilling life than ever before.”