What I see
Divorce asks people to make legal, financial, parenting and emotional decisions at once, usually before they know what's coming.
Without clear guidance, everything lands in whichever office they're sitting in: emotional questions with their attorney, legal logistics in therapy. It makes your work more difficult.
I help your clients find clarity, especially those navigating controlling and difficult divorces.
Who I am
Gwendoline Van Doosselaere · CDC Certified Divorce Coach®
​I'm the founder of Artemis Divorce Coaching and a certified divorce coach.
I'm a founding member of the Portland chapter of the National Association of Divorce Professionals (NADP), as well as a member of the Oregon Association of Collaborative Professionals (OACP). Portland-based; I work with clients virtually, everywhere.
I came to this work through my own contentious divorce — I know what your clients are sitting in, because I've sat in it.
What changes for you when we work together:
FOR ATTORNEYS
Clients arrive with legal questions, organized records and realistic expectations. Less of your time goes to emotional processing, and there are fewer surprises mid-case.
FOR THERAPISTS
Your clients has a partner on the divorce road: someone who walks them through what's ahead and how to prepare for each stage. Your sessions stay on the inner work instead of divorce logistics.
FOR FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS
Clients come to you with their documents gathered and a clearer idea of what they need to decide, so your time goes to the numbers rather than the panic around them.
FOR OTHER DIVORCE PROFESSIONALS
Clients arrive knowing what your role is, what to bring and what comes after you, so you focus on the process, not the chaos.
What I do and what I don't:
I DO
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Map what's coming at each stage of the divorce
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Help clients sort which issues belong with which professionals
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Help clients organize documents and timelines
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Prepare them for meetings with each professional
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Coach communication with a high-conflict ex
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Keep them steady between appointments
I DON'T
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Give legal advice
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Provide therapy
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Replace anyone on the team
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Share anything a client tells me — with you, or anyone — without their consent
Each professional gets the questions that belong to them.
WHEN COACHING HELPS MOST
Refer when your client:
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Arrives overwhelmed or disorganized — paperwork scattered, deadlines missed, story hard to follow
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Floods emotionally in meetings, then can't retain what was decided
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Is negotiating against a high-conflict ex and keeps conceding under pressure
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Is communicating directly with her ex in ways that create legal exposure
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Needs someone holding everything between your sessions — the daily decisions, messages, and logistics no professional has time to carry
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Is pre-decision and needs a confidential place to think before she engages counsel at all
How to refer clients:
Sample email intro:
Subject: An introduction — Gwendoline Van Doosselaere, Artemis Divorce Coaching
Hi [Name] — I'd like to introduce Gwendoline Van Doosselaere of Artemis Divorce Coaching. Gwendoline works alongside professionals like me, helping clients get emotionally and organizationally prepared so the process goes more smoothly.
I'm copying her here. She offers a free 30-minute consultation, and she'll take it from there.