Breaking upwards: how to manage the emotional impact of separation

Author Charlotte Friedman is a former family law barrister who decided to move from the courtroom to the therapist's chair in order to transform the way we handle divorce.

In her view, the system sets both parties up for a fight, forced as they are to face lawyers, official forms and life-defining court negotiations, when they are also brimming over with grief and anger.

In this book she shares the lessons she has learned from every stage of the process to try and stop divorce causing more damage than it needs to.