Why Divorce Needed Its Own Psychology Today
The Problem: No Roadmap, Only Shame
When you’re going through a divorce, you don’t just need a lawyer. You need a team. You need emotional support, financial guidance, housing help, maybe even a new hairstylist to help you feel like yourself again. Divorce touches every corner of your life. And yet, for decades, the system has left people on their own to piece together help in the dark.
We have clear roadmaps for weddings, babies, and even therapy. When you need a therapist, you go to Psychology Today. It’s simple, accessible, and stigma-free. But when you need divorce support? You get a Google search bar at midnight and a wave of shame that tells you to keep quiet.
It’s not that the resources don’t exist — it’s that they’ve been scattered, hidden, or treated as taboo. This silence keeps stigma alive.
The Fresh Starts Solution
That’s why we built Fresh Starts. We are like the Psychology Today for divorce professionals. Just like Psychology Today normalized therapy by making it accessible, Fresh Starts is normalizing divorce by giving people a hub of experts, education, and support.
Before divorce: You may need a therapist to process, a financial planner to map out your options, or a coach to help you clarify your next steps.
During divorce: You’ll need lawyers, mediators, and real estate agents who understand the emotional complexity behind the paperwork.
After divorce: You might need a career coach, an organizer, or a therapist who helps you rebuild.
We bring all of it together — vetted, inclusive, judgment-free professionals who understand divorce as a life transition, not a scarlet letter.
The Culture Shift
Just like therapy was once whispered about, divorce has long been treated as failure. But access and visibility create normalization. When you give people an easy, stigma-free place to find divorce support, you take the shame away and replace it with tools.
Fresh Starts is that hub. Not a directory, not a dead end — but a lifeline. Just like The Psychology Today of divorce.