It struck me as a great idea. When I was newly separated I had three kids to raise, a financial settlement to handle, and an income to make. I'd just been jumping through the hoops of marriage counseling and hating it, so although having someone to talk to about what I was facing would have been wonderful, more counseling would have been anything but.

If I had heard of divorce coaches then, I would have been open to the idea of seeing one.

The woman in the article said she helped people make a plan for "rebuilding their whole structure" and helping people to focus.

Her role is about working with people to make a list of practical things that they need to get done and helping them to get the resources or the knowledge to do them.

The tasks can be as simple as paying bills — some people going through a divorce really don't know how. Her advice? "Go to the bank and get them to show you."

I was somewhat more independent than that but still think that sort of practical "coaching" from someone who'd helped others in the same position could have been really nice.