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About Me

I am a certified trauma-informed therapist who provides counselling and therapeutic support for women navigating separation, divorce, and co-parenting challenges. After my own experience of separation and navigating the complexities of co-parenting, I understand how disorienting and overwhelming this stage of life can feel. It’s not just about legal arrangements or parenting routines. It is about reclaiming your sense of self, finding safety in your own choices, and imagining a future that feels meaningful and authentic.

 I know how challenging it can be to balance parenting, emotions, and the expectations of others while trying to heal. Many women I work with describe feeling torn between their children’s needs, the expectations of others, and their own desire to heal and move forward. I know how heavy that can feel, and how easy it is to lose sight of who you are beneath the roles you’ve been carrying. That’s why I focus on supporting women to move forward with strength, clarity, and confidence, step by step.

“Guiding women toward freedom begins with supporting them to reconnect with their true selves”

After separation, it can feel like your world has shifted overnight you’re managing co-parenting schedules, legal decisions, and ongoing contact with a former partner, all while trying to make sense of your own emotions. In the middle of this, it’s easy to lose touch with yourself. As a trauma-informed therapist with coparenting experience, supporting women on their healing journey after separation or divorce is very central to my work.

My approach is holistic because healing touches every part of your life: your thoughts, your emotions, your body, your relationships, and your sense of purpose. Together, we explore how these areas connect, helping you process grief, rebuild self-trust, reduce stress, and reconnect with what truly matters to you. The goal is not just to cope but to create a life that feels authentic, grounded and aligned with your values.

My therapeutic approach blends CBT, attachment theory, mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), delivered with empathy, safety, and non-judgmental support. Together, we work side by side to understand your inner world, rebuild trust in yourself, and move forward with confidence — one step at a time.

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About my Practice

Christine Shalala Psychotherapy is an online counselling and psychotherapy practice supporting women who have experienced trauma, grief, and relational loss during and after separation or divorce. Therapy focuses on helping women restore emotional stability, rebuild self-trust, and reconnect with their sense of self.

My work is guided by a holistic, multifaceted model of personality, which I also teach in The Real Diamond Masterclass. This model supports women to strengthen self-autonomy, develop greater clarity within their relationships, and engage in life from a place of authenticity, confidence, and emotional wellbeing.

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Therapy for women navigating separation and divorce

Separation and divorce can be emotionally overwhelming. Many women feel pressure from family, friends, or from within to be strong, move on quickly, or prove they’re coping. Alongside the grief and upheaval, many women notice a quiet but profound loss of self-esteem or a sense of not knowing who they are anymore. Healing isn’t about pushing pain away, rushing to “get back to normal,” or pretending everything is fine. It’s about creating space for what shows up including uncertainty, self-doubt, and identity shifts while still taking small, meaningful steps toward the life you want to build.

You may have spent years adapting to a controlling or emotionally domineering partner, doubting your own needs, or carrying the mental and emotional load for everyone else. In my therapeutic work, I support you to reconnect with yourself and strengthen your voice both internally and within your newly emerging relationship dynamics. My approach prioritizes:

  • A safe, respectful, and confidential space where women feel heard and understood
  • A collaborative and attuned therapeutic relationship tailored to individual needs
  • Validation of experiences such as confusion, self-doubt, or internalized blame
  • Recognition of coercive control, chronic emotional invalidation, infidelity, betrayal trauma, and fears of abandonment
  • Support to grieve both the relationship and the imagined future, integrate experiences, and build a coherent, empowering life narrative

Healing becomes less about “getting over” the past and more about learning how to carry it differently with self-compassion, improved emotional regulation, and a renewed commitment to the values that will guide the next stage of your life.