Navigating the emotional and legal complexities of divorce can be overwhelming. Divorce consultancy and support service providers offer guidance and assistance to HNW individuals and couples facing the end of their marriages.
Spear’s list of the leading divorce consultants can offer expert advice on a client’s legal options, helping them to understand their rights and responsibilities while working closely with solicitors and barristers to ensure a smooth and efficient resolution.
Beyond legal support, they address the emotional and psychological impact of divorce, offering counselling and therapy services as well as assisting clients in understanding and managing the financial implications of divorce, including asset division, alimony and child maintenance.
Explore the other rankings within the 2025 Spear’s Family Law Indices:
- The best family lawyers for high-net-worth clients
- The best family law barristers for high-net-worth clients
- The best litigation funding providers
Over the past year, divorce coaches and consultants tell Spear’s that their approaches have taken a sharper turn toward emotional resilience and empowerment. Hypnotherapy, CBT, talk therapy and even journaling exercises – such as writing letters to oneself – have become popular tools for helping clients manage the mental toll of separation.
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A key focus for many advisers has been on helping the financially weaker party stay grounded and make clear, conscious decisions, despite the emotional chaos that often comes with relationship breakdown.
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- The best divorce consultancy and support service providers: some names to know
- The best divorce consultancy and support service providers: the complete list
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Methodology
Each year, the Spear’s Research Unit reassesses and refreshes its rankings of the leading providers in each sector by gathering data from and about the advisers and firms themselves, assessing submission forms, collating nominations, carrying out peer reviews, reviewing data from third-party sources, gathering references and recommendations, canvassing experts and conducting hundreds of interviews.
Advisers are evaluated using a proprietary scoring system that assigns different weightings to certain attributes. These scores feed directly into each new set of rankings in the Spear’s Indices. Each of these indices are published first online (according to the research calendar) and then in print. Print publication takes the form of the annual Spear’s 500 directory, which includes the top advisers in every index.
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Each featured adviser is profiled on spears500.com. The site allows users to search the Spear’s database of more than 4,000 entities to find one (or more) to meet their specific requirements by filtering for specific attributes such as an adviser’s location, their specialist expertise and information about their client base.
The best divorce consultancy and support service providers: some names to know
Ben Glassman
- Focus: Pre- and post-settlement financial planning
- Ranking: Top Recommended
- Firm: Evelyn Partners
Ben Glassman, managing partner and head of the family and divorce team at Evelyn Partners, specialises in providing tailored advice to divorcing clients pre- and post-settlement of financial disputes. This can include looking at the tax implications of a settlement, identifying the true value of investments and advising on pension sharing orders.
‘The client is at the very centre of what we’re trying to do,’ says Glassman. ‘We’re not looking to sell any products or investments; I’m thinking solely about putting together the right team to assist this particular individual.’
Read Ben Glassman’s full profile on Spears500.com
Ceri Griffiths
- Focus: Assisting financially vulnerable women
- Ranking: Top Recommended
- Firm: Willow Brook Lifestyle Financial Planning
Financial planner Ceri Griffiths came to Spear’s via a recommendation from a senior divorce lawyer. Griffiths’ boutique practice, Willow Brook Lifestyle Financial Planning, a partner business of St. James’s Place Private Clients, specialises in supporting women through the process of divorcing from a richer partner.
‘You might be making progress with your divorce and have a legal team looking at potential settlement offers, but you don’t know how to know if this deal will work for you,’ says Griffiths, outlining the typical scenario in which clients seek her help. ‘It often seems like a huge decision, and you want to be sure you don’t get this wrong.’
Read Ceri Griffiths’ full profile on Spears500.com
Sara Davison
- Focus: Coping through coaching
- Ranking: Top Recommended
- Firm: Sara Davison: The Divorce Coach
Sara Davison describes herself as a ‘pioneer’ in the divorce coaching industry, transforming personal pain into professional purpose. After experiencing heartbreak and loss, she now supports clients through the emotional challenges of separation with compassion and expertise.
‘I work crazy hours because I love what I do, and people need the help,’ she tells Spear’s. Her approach bridges the gap between legal expertise and emotional support, and part of her role is educating family lawyers to better protect vulnerable clients, especially victims of domestic abuse. Her mission is clear: ‘If I can turn my pain into something that helps one person, then that makes it all worthwhile.’
Read Sara Davison’s full profile on Spears500.com
David Margo
- Focus: Demystifying the legal process
- Ranking: Recommended
- Firm: Divorce Solutions
David Margo, founder of Divorce Solutions, says his approach to divorce coaching sets his business apart: ‘We’re not dealing with the emotional side of divorce. We’re giving guidance to people and saying, “Look, you really don’t need to pursue a certain course of action, because it’s going to be really expensive.”’
This pragmatic approach stems from Margo’s background as a commercial lawyer, which allows him to offer valuable insights without providing legal advice. This includes encouraging clients to consider alternative dispute resolution, including mediation, and seeking direct access to barristers.
Read David Margo’s full profile on Spears500.com
The best divorce consultancy and support service providers: the complete list
Click on the individual names to be directed to more detailed profiles of each adviser on The Spear’s 500 website. The table is ordered by ranking and then alphabetically by surname.
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