“I thought I had it all figured out, until Kara touched under the surface and I met myself in a way I never had before.”

~ Steph, Counsellor, Brisbane ~

ABOUT Kara Ockendon

Relationship Breakdown & Divorce Coach | Conscious Uncoupling™ Practitioner | Collaborative Family Law Provider and Coach

About Kara Ockendon - LLB, BAPsychSc
Relationship Breakdown & Divorce Coach | Conscious Uncoupling™ Practitioner | Collaborative Family Law Facilitator

I’m Kara — a Relationship Breakdown & Divorce Coach, space holder, and writer based in Brisbane. As Australia’s first certified Conscious Uncoupling™ Coach with a background in Family Law and training in Collaborative Family Law, I guide individuals through the emotional terrain of separation with grace, clarity, confidence and compassion.

After experiencing a high-conflict divorce as a child, navigating two of my own marriage breakdowns, and working as a family lawyer for over a decade, I came to deeply understand the need for a more conscious, heart-led path through relationship endings. A life-altering stroke at age 32 became the spiritual catalyst that called me home to myself — awakening my deeper purpose as a facilitator of healing and transformation within the space of relationship breakdowns. As opposed to the facilitator of legal conflict I had been in my role as a lawyer.

Now as a devoted single mother to a 5 year old boy, I have co-create a thriving post separation landscape and thriving Bi-Nuclear family dynamic with my “Husfriend”. So believe me when I say, I truly know both how people can navigate this pathway both very poorly and very well.

With the wisdom gained from the unique path I have walked, my trauma informed practice integrates a rare blend of legal insight, personal experience, conscious uncoupling principles, collaborative dispute resolution resources and soul-centred tools. You whole self will be supported when you work with me: mind, body, heart, and soul. I offer 1:1, couples, and group coaching designed to move you from surviving heartbreak to thriving in all areas of life!

I believe that when one of us heals, we ripple healing through our families, our communities, and the collective.

Whether you’re in the midst of a separation or simply seeking a more conscious way to relate, I’m here to walk with you — holding space for your healing, your empowerment, and the sacred reclamation of your life.

With love,

I’d love to facilitate your growth, healing and transformation. Discover how you can connect with me and find your way home to the thriving life and relationships you were born to experience….

professional qualifcations

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts - Psychological Science - Kara Chamaine Burgess 2007

Admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland Kara Chamaine Burgess, March 2009

Admitted to the High Court of Australia  - Kara Chamaine Burgess, September 2009

Legal Practising Certificate Eligible, but not renewed such that I am not currently licensed to practice law and I do not provide legal services or advice at this time.

Conscious Uncoupling Coach - Certified 29 April 2024

Collaborative Family Law - 10 April 2024

Collaborative Family Law Coach - Certification In progress - ETA June 2024

Ongoing Training: trauma recovery, somatic and embodied healing, and collaborative dispute resolution

 

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY


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