‘Emotional Divorce’ and Separation

‘Emotional Divorce’ is a term used to describe what can happen to couples in a relationship, whether they are married or not, and are going through the process of separation. Often it is a partner who has already separated themselves emotionally from the relationship wants the separation. That partner has gone through an “emotional divorce” and now needs to be separated legally and physically from their partner. Often a partner may struggle for a long time with the feelings of emotional distance before they come to the decision that separation is the solution to the relationship problems or an answer for the way they are feeling emotionally.