Therapist Sarene Arias Recasts Divorce as Healthier Family Choice as U.S. Divorce Rate Falls to 14.4
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 18
Therapist Sarene Arias Recasts Divorce as Healthier Family Choice as U.S. Divorce Rate Falls to 14.4
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 18
Summary
Sarene Arias is promoting “compassionate divorce” as a way for couples in crisis to treat separation not as failure but as a route to a healthier family dynamic.
In her “diamond workshops,” Arias says success is split roughly 50-50: about half of couples stay together and heal, while the other half separate collaboratively and respectfully.
Arias argues children are harmed more by household toxicity and contentious legal battles than by divorce itself, and says changing the couple’s relationship need not break the family unit.
Pew data cited in the report show the refined U.S. divorce rate fell to 14.4 per 1,000 married women in 2023 from 20.5 in 2008, even as younger Americans increasingly seek prenups.