Alchemy has become specialised and is grounded in Safety-Informed practices due to a significant number of clients that have experienced family violence during the marriage, immediately at separation and post separation.

Our clients predominately present with a level of fear for their safety; and have experienced varying degrees of what would be defined as financial and economic abuse.

To ensure legal proceedings remain free from further harm, we implement strategies designed to directly deal with the risk of ongoing family violence.

For example, we have found establishing physical safety first and maintaining it during legal proceedings, leads to greater success in reaching a property settlement.

Safety-informed practices mean we work at neutralising, intervening and responding - rather than taking actions that could potentially escalate further abusive behaviours.

Too often the case, there is a real risk of retaliation and unpredictable repercussions when steps are taken to separate and obtain independent financial propriety.

Our Concepts page is a FAQ that broadly defines and outlines the inter-relationships of economic abuse; deprivation of liberties; coercive control and the harmful loss of freedom.