Kate Anthony

Helping Women Make the Hardest Decisions of Their Lives—with Clarity, Courage, and Power

When you’re trying to decide whether to leave a marriage, navigating emotional abuse, or figuring out how to prepare for divorce as a woman, you deserve expert support rooted in truth, compassion, and feminist empowerment.

Kate Anthony is the world’s leading divorce coach for women, an internationally recognized thought leader in toxic relationships, effective co-parenting communication, and rebuilding your life with confidence after divorce.

Get clear. Get grounded. Get free.

About Kate Anthony

If you’re wrestling with the question Should I stay or should I go?—or trying to make sense of the signs of a toxic relationship—you’re not alone. Women around the world turn to Kate Anthony when they need clarity, strategy, and compassionate guidance through one of life’s most disorienting transitions.

As the world’s leading expert in divorce coaching for women, Kate’s work helps women reclaim their power in marriages shaped by emotional abuse, chronic conflict, trauma bonds, or long-standing patterns of self-abandonment.

Her mission is simple and profound: to guide women toward safety, sovereignty, and self-trust—no matter where they are in the divorce process.

A Feminist Thought Leader in Navigating Divorce, Abuse, and Power

Kate Anthony is a globally recognized divorce coach, feminist thought leader, and the author of The D Word: Making the Ultimate Decision About Your Marriage. She is also the creator and host of The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast, ranked in the top 0.5% worldwide with more than three-and-a-half million downloads.

Kate’s expertise is sought by women who are:

Deciding whether to leave a marriage
Recovering from emotional abuse or coercive control
Navigating divorce with children
Seeking co-parenting strategies rooted in child-centered divorce
Learning effective co-parenting communication
Preparing for divorce as a woman, legally and financially
Choosing a divorce attorney and navigating the legal divorce process
Coping with divorce stress and emotional overwhelm
Rebuilding self-esteem, confidence, and identity post-divorce
Setting personal goals after separation and rediscovering themselves
Building resilience and creating an empowered life as single mothers

What makes Kate’s approach different is that she holds the whole picture: the relational, emotional, psychological, financial, and systemic realities impacting women trying to leave unhealthy marriages.

A Trauma-Informed, Actionable Method That Changes Lives

Kate is the creator of Kate Anthony’s Divorce Survival Guide Coaching Method™, a framework that blends:

The science of trauma recovery and coercive control
Feminist theory and socio-political analysis
Evidence-informed strategies for navigating the legal divorce process
Practical tools for parenting plans post-divorce
Emotional skill-building and resilience practices
Empowerment coaching to help women rediscover self-worth and rebuild confidence

Her groundbreaking programs—online, group, and one-on-one—help women step into their next chapter with clarity and agency.

A Guide Trusted by Millions

Through her podcast, online programs, work with high-conflict survivors, and partnerships with legal and mental-health experts, Kate has become the go-to voice for women around the world seeking guidance on:

What a divorce coach does
How to discern toxic relationship patterns
How to prepare for divorce as a woman
The emotional and logistical realities of co-parenting
How to build resilience and empowerment as a single mother

Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes and more.

Not Just About Leaving—About Liberating

Kate’s approach isn’t about pushing women toward divorce. It’s about supporting them in finding the truth of their lives—and helping them chart the safest, strongest path forward.

She believes every woman deserves:

A life free from emotional abuse or coercive control
A parenting plan that centers children’s wellbeing
Legal and financial clarity
Emotional tools to cope with divorce stress
A future grounded in confidence, stability, and self-trust

Whether you’re contemplating separation, navigating a high-conflict divorce, or rebuilding your life afterward, Kate brings truth, compassion, and grounded strategy to every step.

Credentials and Training

Professional Training & Certifications

Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) — Co-Active Training Institute
High-Conflict Divorce & Coercive Control Training with leading experts in the field
Trauma-Informed Coaching & Somatic Integration coursework
Specialized training in emotional abuse, narcissistic abuse, and relational trauma
Advanced communication training, including Imago therapy modalities
Ongoing education in feminist theory, power dynamics, and systemic inequality

Professional Experience

15+ years as a full-time divorce coach, working with thousands of women around the world
Host of The Divorce Survival Guide Podcast, globally ranked top 0.5% with 3.5M+ downloads
Author of The D Word: Making the Ultimate Decision About Your Marriage
Creator of Kate Anthony’s Divorce Survival Guide Coaching Method™
Founder of Phoenix Rising, a leading online divorce coaching community for women
Featured expert in The New York Times, Newsweek, Forbes, and more

Collaborations & Cross-Disciplinary Work

Regular partner with divorce attorneys, mediators, financial experts, and mental-health clinicians
Contributor to family court reform advocacy and conversations around domestic abuse legislation
Educator and speaker for women’s empowerment organizations, corporate leadership groups, and mental-health communities
Developer of a divorce coach certification program for experienced practitioners

Core Areas of Expertise

Deciding whether to leave a marriage
Emotional abuse & coercive control
Divorce coaching for women
Navigating divorce with children
Co-parenting communication & parenting plans
Preparing for divorce (legal, financial, emotional)
High-conflict divorce dynamics
Trauma recovery & rebuilding self-esteem
Empowerment for single mothers
Post-divorce identity + confidence building

RANDOM (AND POSSIBLY COOL) THINGS YOU MIGHT WANNA KNOW ABOUT KATE:

She’s divorced (duh) and amicably coparents her adult son with her ex.
Kate’s ex has a teenage son from another relationship whom Kate has been instrumental in helping to raise since he was born.
Kate was raised in New York City in the 1970s and 80s. She says it’s not as glamorous as it sounds, but she misses the old, grungy New York more than anything.
Kate was an actor for more than 30 years, starting with five years on Sesame Street and ending with five years on Grey’s Anatomy, with a lot of work in theatre and television in between. (Yes, she spent a lot of time flirting with McDreamy.)
Kate’s dad changed her diaper in the Oval Office under Nixon, and left her poop-filled diaper in the trash can under Nixon’s desk. They’re all really proud of that.
Kate has a photographic memory for where shit is. She’s never lost an earring, an earring back, or a sock in the dryer (#truestory), and she can find ALL the Lego pieces.
Kate is obsessed with true-crime shows and know more about serial killers than anyone really should. She’s literally seen every episode of Dateline, 20/20, 48 Hours, and Law & Order: SVU ever made.
Kate now lives in Oceanside, CA with her fiancé, Ethan, their three cats and a dog. She’s becoming an outdoorsy type and now goes for 15-mile bike rides, has learned to paddle-board, play pickleball, and might even learn to surf soon. She’s very confused, but extremely happy.

A note about women’s empowerment in today’s world:

At her core, Kate Anthony is a coach who empowers women. And the truth is: this is an extraordinarily intense time to be doing women’s empowerment work—especially in the realm of marriage, divorce, and family systems.

Women’s empowerment is inseparable from feminism.

And feminism, at its core, is about dismantling the patriarchal structures that restrict women’s agency, autonomy, safety, and economic freedom.

Those systems remain deeply rooted in white supremacy—and they shape nearly every aspect of women’s lives.

What does this have to do with your marriage?

Everything.

For more than a decade, Kate has helped women leave toxic, controlling, and abusive relationships that mirror the larger political climate we’re living in—a climate where women’s rights are constantly under attack. From reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy to childcare access, financial equity, workplace safety, and the right to live free from intimate partner violence, the erosion of women’s rights is not theoretical. It is happening now.

And the impact is not equal.

The barriers women face—financial, legal, physical, and psychological—are exponentially more severe for Black, Indigenous, and other women of color, because patriarchy and white supremacy are intertwined systems of oppression.

The rise in aggressive, controlling behaviors from (often white) men in intimate relationships tracks closely with the broader resurgence of misogyny, white nationalism, and authoritarianism across the U.S. and around the world. These forces reinforce each other—and they show up behind closed doors, around kitchen tables, and in custody disputes every single day.

This isn’t disappearing anytime soon.

If anything, the stakes have never been higher.

That’s why Kate’s work is not just about navigating divorce; it’s about helping women recognize, name, and disrupt these patterns in their personal lives and in the systems around them—legal, cultural, political, and relational. Empowerment begins at home, but it doesn’t end there. It extends into communities, workplaces, and yes, into the voting booth.