Dee Hardy is the Founder of Shifting Tides Counselling & Mediation and the creator of The Divorce Architect Framework™.
A counsellor, family therapist, family dispute resolution practitioner, and nationally accredited mediator, Dee is recognised for her work across the full spectrum of relationship and separation dynamics—from therapeutic support through to structured dispute resolution and strategic separation design.
Working with individuals, couples, and families, her practice spans counselling, family therapy, mediation, and high-conflict reunification processes, including child-inclusive approaches. These disciplines form a cohesive pathway of support, allowing clients to enter at any stage, whether seeking emotional clarity, relational repair, or structured resolution.
Her professional foundation spans decades in business, project management, and high-level negotiation through her company Dee by Design, where she operated across property, development, and sophisticated stakeholder environments requiring precision, discretion, and strategic clarity.
Today, Dee’s work is defined by a distinct integration of evidence-informed therapeutic interventions, mediation, and structured strategy. Through The Divorce Architect Framework™, these disciplines are brought together into a coordinated, project-managed approach to separation, supporting individuals and families to move forward with considered direction, reduced conflict, and continuity across all areas of life.
Her approach is not simply to manage separation, but to intentionally design an outcome that protects both the process and the life beyond it.
There are three solutions to every problem, accept it, change it or leave it. If you can’t accept it, change it. If you can’t change it leave it.
Counselling That Makes Sense
Life isn’t just about ticking boxes, it’s about discovering who you really want to be. Whether you’re grappling with depression, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, or relationship pressures, I offer down-to-earth, practical therapy to help boost your resilience, communication, and confidence.
Mediation & Family Dispute Resolution (FDR)
Court battles are slow, expensive, and toxic. Mediation lets you take control, craft your own solutions around parenting, separation, property, and more, all in a collaborative and guided environment. Better yet, it protects your children's future and keeps costs down.
Family Therapy, Parenting Co-ordination & Reunification Therapy
Conflict doesn’t have to define your family. Through reunification therapy and family sessions, we rebuild relationships, repairing trust, boosting communication, and healing through thoughtful, evidence-based strategies. More specifically, parenting co-ordination support helps parents post-separation find practical tools for cooperation and stability.
Child-Inclusive Mediation
Conflict hurts kids, even when they're quiet. Child-Inclusive Mediation brings them into the conversation safely, not to decide, but to be heard. Their needs become part of the solution.
We Specialise in Child-inclusive Counselling and Mediation Practices
Our specialised certification enables us to integrate child-inclusive practices into mediation and family dispute resolution. By amplifying children’s voices in post-separation parenting processes, we ensure their needs and perspectives remain at the heart of decision-making. With a strong focus on trauma-informed approaches, developmental psychology, and practical strategies, our training supports healthy family dynamics and promotes children’s well-being during times of transition.
Perhaps we can’t change where you started so let us work together to seek a pathway so you can decide where you finish. Start building the life you want.
