Divorce represents a significant rupture in the lives of children, disrupting emotional security, identity development, and caregiver trust. Counselors supporting children of divorce require age-sensitive, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate tools to foster healing and resilience. This article offers a clinically grounded overview of therapeutic approaches for children and adolescents navigating divorce-related distress. Modalities discussed include play-based treatments such as filial therapy and child–parent relationship therapy, structured interventions like trauma-focused cognitive–behavioral therapy and parent–child interaction therapy, and attachment- and emotion-focused models such as attachment-based family therapy, emotionally focused therapy, and reunification therapy. The article integrates real-world case examples to illustrate application and complexity in high-conflict family contexts and concludes with considerations for implementation in schools, outpatient clinics, and private practice. This integrative review is designed to support clinicians, counselor educators, and graduate students in selecting and applying effective interventions across developmental stages and systems of care.
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