A Survival Guide for Lawyers Working in the Most Emotionally Charged Practice Area
Our founder, Annmarie’s debut book, Staying Sane in Family Law, is set for release on 30 September 2025 published by Bath Publishing. It’s a deeply practical and refreshingly honest guide for anyone in the family law world on how to navigate the emotional intensity of practice (with a big dollop of humour!). Family law asks a lot of lawyers - compassion, clarity, resilience, emotional control, and mental stamina. Burnout, vicarious trauma and overwhelm are often part of the job. This book helps you stay steady, human, and effective in the middle of it all. Inside, she shares:
Whether you’re just starting out or have decades of experience, this book will help you not just survive, but thrive in family law. Click here to come to a seminar (and get a free book!) - Attend the seminar
Click here to buy the book - Buy the book
Our interactive and award-winning training will help your people to work in a psychologically-informed, ethical and more effective way.
At TCC, we equip lawyers and other professionals with psychological insight through our tailored training sessions. Our award-winning, CPD accredited courses are designed to meet the unique needs of professionals navigating emotionally complex, high-stakes situations, wherever you are in the world.
Sessions are delivered both virtually and in-person to groups large and small.
Whether you're dealing with vulnerable clients, supervising a stressed legal team, or navigating difficult situations, our courses will help you respond ethically and effectively.
We provide the tools to recognise and respond appropriately to clients exhibiting signs of vulnerability, including suicidality, for those who find themselves as first responders in situations involving emotional distress.
Learning Outcomes:
Who would benefit:
Anyone dealing with at-risk clients e.g. family, private client, personal injury, medical negligence, immigration, criminal and employment lawyers. Promotes ethical practice and duty of care within Law Society and SRA guidelines.
Find out how to manage clients who are angry, defensive or emotionally dysregulated due to the stress of legal processes.
Learning Outcomes:
Who would benefit:
Those routinely exposed to anger and high emotion in their clients. This course enhances communication and reduces conflict escalation.
Trauma impacts memory, language and behaviour and is far more widespread than we might think. This course gives you the essential psychological toolkit to work effectively with clients without retraumatising them.
Learning Outcomes:
Who would benefit:
Indispensable for pro bono, immigration, family, and criminal lawyers. This course aligns with the need for all legal services to become trauma-informed.
Find out why the traditional ways we use to persuade people to do things don’t work.
Learn ground-breaking techniques from the world of psychology which help us have impact and influence clients in positive directions.
Learning Outcomes:
Who would benefit:
Anyone in the legal profession who routinely encounters resistance and opposition i.e. everyone!
This course focuses on the dynamics when working with those with mental health disorders and other vulnerabilities.
Learning Outcomes:
Who would benefit:
Highly beneficial for those working with clients with mental health issues, high anxiety or other vulnerabilities. Supports compliance with the Law Society and the SRA requirements regarding vulnerable clients.
This training will help your supervisors to manage their interactions with team members in an appropriate, structured and psychologically safe way.
Learning Outcomes:
Who would benefit:
Vital for senior solicitors and team leaders. Enhances retention, communication and harmony within teams and supports wellbeing strategies recommended by The Law Society and the SRA.
Gain a foundational knowledge in psychology to improve client engagement, strategic thinking, and team communication.
Learning Outcomes:
Who would benefit:
Each area of legal practice has its own unique psychology. This course is useful across all sectors, from litigation to property to employment law. Supports ethical, client-centred and psychologically aware practice.
This course helps pro bono practitioners lawyers protect themselves and their clients and work in ethical and effective trauma-informed ways.
Learning Outcomes:
Who would benefit:
A must for anyone providing pro bono legal support. Ensures ethical excellence and emotional sustainability of this vital work.
All trainings are available:
Our trainers bring a unique blend of legal, psychological, and therapeutic expertise to every session.
We are all high-achieving professionals who have re-trained as therapists and coaches so we can help those in high-pressure industries to be at their best.
We've won no less than eight awards since we set up in 2018 for our innovation, client service and the support we provide to those in fast-paced worlds.
Our specialist coaching approach is informed by our own experiences of management, business and life in the law.
You can be sure that we will maintain the highest levels of discretion and confidentiality. This is fundamental to our ethics and the way we work.
Whether in a training, therapeutic or coaching context, our clients are happy with our services. Check out our testimonials if you don't believe us!
I am the founder of TCC and set up the agency in 2018 to
help lawyers and other professionals to go from highly
pressured to happy!
In my previous life, I was a family lawyer and mediator at Farrer & Co,
one of the top London law firms, for over a decade.
Working on complicated divorce and finances cases and difficult disputes over children gave me crucial insight into how to manage tricky relationships and how to operate at the highest level in stressful situations.
I wanted to set up an agency made up of therapists and coaches, all who have worked at the highest echelons in their professions.