About Us

Denise founded Divorce Recovery for Women to help other women thrive after the divorce process. Denise walked through her own divorce in 2007 with a young child. She has experienced moving beyond divorce into a new life doing what she was designed to do and thriving! She now owns several businesses, has a wonderful group of friends and a peaceful, loving home. She is also remarried for 11 years in a blended family. It’s not perfect, but it’s where she wants to be and it’s good. There is hope! You can get where you want to be too.

Denise is also a Financial Advisor and has helped people with money matters since 1996. Denise focuses on the areas of post-divorce financial planning helping with cash flow, estate planning, tax planning and investment placement as an Investment Advisor Representative (IAR) under French Financial Group. Denise is also a Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC). Prior to French Financial Group, Denise worked as a regional sales executive for large investment and insurance firms. She has over 24 years of experience in financial planning, investment positioning, and income strategies.

Nick Dupre is a native Houstonian and has worked for more than 10 years for two boutique firms in Houston and The Woodlands area before becoming owner and partner of Stanfield and Dupre, PLLC, in 2017. He is board certified in estate planning and probate. Nick specializes in estate and gift tax planning, business planning and taxation, asset protection, and real estate transactions. He is a wonderful resource for women after divorce to help you protect the estate you have been awarded in divorce negotiations. He will also help you create a new will with new medical directives, powers of attorney and family planning.

Melissa Provence joined French Financial Group and Divorce Strategies Group in 2018 as our Director of Operations after working through her own divorce. She is passionate about helping others during this difficult period of their lives and helping women grow emotionally and mentally strong after divorce. After her own divorce, Melissa attended and graduated as a certified paralegal from University of Houston Law Center in early 2018. Melissa is the mother of 3 school age children and lives in Montgomery, TX. She has found a new path after her divorce and a new career. She has also recently remarried.