It took me a moment or two to absorb the importance of what I was listening to and witnessing, as Jo Berry and Pat Magee told the story of their experiences leading up to the time they first met. In
So, you want, no, NEED to feel understood ? Why is it that your work colleagues always jump down your throat when you suggest something at work? Why is that your former partner always seems to misunderstand what you are
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. So the saying goes and this is certainly true of mediation. Mediation is helping 1000’s of separating couples every year to reach their own agreements, avoid court and save many £1000’s.
Conflict is a normal part of family life. What matters is how parents handle it and deal with it. If your children are witnessing and living with continuous parental conflict, then there is a pretty good chance that this situation
Some facilitators find it a challenge to contain and diffuse ‘eruptions’ in their meetings. Here is a simple approach and suggested sequence of questions to consider and adapt for your own use focusing on peoples core values and interests, to
When a couple separate, despite the pain one or both may be feeling, most separating couples admit, during calmer more reflective post separation periods, that they need to work together to sort out their finances and continue to parent their
Are you doing the same things over and over BUT expecting things to improve? People often want to tell me, in mediation assessments, how unreasonable their former partner has been, their ‘blame’ narrative. So, unreasonable, in fact, that their former
https://helpwithchildarrangements.service.justice.gov.uk/ Get help with child arrangements Use this guide if you need to make or change child arrangements (also known as custody or contact) with the other parent. For example, you may need to decide where your children will live
Many separated parents come to mediation with many ‘entrenched negative beliefs’ about each other and the situation, rooted in a narrative defined by blame, self-justification and self-righteous indignation creating barriers to a positive parenting relationship. If separated parents are truly
This morning I was taking a credit card number from a client. Of the 23 numbers taken, one was incorrect. As a result, the system broke down and payment was not accepted. A few days ago, I received a referral
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