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How to manage Emotional Pain with Grounding techniques

DETACHING FROM EMOTIONAL PAIN (GROUNDING) WHAT IS GROUNDING? Grounding is a set of simple strategies to detach from emotional pain (for example, drug cravings, self-harm impulses, anger, sadness). Distraction works by focusing outward on the external world—rather than inward toward

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What is Conflict Management Coaching ?

Conflict Management Coaching This article provides an overview of conflict management coaching in its various forms and various applications. At Compass Resolution we distinguish our Compass Coaching service by the area of expertise required whether this is coaching within the

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Some Facts and Myths about Co-habitation

      Contrary to what is often believed, there is no such thing as “common law marriage”, and cohabitees have no automatic rights against, or responsibilities for, a person they live with, whether they are the same sex as

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Why some people never make it into mediation

I have experienced the following scenario 4 x this week which is why I feel compelled to write this blog. A person makes contact with the mediator because they want themselves and their partner to go into mediation (This scenario

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‘Fairness’? What on earth does that mean?

‘Fairness’, what does it mean? What part does it play in resolving disputes? Context aside, this article explores what people generally mean when they say, ‘I want a fair outcome’. Family law for example sets out a ‘fair outcome’ as

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Guidance for drafting Mediation Memoranda and Summaries

These notes arise from trainees’ Memoranda and Financial Summaries produced during Resolution Family Mediation 8 day Foundation courses. They have been prepared to assist you in the preparation of your mediation documentation. Memoranda (Outcome statements for mediations) Use the formal

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What is spousal maintenance?

The purpose of this guide is to assist separating couples, working with the mediator, to reach their own decision about spousal maintenance by providing information about the law and current legal approach to spousal maintenance. The first point to make

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