How can you better support your neurodivergent children (through their parent’s divorce)
I’m so glad you opened the Post. It comes from a good friend, professional colleague and all round wonderful person, Una Archer who writes regularly and compassionately in support of parents and their children, which is particularly relevant to my
Looking back at 2021 and forward to 2022
2021 has been another busy year for the Compass Resolution national network of family mediators under some very challenging conditions for separating families and their mediators. 2020 and 2021 have also been two of the most successful financial years primarily
Divorce Manual- The Why
Hello everyone, John Hind here. Having launched the Divorce Manual this week, at the start of Good Divorce Week, I just want to say something about why it has meant so much to me to produce this document and to
The Divorce Manual
The Divorce Manual The Divorce Manual for separating couples and their Mediation Team ” All the online divorce resources you will need, at your fingertips” The online Divorce Manual provides all the online resources (written and video format) separating
10 KEYS for achieving a successful Online Mediation outcome
10 KEYS to achieve a successful Online Mediation outcome -How to prepare yourselves for difficult conversations in Online Mediation- 1 Equipment test run-confidential Try to ensure that you are as relaxed and prepared as possible when the day comes.
The Mediated Divorce Book
The Mediated Divorce Book is nearly here ! The tide is well and truly changing in the area of divorce and separation. Each year, many thousands more separating couples are choosing to sort out their own divorce, with the minimum
The ‘Great Opportunity’ for separated parents
The ‘Great Opportunity’ for separated parents at the beginning of National Mediation Week As we enter the second week of the second Covid-19 lockdown, listening to a great deal of bad news, including predictions of the economy shrinking by up
The daily frustrations of a mediator in action
The daily frustrations of a mediator It is difficult to describe how frustrating it can sometimes feel for me, as a mediator, as I listen to one client after another, day in day out, try to persuade me, in their
How do mediators effective ‘connect’ with their clients ?
CONNECTING with our clients We want our mediators to be two things above all; Sincere Competent Why are these two aspects so important? One of the keys to an effectiveness mediation process is the quality of the relationship and connection
Online Mediation is set to grow !
It would seem that many of us will now be primarily confined to our homes for some time to come and some of us, in very difficult personal circumstances, having decided to separate or having separated from a former partner,
