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Does mediation actually work
June 3rd, 2010Tags: Agreement, benefits, decisions, Divorce, family, issues, Mediator, separation, solutions
Posted in FAQs About Mediation | | No Comments »Yes! The vast majority of our clients reach agreement, with most of these reaching full agreements on all the issues they wanted to discuss. Divorce or separation is never easy, but Headway Mediation can really help you to make it easier. Each couple or family situation is different. We never forget that you are the [...]
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Is the purpose of mediation to help us get back together?
May 26th, 2010Tags: breakdown, counselling, couples, divorcing, guidance, issues, Marriage, Mediation, relationship, resolve, separated, separating, service
Posted in FAQs | | No Comments »Mediation is not the same as marriage guidance or relationship counselling. It is a service for couples who are separating, have already separated, or are in the process of divorcing. It helps you discuss and resolve issues arising from the breakdown of your relationship and move forward with your separate lives. Occasionally however, couples do [...]
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What if the other person tries to take over the meetings?
May 26th, 2010Tags: balance, conflict, domineering, equal, issues, mediators, resolve, safe
Posted in FAQs | | No Comments »The mediators at Headway are experienced in helping people in conflict to resolve issues and are aware that there may often be one party who is perhaps more forceful or domineering in some way. It is the mediator’s role to structure and manage the meeting in such a way that addresses these imbalances, and to [...]
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Does mediation actually work?
May 26th, 2010Tags: Agreement, appointment, Children, clients, couple, decisions, Divorce, family, Headway, help, issues, mutually agreed, separation, solutions
Posted in FAQs | | No Comments »Yes! The vast majority of our clients reach agreement, with most of these reaching full agreements on all the issues they wanted to discuss. Divorce or separation is never easy, but Headway Mediation can really help you to make it easier. Each couple or family situation is different. We never forget that you are the [...]
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Child Advocacy
May 26th, 2010Tags: advocacy, Child, child counsellor, Children, counselling, counsellors, feedback, issues, Mediation, parents
Posted in Parent and Child Services | | No Comments »Child advocacy is offered where the parents are in mediation and the child is receiving counselling from one of our child counsellors. The child is invited or requests to have their voice heard in the mediation sessions but without saying things themselves directly to the parents. The child and counsellor will discuss what the child [...]
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Joy Burden, LLB, Mediator and Partner
May 26th, 2010Tags: child matters, complex issues, family, family mediator, Family mediators Association, issues, Joy Burden, Mediator, private, property issues, publically funded, qualified, Solicitor
Posted in Meet the Team | | No Comments »Joy qualified as a family mediator in 2004 and is a member of the Family Mediators Association. She is able to carry out both private and publically funded work. She enjoys not only mediation about child matters but also complex financial and property issues. Prior to working as a family mediator she qualified as a solicitor [...]
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What is Family Mediation?
May 26th, 2010Tags: Children, confidential, decisions, fair, family mediation, finances, future, Headway, impartial, issues, Mediation, Mediator, options, property, Relationship breakdown, voluntary
Posted in About Mediation | | No Comments »Mediation is a voluntary and confidential process which helps people who have experienced a relationship breakdown to discuss and reach their own decisions about the future, regarding the issues concerning them, which may be about children, finance or property. An experienced, impartial and understanding mediator at Headway will meet with you both together to help [...]
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What does child mediation involve?
May 26th, 2010Tags: Children, children's best interests, decisions, document, issues, Mediator, Parenting-plan, Statement of Outcome
Posted in About Mediation | | No Comments »The mediator will help you to clarify the issues of concern, focusing on the children and what they need from each of you, and will work with you to agree the best way forward that is in the children’s best interests. We will help you to work through the matters that need to be addressed, [...]
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What are the benefits of mediation?
May 26th, 2010Tags: benefits, Children, co-operation, communication, conflict, Cost, couples, Court, decisions, family, free, future, issues, legal battle, legal routes, legal-aid, Mediation, outcomes, parenting, resolve, separating, stress, supporting-children
Posted in About Mediation | | No Comments »Research has shown that mediation can lead to better outcomes for separating couples and in particular for their children. Mediation enables parties to remain in control and make sensible decisions about their own family’s future, having explored all issues, rather than have decisions made and imposed by a court. Mediation helps reduce conflict and bitterness [...]
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Who are the mediators and what do they do?
May 26th, 2010Tags: decisions, equal, future, future-focus, Headway, impartial, information, issues, Mediation, mediators
Posted in About Mediation | | No Comments »Our mediators will guide and support you through the step by step process of mediation and help you both to see a pathway through the issues you are currently facing, to a clearer future. Headway’s mediators act as an impartial third party and manage the process, helping you to exchange information and ideas in a [...]
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