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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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What sort of situations can Headway Mediation help with?
May 26th, 2010Tags: All Issues Mediation, child arrangements, child issues, civil partnership, Co-habitees, conflict, couples, Divorce, divorcing, family, finacial matters, financial issues, future, grandparents, Headway, housing, living arrangements, living together, Mediation, not married, Parenting-plan, parents, property, resolve, same-sex couples, separation
Posted in About Mediation | | No Comments »Mediation can be used by people at any stage of divorce or separation, including by those who have recently decided to separate or divorce and those who may have done so some years ago. Mediation can be helpful for parents (before or after separation), divorcing or divorced couples, co-habitees (couples living together but not married), [...]
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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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