Child Contact Centre Awareness Week: Myths and Truths
It’s Child Contact Centre Awareness Week in Scotland and in Europe. For those who are unaware of what a child contact centre does, Pauline Nimmo addresses some common myths and truths to shed more light. Myths Child Contact Centres are full of junkies, paedophiles and alcoholics. CCC are not full of ‘junkies, paedophiles…
Read More5 Questions to ask before choosing a Relationship Counsellor
Are they trained to work with relationships? Entrusting yourself and your relationship to relationship counselling can seem daunting especially when there are so many different forms of counselling available. The first thing you need to ask a counsellor is about their training in relationship work. Relationships Scotland runs fully accredited and validated courses for those…
Read MoreDeveloping our Cultural Competence
Tony Buon is facilitating a training day for Relationships Scotland family mediators on Friday 20 January, during Family Mediation week, to emphasise the importance of cultural intelligence (CI) in mediation. Family mediators work with parents from many different cultures and they understand different ways of communicating. This CPD event will encourage mediators to develop…
Read MoreFor the Sake of the Children – How to reach agreements about the future care of your children after separation or divorce.
Adapted from an article first published in the Scotsman, 17 Jan 2023 Family mediators are here to find the best way forward for parents and children Making decisions as parents can be tricky at the best of times, but when you are living separately from your child’s other parent it can be even more…
Read MoreHave Your Say – Children and Young People Leaflet
Top tips for communicating – with your child’s other parent, your children and others
Communicating effectively has a massive impact on relationships – whether that’s with your life partner, your children, their other parent, your friends or at work. You need to find a way to get on, get your ideas across and overcome differences of opinion if you are going to succeed and move forward. Here are…
Read MoreFind out how mediation has helped some families; it might help in your situation too.
We asked our family mediators to tell us about how mediation has helped some of the families they have been meeting with. Here are some of the stories they told us. Hopefully, they shed some light on how mediation might help you, your family or friends. Details have been changed to protect confidentiality. …
Read MoreSeparating parents urged to avoid courtroom conflict as Family Mediation Week kicks off in Scotland
Parents living in Scotland who have decided to separate or divorce in 2023 are being urged to find out how to avoid courtroom confrontation to settle parenting arrangements, with the launch of Family Mediation Week, 16 – 20 January. January usually sees a dramatic rise in the number of parents deciding to live apart…
Read MoreCertificate in Couple Counselling 2022-2023
Are you a qualified counsellor and interested in working with couples? We have just launched the recruitment for our next Certificate in Couple Counselling, post qualifying course, starting in October 2022. The Cert CC is A COSCA-validated specialist course for qualified counsellors. Practice-based – supervised placements available across Scotland. Psychodynamic and systemic approach.…
Read MoreOnline sessions have added a new dimension to counselling
This article first appeared in the Scotsman on 17 March 2022 As the world changed in April 2020, it became evident that if counsellors were to be able to meet the needs of their clients, counselling would have to find a home in the online world. Having made this transition out of necessity, and as…
Read MoreFamily Mediation for All
We know that families come in all shapes and sizes and that parents, children and other family members have different life experiences and make their own life choices. Our mediators are skilled at helping all families find solutions that are as unique as they are. We also know that some people might be concerned about…
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