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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…
Read MoreIt’s good to talk in Family Mediation
This article first appeared in the Scotsman on 20 January 2022. Do you wish you could have a discussion with your ex-partner about the arrangements for the children which made some progress towards a resolution? Many people find communicating with their child’s other parent hugely challenging. Difficulty in communicating might have been one of the…
Read MoreFamily Mediation – working alongside other support for families in the context of Separation and Divorce
This is the story of one of our families who were attending the Child Contact Centre, and how they made effective use of mediation. Sophie (not her real name) was around 7 years old, and she was brought to the Centre fortnightly on a Saturday by her Mum, to spend time with her Dad. The…
Read MoreFamily Mediation – involving other family members
Family Mediation provided by Relationships Scotland is typically between two parents who live apart and want to discuss the care arrangements for their child or children. The context is separation, divorce or family re-structuring or perhaps the parents were not together as a couple when the child was born. Sometimes it can be helpful for…
Read MoreFamily Mediation – the Child’s Voice
All of the Family Mediation provided by Relationships Scotland is child focussed. Mediators help parents, carers and other family members to think about how things are from each child’s perspective, and to take this in to account in their discussions, future planning and decision making. It can be really helpful for children to express their…
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