Mediation
5 questions you need to ask before choosing a family mediator
Guest post from Rosanne Cubitt, Joint Head of Professional Practice, covering all the key questions you need to ask before choosing a family mediator to work with. 1. What training has the mediator undergone and have they been assessed as competent? It is important to find out whether the mediator has been trained to provide…
Read MoreShould mediation be mandatory for separating couples?
This article originally featured in The Scotsman. Family mediation helps resolve issues between separating couples more quickly and more cost effectively than those cases that go through the courts. Family mediators work directly with separating partners to improve communication, reduce conflict and help the couple themselves agree on practical, workable arrangements for the future care…
Read MoreNew Family Mediation Video from the Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice have put together a short video explaining family mediation. Our website is packed full of information on how our family mediators can support Scottish parents to make the best arrangements for their children after separation.
Read MoreTraining opportunity: Become a Family Mediator
Training for the CFM(A) 2014 will begin March/April 2014
Read MoreLifelines: Pauline Nimmo on European Child Contact Centre Awareness Week
This Lifelines problem page written by local Child Contact Centre Manager Pauline Nimmo originally appeared in Scotland on Sunday (21/04/13). I HAVE two children aged ten and seven. My ex-partner and I had an acrimonious separation and I had to go to court to see my children. My ex made allegations that I was…
Read MoreJangle bells?
This December, several thousand families across Scotland will be facing their first Christmas separated or divorced. It is hard for even the most relaxed family to get through to Boxing Day without some crisis, tantrum or disaster, but when there is the added pressure of a family living apart because of separation or divorce, the…
Read MoreParenting in Scotland: what do our children really need?
The Scottish Government launches its national parenting strategy on 3 October 2012. I am delighted that there is to be a National Parenting Strategy and thinking about this has caused me to reflect on what children in Scotland – and indeed worldwide – actually need in order to thrive. I am a parent, I worked…
Read MoreCoaching for people going through separation and divorce
This is a guest post by Marta Muranyi, practice manager of Relationships Scotland Family Mediation Tayside and Fife. A new service that aims to provide support to people experiencing difficulties arising from separation or divorce has been launched in Dundee. Relationships Scotland Family Mediation Tayside and Fife is now offering divorce and separation coaching, in…
Read MoreWhat is success?
By one of those strange quirks that occur I found out unofficially this week that I have achieved all of the Relationships Scotland course requirements and am now an Accredited Mediator with FM West. Clearly I was very pleased and relieved that all the work I have done has been worthwhile. But not having the…
Read MoreFinding the right service for you [Infographic]
We’re aware that it can sometimes be a daunting task getting to grips with the professional help that’s available to couples and families. We’ve been working hard with the lovely design team at The Fourth Craw to put together an infographic to help you understand the wide range of counselling, mediation and family support that’s…
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