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Co-parenting mediation
A structured, neutral conversation about the arrangements for your children, with someone in the room whose job is to keep it on track.
What mediation is for
Separated parents often agree on more than the conversation suggests. What goes wrong is usually the conversation itself: old arguments arrive uninvited, one person talks and the other waits, and the practical decision never gets made.
Mediation puts a neutral person in the room to hold the structure. You each get heard, the discussion stays on the arrangements rather than the history, and you leave with decisions rather than a rematch.
Decisions about the children
School, health, activities, travel. Which decisions are made together, which are not, and how each of you finds out.
How you communicate
What gets discussed where, keeping the children out of the middle of it, and what a workable message between you looks like.
Special occasions
Birthdays, holidays and religious occasions, agreed in advance rather than negotiated the week before every time.
Before you book
Is mediation right for us?
Mediation works when both of you are willing to be in the conversation, even if you disagree about most of what is in it. It is not the right setting where there is family violence, or where one person cannot speak freely with the other present. If that is your situation, call us and we will talk through what would suit better.
This is not a court process and we do not make orders. What comes out of it is your agreement, and if a family law matter is underway your therapist can prepare a letter setting out attendance and progress. See family counselling for what that covers.
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