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About Focus Family Mediation
I believe
Mediation is a better way forward for many couples who are separating. Most family disputes are eventually agreed - sadly often after Court proceedings have eroded not just the parties' financial resources, but also their emotional reserves. The knock-on effects of divorce and family breakdown can spill over into every area of life. A person's ability to function at work may be badly affected, they may suffer from depression, and their children may become disturbed and difficult.
A relationship breakdown can often be a cataclysmic life event. It can cause as much stress and pain as bereavement. Sadly, too often the litigation or correspondence which follows divorce and separation make matters infinitely worse. Direct communication between the couple can break down, replaced with an extraordinary system of "Chinese whispers" so that they only communicate through their lawyers. Each re-interpretation of what they first said is an opportunity for further misunderstanding.
Sooner or later all the problems of separation will have to be resolved - either by the couple agreeing what is to happen between them or by a judge. Usually the couple manage to settle their divorce settlement & arrangements and if not, they often wish they had. Negotiated agreements have a higher satisfaction and lower failure rate than court decisions.
Mediation offers a fast-track, cost-effective route to a agreements for divorcing and court separating families. Mediation can provide a set of solutions tailored to meet your particular problems. The process is designed to ensure you negotiate your own settlement in the context of full information about possible options and with documents showing all relevant facts and circumstances. The decisions and outcomes are yours. Mediation is the nearest thing there is to a "DIY" divorce - but with an expert on hand.
People are realising they can solve their differences with the help of mediation. There is a peaceful revolution in the way we are dealing with family breakdown.
If you want to know more, please feel free to contact us.
