Children
Child Inclusive Mediation
Sometimes all a child wants is to know they have been heard.
Caught in the middle...?
When parents separate, children can find themselves caught in the middle.
Even when parents are doing their best to protect them, children pick up on the changes, and this can be confusing and unsettling.
Children very often have worries and questions; feelings that they don't know how to express. They don't want to cause any more upset...
Let's listen to what they have to say.
Child Inclusive Mediation offers children an opportunity, where appropriate, to have their voices heard as part of the mediation process.
With a child's consent, a specialist trained
Child Inclusive Mediator meets them and listens to their thoughts, opinions and feelings.
These views can then be brought back into the mediation in a safe and appropirate way.
Its not about asking a child to choose between parents, or make adult decisions. It is about helping parents to fully understand their child's experience and consider their needs when planning the future.