If you are not eligible for help with mediation costs, it is necessary for us to charge a fee based on a sliding scale according to income. The appropriate fee will be agreed with you at your first appointment. All except the very highest fees are subsidised. If you have children we can help you discuss how to talk with them to ascertain their views and help them to understand what is happening. We will gladly see your children in mediation, if you wish, and will discuss this with you.
Children often have different concerns to their parents.
It is important for them to be able to express these and think about the future. Parents are often better able to reassure and help their children once they know what their children are thinking. If you can, it is best for your to make arrangements for someone else to look after your children whilst you attend your appointment, unless after discussion with you, the mediator has arranged an appointment for your children to be seen in mediation. TOP Discussions in Family Mediation are absolutely confidential. This confidentiality can only be breached if we consider there is a danger of violence or if children are at risk of serious harm.