Family Relationship Mediation

Keeping families together with mediation

Relationships with families can often become strained.

Family members may be having some difficulties, misunderstandings, or conflict that they are struggling to resolve, and they may be looking for some support to have the difficult discussions that really need to take place.

Our English-speaking mediation service helps you to have a better conversation with your family members, to fix relationships, and to open up new dialogue.

Family relationship mediation is used to address:

And benefits include:

How does it work?

1. Referring a case

A completed referral form, providing us with details of the dispute and of the parties, and a signed booking form all are that is needed to book in the case.

2. Prior to the mediation

The case manager will liaise with the referrer to organise the logistics, including timings, contact information, and online links (if required).

3. Individual meetings

The mediator will meet with each party individually to discuss the dispute to date. These private sessions will last for approximately 1½ hours each.

4. Joint meeting

Getting parties together for half a day allows for a comprehensive airing of views, as well as a discussion with a view to building an agreement.

5. The agreement

The agreement is a joint plan of action decided upon by the participants. The mediator can write it up as a good faith agreement to give to both parties.

6. Feeding back

If there is a third-party referrer, EU Mediation will provide them with a Mediation Summary on the next working day (subject to parties’ consent).

7. Follow-up

The case manager will follow up the situation after an agreed period by contacting the parties confidentially to see if the agreement is working.

Family mediation FAQs

We understand that you may have some queries about how family mediation works.

We’ve answered some of the most Frequently Asked Questions below.

What's the difference between the types of family mediation?
Couple separation mediation generally requires some discussion around properties and finances, as well as some legal knowledge. And, as we are not lawyers, we try to stay away from this side of things!

Family relationship mediation, on the other hand, focuses on the interpersonal relationship and aims to help family members reconcile their differences.
Does it work?
Simply put, yes.

Our experience over the past 23 years is that helping family members to have an open and honest conversation can be extremely beneficial, especially when this is something that they may not have had a chance to do.

The vast majority of our cases end up with a renewed understanding of parties' thoughts and opinions, as well as the formation of a future-focused agreement.
How long does it take?
For family disputes, we would recommend a full day's mediation service running from 9:30-4:30.
Can mediation be done online?
Yes, we do offer online delivery for family relationship cases.

And while online mediation in this area is successful, we would always recommend face-to-face mediation as the preference. We find that this is often the best way to address interpersonal disputes between family members.
Is mediation confidential?
Yes, we ask parties to sign a Liability and Confidentiality Agreement on the day of the mediation, to make sure that whatever is said does not leave the room.

In addition, all notes related to the case are disposed of upon completion.
Is it voluntary?
Yes, people cannot be made to take part in mediation.

If parties are coerced or forced to take part on the day, we find that this often hinders the result of the mediation and makes it less likely to arrive at a successful conclusion.

What we will say, however, is that mediation is strongly recommended if things progress towards court.

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Family mediation in action

Learn more about family mediation by watching this free webinar produced by our sister organisation, UK Mediation!

This particular presentation looks at how mediation can be used to prevent youth homelessness as a result of conflict within the home.

Watch the webinar

Speak to an expert

We’re a friendly bunch here at EU Mediation and we’re always happy to discuss your situation and offer impartial advice.

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