Family mediation services in and around Dorking
This is the final part in our blog series looking at what positives there might be following a separation. As we’ve highlighted those going through a separation don’t always see them immediately but it can simply help to know that there might be positives further down the line. The first blog was the introduction and talked about why positives are important, and especially right now during the pandemic. The second blog talked about how there can be an improved relationship with…
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Welcome to this third part in the blog series looking at trying to find the light at the end of the tunnel following a separation. We hope to highlight some positives that you may not have thought of to keep you going in the more difficult moments. It can also be a part of the healing process to start to open up to the possibility that there can be some positives to your separation. These might start really small (so…
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The other day I was thinking about new blog topics for February and it occurred to me that I always seem to look at the difficulties in separation. There’s an obvious reason for this (well many really): There are many difficulties in divorce and separation It’s my job to help those going through it to navigate this tricky path So many issues arise from separating from a partner But I have also been mindful of how difficult people are finding…
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So this blog brings us to the end of our series on dealing with the immediate aftermath of a separation. If you haven’t already seen the blogs then the first one set the scene and suggested some things to think about for those that weren’t sure they had yet made the decision to separate. We then shared some tips on how to tell your partner you want a separation. This is an enormously difficult conversation to have but doing it…
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Welcome to this second blog in the series looking at what happens when you’re thinking of separating from a partner. In the last blog we talked about how to be sure you’ve exhausted all avenues of trying to make the relationship work. In this second blog we will be sharing some tips on telling your partner that you’d like to separate. This is an enormously difficult conversation to have and from working with separating couples in mediation we now that…
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If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time then you will know that here at LKW Family Mediation we are not a fan of media divorce myths and the so called “divorce day” is no different. The statistics simply do not bear out the idea that there is a deluge of divorce petitions in January. For those that do make the decision to separate in January it does a disservice to this difficult decision to write frivolous articles…
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“It’s the most wonderful time of the year”. That’s how the song goes and oh, how I do love a Christmas song. The cheesier the better in my opinion. But for some families who have gone through a separation, Christmas and the run up to the festive season is anything but wonderful. In fact, it is incredibly stressful and upsetting. Whether it’s because there are differing views on arrangements, bad feelings between parents or it’s not your turn to have…
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Louisa Whitney (who set up LKW Family Mediation in 2013) is bursting with excitement and has frankly struggled not to share this news at an earlier stage. From November 2020 LKW Family Mediation will have two mediators as Emma Ingham is joining the practice. This will enable us to increase the number of clients we’re helping which we are super excited about it. This is a little bit more about Emma…… ….Emma is a trained Mediator, working towards…
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Never has a period of time brought forth such use of the word “unprecedented”. The use is of course justified as these are times for which there simply is no road map or blueprint. Lockdown is a situation that was only put in place previously during airstrikes during World War II. Even then the situation was not entirely the same. I have already written guidance for those self-isolating in a house with a partner they’re separating from. I now want…
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I recently came across a really interesting article based on a survey looking at parents staying together for the sake of their children The survey was called out by Directline. Some parts of this survey really jumped out at me and I wanted to add some thoughts on them: I can see the generational difference in how long parents stayed together but even amongst younger parents it was still 3 years. Often in family mediation one of the things…
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