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Family Mediation First, Urged By Courts.

Family mediation first. Separation doesn’t have to mean court. Separation is, quite frankly, exhausting. Whether you’ve just made the decision to part ways or you’ve been living in that in-between limbo for a few months, the weight of the future can feel overwhelming. You’re probably losing sleep over two things above all else: your children…

The Manosphere, your children and two households: What every separating parent needs to know 

The Manosphere, your children and two households: What every separating parent needs to know 

By Rebecca Waclawyj, founder, Brighter Future Mediation | FMC registered mediator |  With over 15 years working in the prison service, probation, family courts and specialist domestic abuse perpetrator intervention as well as lived experience as a litigant in person in family court proceedings– I know this is only the start of many important conversations. Louis Theroux’s ‘Inside the…

The Silent Crisis in Our Family Courts: New Research
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The Silent Crisis in Our Family Courts: New Research

Children in family court are twice as likely to self-harm: What new research means for separating parents When a family is breaking down, most of the conversation centres on the adults: the money, the logistics, the legal “win”. But new research from Swansea University’s National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Research, published in BJPsych…