by Paul Sandford | Sep 20, 2020
Contact us Not so long ago I struck up conversation with an Anglo-Australian lady in her early forties. In the course of telling her a little about me I mentioned that I am a civil and family mediator. This interested her greatly and she recounted her experience of...
by Suzy Miller | Sep 14, 2020
Contact us I’m going to bust a divorce mediation myth. It is the one called: “My husband/wife won’t use mediation.” https://youtube.com/watch?v=iBgwxYbzZgQ%3Frel%3D0 Now stay with me – you don’t want to be making a mistake believing a myth that could cost...
by Paul Sandford | Jul 24, 2020
Contact us You would think it was easy to say sorry. It is a short, two syllable word and from a very early age it’s one that children are taught to say when they do something wrong. The one word that will help put things right. Back in the 70s there was a...
by Brendan Schütte | Jul 13, 2020
Instead of considering ourselves the hero of our own story, and those we are in conflict with as villains, Brendan Schutte encourages people in troubled relationships to ‘rewrite the script’. HIDDEN agendas. Unconscious desires. Unspoken assumptions. This column is...
by Paul Sandford | Jul 5, 2020
Contact us Recently I successfully facilitated a discussion in connection with a neighbour dispute involving two adjacent tenants. The process was instigated by their landlord, a small, publicly funded Housing Association. In essence one party had made significant...
by Paul Sandford | Jul 2, 2020
Contact us By Paul Sandford, the ASM Plus director. One particular advantage of watching television through a satellite system as I sometimes do, is that I can fast forward through the advertisement breaks. Having done so and then having to endure them when...