Mediating with Families Fifth Edition - Book & eBook

Mediating with Families Fifth Edition - Book & eBook

By Mieke Brandon AM, Linda Kochanski AM

Book+eBook

$245.69* RRP

Forthcoming Release, 30/05/2025

Code: 43390319

Lawbook Co., AUSTRALIA

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Description

“As you read Mediating with Families annotate myriads of insights that are as likely to affirm and inform your practice as to respectfully challenge it. This book is about real people seeking dispute resolution. Mediating with Families weaves theory with practice and includes a range of mediator interventions, energised by identifying the interests of participants as they progress toward potential agreement.”. - Margaret Halsmith AM

Mediating with Families Fifth Edition provides unique insights into the practice of family mediation in Australia. It considers the variety of family relationships, such as those between  separating , same-sex, de facto and married couples, parents and adolescents, extended family relationships, siblings and their elderly parents. Importantly, it also highlights the research and theory that supports the practice.

This work is, without doubt, the most recommended text for Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) practitioner as well as anyone working with families in other settings. 

The Fifth Edition has been updated to reflect the evolution of FDR practice in the 21st Century and  how the work connects across legal, social and community sectors.

Mediating with Families has established itself as the pre-eminent resource for:

  • All those starting out in the field as students through to the experienced practitioner.
  • Trainers, coaches and lecturers in family dispute resolution.
  • Family lawyers, collaborative lawyers, child consultants, social workers and psychologists; and
  • Mediators and other dispute resolution practitioners interested in working with families, in all their varieties, to resolve disputes.

To assist mediation, “Tips and Traps” has been added at the end of each chapter  to underscore the important aspects of practice for trainers, supervisors and practitioners.

Mediating with Families Fifth Edition informs the reader and challenges them to consider how their own values and beliefs can influence the mediation process. 

‘Whether you are becoming a family mediator or are a seasoned performer you will discover very quickly this book is invaluable for your practice and is brimming with practical and helpful tips. Your clients will benefit”. - Michael Hunt

Table of Contents

Foreword to the fourth edition

Foreword to the third edition

Foreword to the second edition

Foreword to the first edition

List of figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the authors

 

CHAPTER 1: SETTING THE CONTEXT

CHAPTER 2: APPROACHES TO FAMILY MEDIATION

CHAPTER 3: WHAT MEDIATORS BRING TO PRACTICE

CHAPTER 4: ISSUES FOR SEPARATING COUPLES

CHAPTER 5: THE CHILD’S VOICE IN FAMILY DISPUTE RESOLUTION

CHAPTER 6: ISSUES FOR COUPLES: NEW AND ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 7: MEDIATING PROPERTY AND FINANCIAL ISSUES

CHAPTER 8: ISSUES FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN

CHAPTER 9: MEDIATING OTHER FAMILY DISPUTES

CHAPTER 10: UNDERSTANDING FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

CHAPTER 11: PRACTICE CONSIDERATIONS: THE PROCESS

CHAPTER 12: ADDITIONAL PRACTICE CONSIDERATIONS

CHAPTER 13: PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICE

CHAPTER 14: THE LANGUAGE OF MEDIATION

CHAPTER 15: LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

CHAPTER 16: REFLECTIVE PRACTICE

A FINAL WORD

APPENDICES

1: Family of origin

2: Personal framework for practice

INDEX

 

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