Our mediator Sarah-Jane Turnbull was on BBC Radio Newcastle talking about the issues separated parents can face during the coronavirus crisis. Clients have told us they found this conversation helpful, so we thought we’d put together an extract of what they discussed p...

Parenting can be challenging at the best of times, never mind parenting through a separation or parenting whilst separated. And now there is parenting during a pandemic. Don’t panic. We can help.

Going through a separation or thinking about divorce? As part of #FamilyMediationWeek, Family Mediation North East are offering free half-hour consultations.

Family Mediation North East are proud to announce we've been working on a fresh new look to our website, which we will be launching next week on Monday 25th Novem

It's important to us that our website is clear and accessible for our clients, and we hope this new look ca...

Our clients often tell us that separating can be stressful – but that mediation was able to help them move forward and sort things out. Often this is because we offer a comfortable, calm, place to plan a way forward. In contrast to trying to sort things out on your own...

When we’re facing big decisions about the future, we often rely on the help and support of others. Seeking different perspectives, impartial advice and more information can allow us to answer those big questions in new and better ways. This is no different when you’re...

Settings are always important; from movie sets to office spaces, where we do things is almost as key as what we do there. Often people’s first question when enquiring about our services is where we are, it’s a question we’re always proud to answer as we offer a service...

In mediation we often see clients come up against issues where one, or both, of them feels like the trust that they once had has been broken. Something that has happened between them as partners could have broken their trust and this might mean that they do not feel ab...

At Family Mediation North East we are always looking for ways to improve our service and greatly appreciate it when a client takes the time to feedback to us. We are also very proud of the feedback we’ve received. Here are some of our favourites.

Not a lot is known about family mediation and there are lot of confusing myths that exist around mediation. We've written a blog to dispel some of those myths and provide more clarification as to how mediation can help separated couples.