How to Start

Our usual practice is to meet clients separately for a preliminary one-hour intake meeting. This meeting gives you the opportunity to explain your situation in full and to find out more about the mediation process. You will be able to ask any questions and discuss whether mediation is appropriate for you and, if not, what other options might be available. The discussion will be completely confidential and nothing will be reported back to the other client unless you specifically ask the mediator to do so. If you decide to mediate and if finances are to be addressed, you will be given homework to complete prior to the first mediation appointment.

After both clients have met with the mediator separately for these one-hour intake meetings, you will then be able to arrange a joint mediation session with the mediator. Both clients will be present at this mediation session, although you do not necessarily have to sit in the same room.

The initial intake meetings can be held remotely and Wells Family Mediation has mediators who are trained in online mediation.  If this is something which you feel may be beneficial then do raise this when making contact and this can be explored.

Please click here to contact Wells Family Mediation to arrange your preliminary one-hour intake meeting.