Mock Family Mediation - Family Mediation Week 2021

Produced by the Family Mediation Council for Family Mediation Week 2021 this mock family mediation enables you to experience what actually happens in a mediation session. Real life Family Mediation Council Accredited mediator, Elaine Richardson works with Will and Sarah (played by actors) to give a real life feel.

[@adebodundoyle9173]

Watching this video, it seems the mediator is advising and suggesting to the parties what to do? Should this be the case in mediation session? The mediator is neutral and should not suggest solutions but should facilitate communication between both that will end in an amicable solution.

[@maryshaw1157]

An interesting and helpful question. in my experience many mediating couples welcome the mediator giving information and making suggestions about different ways to sort things out. As long as the mediator remains even handed this can be very helpful to couples. Neutrality can be experienced as a very passive quality by couples who can feel consequently stuck. Talking through with a couple how their children may be feeling can be very powerful and galvanising for their future co-parenting.

[@privateprivate2421]

@adebodundoyle9173 I agree with you