Mediating with families / Mieke, Brandon, Linda Kochanski.

Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook Co., 2025.

5th edition

202390

Family mediation -- Australia.

Domestic relations -- Australia.

Dispute resolution (Law) -- Australia.

1. Setting the context

2. Approaches to family mediation

3. What practitioners bring to dispute resolution

4. Issues for partners, couples and parents

5. The child's voice in family dispute resolution

6. Issues for couples: new and established relationships

7. Mediating property and financial issues

8. Issues for parents and children

9. Mediating other family disputes

10. Understanding family and domestic violence

11. Practice considerations: the process

12. Additional practice considerations

13. Principles of practice

14. The language of mediation

15. Language and culture

16. Reflective practice.

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. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780455503530

xxvii, 703 pages ; 25 cm