Ep.4 – Talking Family Dispute Resolution and Mediation with Alison Maltby

In this week’s episode of the Simply Separated Podcast we had the opportunity to hear from family counsellor Alison Maltby. Alison shares practical tips on the separation process and how family or child counselling can help the separation run smoothly and amicably. Counselling during separation for families and children.

In this episode we talk about:

• Alison is an expert in Counselling, Family Dispute Resolution, Mediation and is also a child consultant
• Her passion in life has been to connect the family law sector to counselling services
• Alison’s focus over the last 4 years has been in the family dispute resolution and family Mediation and she has recently become Director of ‘Relating as Us’
• The pathway to counselling and Alison’s advice for those who have recently separated
• Alison is also a child counselling consultant and uses these skills to help parents find the best resolution pathway for children
• Greif and the impact it has on our decision making process during separation
• The effect of separation on a child and how Alison helps to give children a voice during the separation process
• The most common message from children, in Alison’s experience, in relation to parents separating
• The advantages of seeing a family counsellor and the step by step process
• Alison’s top three tips for those who are separating
• Domestic violence related separations and how Alison handles such cases
• Alison explains the Section 60i certificate
• Alison’s advice around communicating with a previous spouse

Sit back and enjoy this informative episode with Alison Maltby.