Why use Blair Counseling and Mediation?
Unavoidable divorce is near the top of the list of stressful and life-altering events. The anger and betrayal, or the loss of love and happiness can trigger a dread of future unknowns. Receiving guidance in resolving the necessary issues can be invaluable during a time like this.
Most importantly, Blair Counseling and Mediation seeks to resolve issues in the best interest of children. Children are most affected by an adversarial and antagonistic process. Blair Counseling and Mediation seeks to reduce stress on the family.
What is Mediation?
The role of the mediator is to provide a neutral setting to understand underlying interests and priorities of each party of a dispute and clarify communication between them. The goal of mediation is to create options and customize resolutions in a cost-effective way, and to reduce stress on the family. The agreements are mutual and no party should feel coerced or pressured into agreement. The mediator will document agreements that will be submitted to your lawyer. The agreements remain non-binding until a lawyer prepares the final legal documents and they are approved by the court.
What issues can be mediated?
Decisions that have to be made in a divorce process include (but are not limited to) parenting, custody, division of assets/liabilities, child and spousal support, insurance, and tax filing. Blair Counseling and Mediation can mediate all or part of a dispute.
Divorce Counseling and Divorce Mediation
Blair Counseling and Mediation offers both Divorce Counseling and Divorce Mediation for unavoidable divorce. We do not however combine the two services using the same professional for both.
Why use Divorce Counseling before or after a divorce?
- To reduce the negative effects of divorce on children.
- To determine if divorce is preventable.
- To know what to consider before divorcing.
- To obtain expert guidance in divorce recovery.
- To manage co-parenting relationships.
Why use Divorce Mediation before or after a divorce?
- To reduce the negative effects of divorce on children.
- To increase satisfaction with the outcome on both sides compared to litigation alone.
- To reduce the chance of returning to court after divorce.
- To reduce costs. Mediation can be used for all or part of a dispute.
- To customize agreements based on your unique situation.
Read our blog Divorcing Better or Worse.