Proudly Partnering with Mental Health Professionals to Help Families
Focus on Positive Outcomes
Divorce is not just a legal process. As therapists, you have seen the emotional toll that legal conflict takes on adults, children, and family systems. We created the Family Mediation Center (FMC) to offer an affordable alternative focused on positive outcomes for families.
At Family Mediation Center, one neutral lawyer works jointly with a couple to help them create an agreement and navigate the court process. Mental health professionals also have a positive impact on the well-being of families going through divorce.
Our Interdisciplinary Approach to
Resolution and Healing
We believe in the power of teamwork. Our lawyer mediators partner with child and family specialists, mental health professionals trained in mediation, to create a supportive environment that encourages constructive dialogue and fosters peaceful resolution of family restructuring. Mediation professionals support healthy decision-making so therapists can help support emotional healing.
Read more: Value of a Child Specialist
The Therapist’s Role in the Mediation Process
Your expertise as a therapist helps your clients manage emotional challenges and is invaluable to those going through divorce. As a therapist, we understand you do not want to be involved in any legal conflict, and we respect that. However, your insights and informed input about divorce can help individuals and couples make healthy choices to create a positive future for themselves and their family.
Understanding the legal process options and court steps of divorce will help assure you are the most effective resource possible for your clients as they move forward. The Professional and Client Resources below are shared tools to help us work together to support the emotional well-being of families in transition.
Professional and Client Resources
Together, we can provide a strong support system for divorcing couples and help them navigate their journey with compassion and a focus on peaceful resolution. Below are some resources you may find helpful.
Let’s Connect & Help Families Together
To request brochures and discuss how we can work together to support families as they restructure, please contact us. Our lawyer and child specialist mediators can answer your questions by phone or meet with you and therapists at your clinic in-person or via Zoom. We see extraordinary value for families from sharing expertise to enhance the services we each provide to our clients. We look forward to working with you as we grow awareness of the positive option of interdisciplinary family mediation.
Thank you,
Susan A. Hansen, FMC Co-founder