by Jody Gordon | Jan 25, 2017 | Children, Divorce
3 Top Tips for Separating Parents – from someone speaking from experience Emily Morris 23 is a Fixer. She is also in her final year of her law degree at The University of York. Emily’s parents are divorced. This process began whilst Emily was an A-Level student living...
by Jody Gordon | Jan 25, 2017 | Children, Divorce
John Bell of the Iona Community spoke recently on BBC4’s Thought for the Day about the importance of families having meals together, talking about their day and listening to each other. This sounds like a simple prescription, yet as John Bell said, many young people...
by Jody Gordon | Jan 25, 2017 | Children, Divorce
Don’t Listen to Us! This video, created in partnership with charity Voices in the Middle, features young people explaining (sarcastically) why there’s no point in listening to them. We hope you will anyway! For more information take a look at the Voices in the...
by Jody Gordon | Jan 24, 2017 | Children, Divorce
Providing a Safer Space I’ve been recently working with a couple who are divorcing and we were looking at how to handle the new roles that both these parents now face whilst going through the transition. One area I discussed with them was accepting that their ex has...
by Jody Gordon | Jan 24, 2017 | Children, Divorce
I was chatting to my new hairdresser (Mandy, 23). She asked me what I do for a living – “I try to help separating and divorcing families talk through some of the upset and conflict and help sort out arrangements for the future”. “Crikey” she said (or words to that...
by Jody Gordon | Jan 24, 2017 | Children, Divorce, Finance
Lasting Damage: is there a Better Way? Over the years I’ve seen a lot of changes not only in the practice of family law but also in the backgrounds of clients. For many people in the early 80’s separation stigmatised them because they were the only members of...
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