Parenting after separation is tricky. So where to do you go for help when things aren't working? FDR is a subsidised mediation service that is designed to get parents resolving their own issues with the help of an experienced mediator.
Gaye Greenwood is brilliant at helping people work through conflict, resolve issues and start working as a team on the most important job in the world.
You have to go to FDR before you can go to Court. But that is a good thing, and, says Gaye, the result is much better outcomes for children.
Gaye has studied people's experiences of the legal adversarial system and the resulting increase in conflict and decrease in wellbeing. She has a PhD focussed on employment relationship disputes, and was a senior lecturer at AUT in the Centre for Business Interdisciplinary Studies from January 2001 to January 2022. She has published dozens of articles, and has presented at international and local conferences on conflict resolution.
As well as working as an FDR facilitator at the Family Dispute Resolution Centre, Gaye has been practising at Greenwood mediators since 1999. She has been a teacher, a florist, a farmer, a mediator and lecturer…i wonder if this is her first foray into podcasts?
Learn what to expect when you go to FDR and why you should give it a go.
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