Rebecca Abbott, Family Focus Mediation.

Rebecca is a Solicitor and trained Family Mediator. She offers online services across the UK, and in person sessions in the Manchester, Stockport and Tameside areas.

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Finding Solutions Together

When a relationship breaks down, it is a life-changing event. I work with clients to navigate the practicalities of separation. This can include discussing finances, where people will live, child arrangements, time with grandparents, and even how separated clients will communicate in the future. No issue is too big or too small, and each meeting is tailored to the needs of those particular clients.

Rebecca is a member of the Family Mediators Association and Family Mediation Council.
She provides online MIAMs (Mediation Information & Assessment Meetings) to establish whether mediation is suitable for you.

Child Arrangements

Rebecca offers a child focused approach to any discussions about future arrangements for children. Their welfare and wellbeing, and the effects of separation upon them, are central to discussions about their future.

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Finances

Rebecca guides clients through discussions on any financial issues that arise. Asset division, pensions, property, debts and maintenance are all matters that are frequently dealt with through mediation.

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Online MIAM £105
Mediation sessions £110 per hour, per person

What is Family Mediation?

Family Mediation is a voluntary process that helps separated couples resolve disagreements over issues such as finances and children.
The aim of mediation is to reach agreement outside of Court Proceedings.
Sessions can be held together or separately, online or in person.

What is a MIAM?

If you are planning to issue Court Proceedings in respect of child arrangements or finances on divorce, you are required to attend a MIAM (Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting) unless you are exempt.
If mediation is not suitable for you, or the other person refuses to attend, the Court form required will be issued by us for you to proceed.

Rebecca’s mission

When a relationship breaks down, it is a life-changing event. I work with clients to navigate the practicalities of separation, which can include discussing finances, where people will live, child arrangements, time with grandparents, and even how separated clients will communicate with each other in the future. No issue is too big or too small, and each meeting is tailored to the needs of those particular clients.

I worked as a Family Solicitor before training as a Family Mediator with the Family Mediator’s Association.

I have witnessed the damage that can be caused to families and former partners already struggling to communicate and find solutions through protracted legal proceedings.

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Court proceedings can be frighteningly expensive, time-consuming, stressful, and intrusive. Unless a case was settled, clients had no control over the outcome, and this was in the hands of the Court. I believe that people should have the chance to make their own decisions and resolve issues in a way that works for them, so Family Focus Mediation was born!

A Solicitor is obliged to act in the best interests of their client, which can further polarise positions. As a Mediator, I am impartial and help separated couples to discuss their current situation and desired outcomes. My aim is to guide conversations towards exploring practical solutions that will work for my clients.

Mediation is very successful if both people are willing to engage. Research has shown that in around 70% of matters where both people do engage, some, if not all, issues are resolved! I can’t think of a better way to deal with difficult issues at such a stressful time.

The beauty of mediation is that clients can dip in and out of the process as they wish. Discussions can be had very early on in the separation to talk about how it is going to work and, if children are involved, how they will be told about it. Sessions can be booked any time after the agreement has been reached if clients find they are struggling to agree or communicate about an issue later on. It is a sensible and more holistic approach to reaching an agreement and is now highly encouraged by the Courts.

If you have any queries about mediation, please reach out! It is normal for clients to feel worried about their future and unsure how to reach an agreement, and I find huge satisfaction in helping to guide people through this process.

To arrange an initial meeting, please complete our online referral form.

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