I am Juliette Kinsey and I set up Just Talk Mediation Service in 2014. If you and your ex partner or spouse decide to appoint my mediation service to assist you resolve your dispute then I will be your mediator.
My background is that of family law. I am a solicitor (now non-practising) with over twenty five years’ experience in family law, and throughout that time I represented clients who were seeking to resolve financial problems and children issues that arose as a result of a relationship breakdown.
It is what I saw as a family law solicitor that gave rise to me training to be a mediator. Sadly, when many couples separate they often refuse to talk to each other and instead look to solicitors to represent them in long, unpredictable and expensive court proceedings against each other. I have seen the destruction that can arise when often unnecessary court proceedings are issued between two people who are parents of children still living at home. Court solutions often fail to meet the needs of either party and often leave couples unable to speak to each other or be able to parent their children collaboratively. I firmly believe that, when separated parents reach solutions together away from the courts in relation to financial matters and arrangements for the children, not only do those solutions give rise to a happier and more secure childhood for their children, they also make future parenting of the children easier because both parents are working together as a team rather than against each other.
As your mediator, I am there to assist both of you to talk to each other, to discuss your concerns and fears and identify what each of you hopes to achieve for your future. I am impartial, neutral and unbiased. I am not there to judge either of you or to criticise, nor am I there to take sides. My role is to help facilitate a dialogue between the two of you, enabling you both to discuss the issues that concern and worry you the most in a safe and neutral environment and to help both of you to find mutually beneficial solutions which best meet the needs of your family. Mediation is rarely a comfortable process but it is a preferable one and it places you both firmly in control of what happens to you and your family.
As your mediator, I want to work with you both towards achieving solutions that are best for you and your family.
I am an Accredited Mediator regulated by the Family Mediation Council (FMC) and a member of the Family Mediators Association (FMA). I am also an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) so I bring to the mediation table a wealth of experience in family law and of resolving disputes in a sensitive, constructive and positive way. I hope that if you decide to appoint me to be your mediator my experience will benefit you and your family.
