1. Mediating Family and Relationship Disputes by SEUMAS TAN Advocate & Solicitor Mediator Author of “Mediation Skills & Techniques”

2. Overview of the Mediation Process Mediator’s opening statement; Mediator’s opening statement; Checking authority (?); Checking authority (?); Joint session; Joint session; Separate session or Private Caucus (?); Separate session or Private Caucus (?); Identifying parties’ needs; Identifying parties’ needs; Closure Closure

3. Divorce Mediation

4. Post Divorce Mediation

5. Mediation After Remarriage

6. Mediation with Intact Families

7. Mediation involving Unmarried Couples

8. Dispute between parents and children / siblings

9. Challenges in Family Mediation Gender issues; Gender issues; Domestic violence; Domestic violence; Threatening; Threatening; Mentally disorder; Mentally disorder; Irrational behaviour – taking drugs, frequently intoxicated, etc; Irrational behaviour – taking drugs, frequently intoxicated, etc; Mediators making assumption (eg: parties are of difficult culture) Mediators making assumption (eg: parties are of difficult culture)

10. Mediator’s Skills Creating rapport; Creating rapport; Defusing anger; Defusing anger; Reframing; Reframing; Mirroring; and Mirroring; and Association Association

11. The End

12. Thank you