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The Family Mediation Center (FMC) offers comprehensive services
that address the various needs of the reorganized family, including
divorce mediation and co-parenting mediation.
In addition to mediation, The Family Mediation Center offers
collaborative divorce services and custody evaluations.
Communication and parenting related workshops/presentations are available for the business and local community.
The FMC also offers groups for children and adults (both men and women) to lend support and offer constructive solutions to parenting
and co-parenting.
To learn more about The Family Mediation Center,
contact us today. Our staff is eager to meet with you to explore how
we can best meet your needs.
What Is The Family Mediation Center?
All proceeds from The Family Mediation Center
benefit the Center for Domestic
Violence Services.
For more information about The Family Mediation Center or to
schedule an appointment at either the Ansonia or North Haven location:
Family mediation Center
158 Main StreetAnsonia, CT 06401
or127 Washington Ave. North Haven CT 06473 203/736-2601, Ext. 381
435 East Main St., P.O. Box 148 Ansonia, CT 06401
Ph: 203/736-2601 Fax: 203/736-2910
Divorce Mediation
Communication Skill Building
Custody & Visitation Arrangements
Collaborative Divorce Services
Custody Evaluations
Business & Community Presentations
Co-Parenting Program
What Is Mediation?Mediation is a process in which two or more parties voluntarily come together
to negotiate areas of conflict. A mediator assists the parties in this
endeavor by fostering an atmosphere that is conducive to effective
communication. The mediation process is designed to give both parties an
opportunity to express their viewpoints and to reach a resolution that is fair and reasonable to all. In both the long and
short term, mediation is:
• PREVENTATIVE
• COST-EFFICIENT, AND
• LESS TIME CONSUMING
THAN LITIGATION
Collaborative Divorce Process
The Family Mediation Center offers another alternative for a civilized,
child-focused divorce - the collaborative divorce process. The collaborative divorce process involves a team of
mental health professionals, lawyers and financial specialists who work
together to help families find amicable remedies to their disputed issues.
As part of the collaborative divorce process, The FMC offers the services of a trained collaborative divorce coach who
helps parties manage the emotional issues of the divorce action, assists in the creation of parenting plans, and plans for the future by encouraging
parties in their efforts to communicate effectively as co-parents.
The goal of the collaborative divorce process is to design a divorce agreement that involves input from,
and works for, the whole family.
What Types of Issues Can Be Mediated?
The Family Mediation Center offers two types of mediation; a co-parenting
communication program and divorce mediation.
Our co-parenting program is tailored to meet the special needs of parents or intervening parties who have on-going
issues with their parenting plan.
Parenting, discipline, and communication issues may be
impacting their ability to care for their children effectively and to relate with
one another as co-parents.
The divorce mediation program is designed for those parties that
are involved in a dissolution action and have not resolved their issues.
The program gives couples the opportunity to make joint decisions about the way the divorce will be
finalized and, ultimately, how it will impact their lives and/or the lives of
their children.