MEDIATION WEEK 2024
Vendredi 4 octobre,14h-16h online
Découvrez la médiation centrée sur les émotions (Emotionally Focused Mediation) : une approche innovante pour transformer et résoudre les conflits interpersonnels !
Fini le temps où les émotions exprimées en médiation étaient vues comme un obstacle ou un piège. En Belgique comme aux Pays-Bas, les médiateurs les accueillent avec bienveillance, en tirant parti de leur capacité à révéler ce qui se passe pour les médiés. Mais comment les utiliser pour faire avancer une médiation ?
Chers collègues, rejoignez-nous, Makiri Mual, Nathalie Kumps et Lavinia Olimid, pour un aperçu de cette méthode intégrative qui nous facilite le travail avec les émotions fortes. Les places sont limitées. Langues employées : le français et l'anglais. Envoyez-moi un message via le formulaire de contact du site (déroulez vers le bas) pour réserver votre place !
About Me
A former member of the Volunteer Mediation Service at the Family Court of Brussels (2015-2017), I have witnessed the strain of litigation on families as well as the uncertainty that surrounds the legal process.
I am a family mediator with professional experience in higher education, consulting and training, holder of a doctorate in accounting and of two postgraduate certificates in general mediation and family mediation. Accredited by the Belgian Federal Mediation Commission in 2016, I provide the framework where participants can negotiate safely and at the same time express and let go of painful feelings.
I am also trained in coparental coaching (Lorraine Filion), marital mediation (Marianne Souquet) and child-inclusive mediation with Lorraine Filion and Bee Marique. I use solutions-oriented (Benoît Demonty, Institut Narration) and the emotionally focused (Simona Herb, Psiris) approaches to de-escalate conflict, facilitate communication and problem solving during mediation sessions.
About Family Mediation
What is mediation?
For whom?
Duration and cost
Sometimes, we all need outside help to appease our relationships.
Mediation is a series of confidential conversations, a journey or a process. An independent and impartial mediator facilitates the communication between spouses, parents or relatives in conflict and assists them in finding a solution to disputes.
Marital mediation - I use mediation techniques to assist spouses to improve communication and find solutions to crises and disputes. These may include the future of their relationship, children's education, health, faith issues, finances, division of house tasks, relations with in-laws, career changes, relocating abroad, crises or significant transitions.
Parental mediation - I support couples who are separating or separated parents to negociate agreements over financial and children arrangements, thus avoiding costly and stressful court proceedings.
Parent - adolescent/young adult mediation - I support participants to develop strategies to resolve conflict
and understand each other’s behaviours and attitudes.
Mediation within the extended family - I support constructive communication and creative solutions to conflict between grandparents and parents, older parents and their carers, siblings and other family members.
A mediation session usually lasts 1.5 hours and the mediation fee is €60 per participant. One-hour individual sessions cost €50. The drafting of a written mediation agreement is charged at the rate of €70 per hour. This represents significant savings compared to lengthy and contentious court proceedings. Moreover, in family matters, the mediator's fees are exempt from VAT.
Judicial assistance for mediation is possible under the same conditions as legal aid (qualifying income levels are revised annually). A leaflet in French from the Federal Mediation Commission is included in the Resources section of the site.
Family mediation costs may also be covered by the extended legal protection offered by certain family insurance policies.
The session
A mediation session is like discussing a complex and sensitive issue with the assistance of someone trained in making difficult conversations work.
During the first session, the participants present their views on the conflict and if they commit to solve it in mediation they sign an Agreement to Mediate (Protocole de médiation).
The Mediation Accord
During mediation, participants reach some form of mutual understanding even though this does not have to materialize in a written form. A formal Mediation Accord (Accord de médiation) sets down in writing all the decisions taken by the participants. They can choose or not to make this written agreement into a court judgement.
After mediation
A duly signed Mediation Accord accompanied by the Agreement to Mediate can be filed with the Registry (le Greffe) of Brussels Family Court. Any party or both parties, directly or through legal counsel, may petition the court to approve the accord.
For divorces, you can present the Mediation Accord negotiated and concluded during mediation to your legal counsels.