Welcome to LKW Family Mediation
Our mission is to compassionately support those going through a separation (or dealing with the after effects of a separation or issues in the family), to the best of our ability and by providing as many helpful tools as possible, to help you make the right decisions for you, and your children. We want everyone to minimise the stress of separation and to be able to support their children as their family changes and they work out what the next chapter will look like. We always see people as individuals and so our approach is tailored to your needs so our first steps will always be finding out what those needs are.
As a practice we are committed to undertaking regular training on domestic abuse and safeguarding in order to support keep people we work with safe. If you feel you might be a victim of abuse then you can find help here.
Family mediation brings together two (or sometimes more) people who need to talk about arrangements for their family going forward. That might be about practical arrangements, issues relating to children or money issues or arrangements. Our approach is to support you with the decisions you need to make. We facilitate your discussions and help you to structure them in a way that makes sense to you. We provide you with lots of information to guide you forward and help you to find a solution when you feel stuck. We also look at what further information you might need to help you to make informed decisions. We offer professional and empathetic family mediation services online, and in person at our offices in Dorking and Farnham. We also offer training, supervision and mentoring to other professionals working with couples who separate.
Here is Louisa Whitney talking about the practice she set up in 2013.
If you’re separated or separating from your partner then click on the link below to find out more about our services for you.
Services for those going through a separation
If you’re a fellow professional working with people who are separating then welcome. Click on the link below to find out details of the workshops and networking events we offer as well as details on how to make a referral to us.
If you’re considering training as a mediator then we’d like love to help you. We passionately believe that the world needs more family mediators to help those coping with divorce. If more people resolved disputes by talking and listening then then the world would be an immeasurably better place and less children would be affected by their separation. Please click on the link below to find out more about how we support other mediators.
We are proud to be members of Resolution and to follow their Code of Practice that emphasises the need to deal with separations in a constructive way with the needs of children the most important focus. For more information and to access their resources visit their website.
