Divorce mediation

Parenting Plan

I have over 10 years of experience working as a family court counsellor and 7 years in divorce mediation. Combined with my counselling education and experience, I have an expert level understanding of the impacts of divorce/separation on children. This includes the effects/impacts of:

• living between two homes
• spending less time with each parent
• witnessing parental conflict and domestic violence
• experiencing physical, sexual, and emotional abuse
• neglect
• parental alienation
• separation from siblings and extended family members
• adjustment to step-parents and step-siblings
• moving, changing schools, or long commutes
• lack of communication between parents
• lack of coordinated parenting strategies
• differences in schedules between parental homes
• having parent(s) with mental health and addiction challenges
• inconsistency of parental involvement
• reunification between child and long-absent parent(s)

My approach to developing parenting plans focuses on the emotional, psychological, and developmental needs of each child. This also includes taking into consideration each child's personality and stage of development. 

My approach to assisting parents to navigate the development of a parenting plan is grounded in an Insight Mediation approach. This means that I will take the time to assist each parent to explore their own attachment style/needs; how their personalities intersect and contribute to conflict; conflict management style; and to develop shared parenting goals. 

I am also open to mediating individual topics if parents are just having challenges with one specific aspect of parenting after separation.

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Finances

My experience includes all facets of the division of assets and liabilities, negotiation/calculation of spousal support, and the calculation of child support. I provide a full mediation report upon request to facilitate the completion of a separation agreement.

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I've been down this road too: 

Divorced. Remarried. Blended family. I get it. I can help.

Wanda Dennelly, Registered Family Mediator
 

$150 per hour 

Please note the first session is usually scheduled for 2 hours to allow time for each person to be fully heard.