The school holidays can be a stressful time for most families, but for separated families trying to juggle breaks and family commitments often results in conflict and stress. Children may miss out on time with one parent and families may experience disharmony about this.   Not all parenting plans are at risk, but even plans that may have been […]

With mediation being the popular first step to handle domestic violence cases, there were arguments as to whether mediation would be a suitable intervention for workplace bullying complaints as well. Both domestic violence and workplace bullying shared similar cycle of repeated events and that they leave the victims somewhat isolated and confused. The main approaches […]

Mediation is frequently mandated as a first step for divorce cases, custody and visitation. 50 to 80% of the marriages referred to court-based divorce and custody/visitation mediation programs involve domestic violence (Maxwell, 1999). The prime objective of mediation is to provide both parties of the dispute with a forum to be heard and to understand […]

The model of Employee Emotional Abuse (EEA) showed that there is also a cycle of stages for abusive relationship in the workplace. The model proposed a six-stage cycle that shows (a) understanding the dynamics of abuse, (b) realizing the indicators of abuse, (c) controlling or stopping the abuse, and (d) predicting the development of unchecked […]