Meet Our Mediators 

Stephanie has worked as a fully qualified mediator for over 20 years delivering mediation in Gloucestershire and online throughout England and Wales. 

 

Stephanie is qualified to talk with children as part of the mediation process when parents consent to their children being involved. While her own family was young Stephanie worked with children both as a play-leader, part owning and running her own facility, a family helper and as a foster parent. 

 

Before and during her early years as a mediator Stephanie worked in restorative justice and family group conferencing. Working within the Probation and Youth Offending services ignited her interest in the consequences of relationship and family breakdown which were often evident in the circumstances she worked in. 

 

Stephanie has run businesses and managed mediation and child counselling services. She is a qualified life coach and master NLP practitioner. She has studied other various tools designed to assist people experiencing difficulties or impasse and uses these where appropriate in her practice. 

 

Stephanie has knowledge of all the various forms of mediation techniques from therapeutic through narrative to solution-focussed. She is an experienced community mediator and trained in workplace mediation. 

 

Stephanie currently offers online appointments throughout England and Wales and in person appointments in Tewkesbury and Gloucester. 

Mandy is qualified in both community and family mediation and has worked as a mediator for five years delivering mediation in Worcestershire and mediation in West Midlands. She is experienced in direct work with children, both within and outside the mediation process. In previous employment Mandy was a Home Start co-ordinator for 13 years, where she gained vast experience of working with families experiencing difficult and complex situations, working closely with both adults and children. 

 

Mandy has also undertaken a number of voluntary roles: Nightstop mediator (Parents and teenagers), child worker for Noah’s Ark (Family bereavement) and working within women’s refuges (support worker). 

 

Mandy has a working knowledge of different forms of mediation; she combines this with active listening skills and the ability to empathise with clients, enabling clients to focus on the decisions that need to be made and to reach their own outcome. She recognises the uniqueness of each situation and adapts her approach accordingly. 

Anne-Lise is a senior mediator accredited with the Family Mediators Association and the Family Mediation Council. She practiced as a family lawyer for over 30 years and was the senior partner in her own law practice before merging with a larger practice where she worked as a Consultant Family Lawyer and mediator. She was one of the first family lawyers to train as a mediator in the early 1990s. 

 

Anne-Lise’s career as a Family Lawyer led her to believe strongly that the pain and distress of the divorce court could be avoided using the mediation process. By talking in a calm, supported and structured way, couples can resolve difficult issues relating to parenting their children, or dealing with their finances following separation or divorce, in such a way that they retain control. Anne-Lise has mediated very many cases in this way with great success. 

 

Anne-Lise is also qualified to have Direct Consultation with Children in mediation. However, in her experience, once the children are aware that their parents are working together to find solutions, they often find this very beneficial. 

Vernon has amassed a decade’s worth of experience in the provision of focused, efficient and responsive family mediation services to families in the West Midlands, Derbyshire and now Worcestershire. This experience has been acquired through service delivery on behalf of Birmingham District Family Mediation, West Midlands Family Mediation, National Family Mediation, Relate Family Mediation and Mediation and More in Redditich. 

 

Vernon is fully qualified and accredited in all aspects of family mediation including direct child consultations by the Family Mediation Council. 

 

Previously, Vernon worked as a project manager/consultant with private and public sector organisations conducting research, business planning and feasibility studies, managing and satisfying various stakeholder interests and requirements. 

 

Vernon is a versatile and experienced Family Mediator with a clear understanding of the requirements to deliver effective mediated outcomes; facilitating the conveyance of disparate views to mutually coherent solutions employing analytical, lateral and creative thinking. This is all underpinned by an awareness of the principles associated with Diversity/Equal Opportunities, Confidentiality and Safeguarding, particularly for vulnerable adults and children. 

Svitlana is an experienced family mediator with a passion for helping separating couples reach amicable agreements. Svitlana's background is unique, combining experience managing a national distribution company with a passion for family well-being. After realising she desired a more meaningful career path, she transitioned to family mediation in 2015. Witnessing divorcing clients reach agreements through mediation continues to be her greatest motivator. 

 

Her dedication to the field led her to co-found the Association for Family Mediators of Ukraine. In 2019, Svitlana further expanded her expertise by training in cross-border family mediation. This allows her to support parents across borders, particularly in cases involving child abduction and other international family matters. In 2022, she completed family mediation training in the UK and is working towards accreditation. 

 

Svitlana is fluent in English, Ukrainian, and Russian, facilitating clear communication for all parties involved. She understands the emotional challenges of separation and is committed to creating a safe and respectful environment where you and your ex-partner can openly discuss arrangements regarding child contact, living arrangements, future communication, and co-parenting strategies. With Svitlana's guidance, you and your ex-partner can navigate the complexities of separation in a respectful environment, ultimately allowing you both to move forward with your lives.