Find a common path in the family conflict
As specialists in various fields related to family matters, we offer a solution model that includes mediation, counselling, therapy, and legal guidance for families in crisis or going through a divorce. Our focus is the child's well-being and the effective collaboration between the parents. With our legal specialists, Bridging Families can facilitate the formulation of legally binding agreements regarding, among others, residence and visitation without involving the family courts. We will support you throughout the entire process, and together we will identify a sustainable solution for your family that accommodates the needs of all parties. We aim to provide you with a solid foundation for successful family collaboration.
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Three phases for sustainable family solutions
Mediation, interdisciplinary family assessment, and family agreement
Familiebroen offers a three-phase program designed to foster positive development in the cooperation between parents. The program is tailored to each family’s specific needs, and it is by no means certain that all three phases are necessary. Each phase provides its own solution proposals, enabling you to make lasting decisions about your future cooperation.
The program is flexible and adapted to each family. It should therefore not be seen as a chronological process. For some families, it may make sense to go through phases 1–3 in sequence, while others might, for example, go directly from mediation to a family agreement, and still others may only need an interdisciplinary family assessment. This flexibility ensures that each family receives precisely the help they need. Even if an agreement is not reached, families will find they have gained a greater understanding of each other’s issues, progressing further on a positive journey toward a lasting and rewarding collaboration.
Phase 1: Mediation
Phase 1: Mediation
The first phase is rooted in constructive conversations between the parents. Mediation is about reaching solutions through dialogue. The mediator’s role, as an impartial participant, is to facilitate and guide you toward the best solutions for you and your child. Familiebroen’s mediators bring expertise in conflict resolution, counseling, therapy, and law. The mediator’s task is not to propose solutions but to help you jointly find the best ways for your future co-existence. It is important to us that both parties have the opportunity to speak and feel seen and heard. However, our primary responsibility is to ensure that the child's needs and well-being remain the central focus.
This means that even if you reach an agreement on a custody arrangement, we may assess that it is not in the child's best interest to implement it. For instance, if you have a 3-year-old child and agree on a 14/14 arrangement, our child specialist counseling will provide an assessment that, in this case, such an arrangement may not be ideal for a child of that age.
Our goal is for you to reach an agreement that ensures the safest upbringing for your child.
We know that you are the ones who know your children best, and our role is to help you reach the best solution for the entire family.
When you decide to seek a solution through mediation, it requires a willingness to actively participate in finding positive solutions. At the same time, it's essential to approach the mediation with an open mind, ready to make compromises and accept solutions that may not be the most advantageous for you personally. The goal is to establish agreements that provide your family and child with the safest and calmest daily life possible.
Through various steps, you will have the opportunity to voice your concerns and propose solutions. The mediator will then assist you in negotiating an agreement that considers all parties. If the mediation is successful, you will leave with a legally binding agreement, carrying the same weight as a decision from the Family Court Administration or a ruling from family court. The difference is that, as parents, you have created the agreements yourselves.
Even if an agreement isn’t reached, you will find that you’ve gained a greater understanding of each other’s challenges, taking a step forward in a positive journey toward a lasting and rewarding collaboration.
Our Experiences with Mediation
At Bridging Families, we have many positive experiences with mediation. We are experiencing, among other things, that the parents gain a better understanding of each other and become better at communicating even outside the guidance related situation. This ensures a new level of flexibility in collaboration around the child. Specifically, we observe that mediation can reduce future conflicts and potential disputes and develop a long-term sustainable agreement focused on the parents' wishes and interests while simultaneously establishing a positive foundation for future collaboration.
This means that even if you reach an agreement on a custody arrangement, we may assess that it is not in the child's best interest to implement it. For instance, if you have a 3-year-old child and agree on a 14/14 arrangement, our child specialist counseling will provide an assessment that, in this case, such an arrangement may not be ideal for a child of that age.
Our goal is for you to reach an agreement that ensures the safest upbringing for your child.
Phase 2: Interdisciplinary Family Assessment
Phase 2: Interdisciplinary Family Assessment
If it isn’t possible to reach a sustainable solution in phase 1, assistance from our advisors can be brought in during this phase to assess the situation with their professional expertise. Our interdisciplinary assessment combines a child specialist and our own expertise, drawing on many years of experience from the Family Court Administration, to find the best possible solution while evaluating your specific case. The assessment will be conducted by a former legal expert from the Family Court Administration, with several years of experience in interdisciplinary meetings, and a child specialist psychological counselor or a special advisor in children’s matters with extensive experience.
As always, the child’s needs are at the center, and we will closely examine all relevant factors, including the child’s age, well-being, geographical circumstances, sibling relationships, special needs, and relationships.
In this phase, there may also be individual conversations with parents (and possibly children) to ensure that all perspectives are heard and taken into account.
Finally, you will be presented with our professional assessment and proposed solutions.
This means that even if you reach an agreement on a custody arrangement, we may assess that it is not in the child's best interest to implement it. For instance, if you have a 3-year-old child and agree on a 14/14 arrangement, our child specialist counseling will provide an assessment that, in this case, such an arrangement may not be ideal for a child of that age.
Our goal is for you to reach an agreement that ensures the safest upbringing for your child.
Phase 3: Family Agreement
Phase 3: Family Agreement
This phase concludes the process, after which Familiebroen documents the agreements made into a legally binding document that can be submitted to the Family Court Administration if the case needs to be revisited in the future.
In this phase, everything from the big to the small is organized. We assist with everything from visitation arrangements to structuring daily routines.
The agreement made can either be a temporary arrangement that brings peace during a divorce or a final solution that ensures long-term stability and harmony for your family in the future. In Phase 3, we also provide a professional statement on our current view of your family, regarding your challenges and the solutions you've developed during the process with us.
If it doesn’t succeed
It may happen that a family agreement cannot be signed. In this case, the process will still have left a positive impact on the ongoing work between the parents. You will have gained insight into each other’s feelings and needs and received tools for communication and collaboration. Additionally, Familiebroen can offer further assistance through counseling or legal support, and you may revisit phase 1.
Revisit
Sometimes, changes in your family’s situation or needs may make the agreement you made with Familiebroen no longer relevant. If that happens, we recommend revisiting the agreement with us. During a revisit, we adjust the agreement to keep it relevant, helping to prevent future conflicts or disagreements that might otherwise lead to a case in the Family Court Administration.
Our solution model brings several advantages
When conflicts arise in the family, it’s important to find solutions that bring calm and stability for both parents and children. Our unique solution model is designed specifically to meet this need by offering a peaceful, collaborative approach that ensures quick and sustainable agreements.
Preventive Measures to Involve the Family Court Administration
We offer you an alternative approach that avoids the stressful process of cases in the Family Court Administration and subsequent family court proceedings. Instead of a legal battle, we provide a peaceful and cooperative way to resolve conflicts.
Lasting Agreements Regarding Children
We strive for quick and effective solutions, especially when it comes to important issues concerning your children, such as custody and parental responsibility.
Ensuring Children’s Well-being
We prioritize the child's well-being and work together with you to ensure that your children continue to thrive as best as possible, even during periods of family disagreements and tensions.
Preventing conflict escalation
Our approach to conflict resolution focuses on finding shared solutions and avoiding escalation, creating a more harmonious and stable environment for the entire family.
Mediation and Conflict Resolution for Families
Phase 1 of Our Solution Model
Mediation is also known as conflict resolution. It is a structured approach to managing conflicts, in our case, between parents. Our mediator guides the conversation between the parents and helps find a solution that suits them.
The Key to Successful Mediation
The prerequisite for successful mediation is a willingness to cooperate. We understand that cooperation isn’t always easy, and we don’t expect you to already have a perfectly collaborative dynamic. On the contrary, we aim to help you build this cooperation through our mediation process.
A mediation session with us can take up to three hours and will go through six steps
If the mediation is successful, you will leave with a legally binding agreement. This agreement is not just a superficial settlement but one that can be enforced in family court.
Step 1
Welcome and opening with an introduction to the process and those present
Step 2
Parties' Statements and Dialogue
Step 3
Clarification of Issues and Setting the Agenda
Step 4
The parties present possible solutions
Step 5
The parties negotiate the agreement
Step 6
The agreement is reviewed and approved
Our Experiences with Mediation
We find that through mediation, parents can achieve a better understanding of each other, improve their communication, and establish a new level of flexibility in their cooperation regarding the child. Specifically, we see that mediation can reduce future conflicts, create a sustainable agreement by focusing on the parents' wishes, and ensure a positive foundation for collaboration.
Peter Roed
Certified Mediator
Peter Roed, a certified mediator, will conduct the mediation. With many years of experience in cases involving residence, visitation, and parental responsibility, he provides guidance and acts as a professional representative in municipal settings and the Family Court Administration. Originally trained as a schoolteacher, Peter has dedicated the past decade to family cases.
Interdisciplinary Family Assessment
Phase 2 of Our Solution Model
If mediation does not lead to an agreement, there is still a way forward for you through our interdisciplinary family assessment.
We understand that not all conflicts can be resolved through direct dialogue, which is why we offer an alternative approach that involves expertise from multiple fields. Our interdisciplinary assessment brings together a child specialist advisor and our own expertise, with many years of experience from the Family Court Administration, to find the best possible solution.
Our focus is clear: the best interest of the child always comes first. Financial interests and personal agendas have no place in this process. We carefully consider all relevant factors, including the child's age, well-being, geographical circumstances, any sibling relationships, special needs, and connections.
The process involves a thorough conversation with both the child/children and a joint meeting with the parents. This ensures that all perspectives are heard and taken into account.
Our goal is to create a fair and sustainable agreement that considers all parties involved and places the best interest of the child at the center.
In this process, you will meet Helle Mie, Martin Guldborg, and Gosia Wagner.
Helle-Mie
Psychotherapist
Helle-Mie is an experienced psychotherapist with in-depth knowledge of high-conflict cases and different forms of emotional abuse.
Our clients experienced feeling understood and embraced with their own viewpoints based on where they stand mentally, and that provides an exceptionally solid foundation for advising when both parties feel seen, acknowledged, and understood.
Martin Guldborg
Lawyer
Martin Guldborg is a lawyer and has previously worked for 4 years at the Family Court Administration. He brings his unique expertise and experience from the Family Court Administration into the family assessment.
Gosia Wagner
Psychological Advisor
Gosia Wagner is a psychological advisor with many years of experience providing counseling and support to people in crisis, most recently as a parental advisor and special consultant at the Family Court Administration.
Family Agreement
Phase 3 of Our Solution Model
After the interdisciplinary family assessment, we have the opportunity to create a tailored agreement that takes into account your family’s unique needs and circumstances. This agreement will not only be based on the agreement framework that the Family Court Administration and later the family court can establish, but it will also include several important elements to ensure your security. This is based on our many years of experience, during which we have identified key points that are crucial to document in order to ensure clarity and avoid future conflicts.
The agreement will be legally binding and serve as the basis for enforcement if necessary.
Our goal is not just to find a temporary solution, but rather to create a long-term agreement that can ensure stability and harmony for your family in the future.
It is quite common for changes in your family’s situation or needs to occur, making the agreement no longer relevant. In such cases, we recommend revisiting the agreement with us. A revisit ensures that we can adjust the agreement to keep it relevant and help prevent future conflicts or disagreements that could otherwise lead to a case in the Family Court Administration.
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