We can help you separate smarter

Please contact us to see how we can
assist you and your family today.

We can help you separate smarter

Please contact us to see how we can
assist you and your family today.

We can help you separate smarter

Please contact us to see how we can assist you and your family today.

Family mediation services

We are experienced Psychologists and accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners who can help you and your family resolve family disputes in a calm, collaborative and constructive way. We pride ourselves on providing a range of supportive, inclusive, family-focused separation and divorce services.

Mediation is a flexible and voluntary process where parties are able to determine their own outcomes and agreements with the assistance of a professional mediator.
Child Consultants facilitate the inclusion of children and young people post-separation and as part of the family dispute resolution process.
We provide an alternative to expensive, combative court proceedings by offering a range of supportive, inclusive, family-focused separation and divorce services.

How it works

The Australian Family Mediation Group mediators are all accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners with the Attorney General’s Department. Using an accredited Dispute Resolution Practitioner offers many benefits over court-litigated proceedings. Our process can be conducted with or without lawyers and agreements can be generated in a very short amount of time. Our negotiations are facilitated in a non-adversarial manner focused on sustainable agreements. 

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Sue Boursiani

Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner

Sue Boursiani is a Senior Psychologist, trained Child Consultant and accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with over 25 years’ experience working with children, young people and their families.  Drawing from extensive experience in trauma-informed practice, Sue offers highly tailored family mediation services, skilfully navigating challenging family transitions to resolve disputes for both parenting and financial matters.  Through her work as a Child Consultant, Sue adeptly integrates the voices of children, positively shaping post-separation parenting with empathy and insight.  With a wealth of experience in complex family dynamics and relationship breakdown, Sue is committed to empowering individuals going through  separation. She helps them achieve workable and sustainable resolutions in financial matters and co-parenting arrangements for their children,  effectively avoiding protracted conflict and court involvement.

Tim Smith

Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner

Tim is one of the co-founders of the Australian Family Mediation Group and has a diverse background in conflict management and mediation having worked in a variety of family-oriented intervention-based services. He has fine-tuned a strong, unique and effective style of family mediation where his primary goal is for family members in conflict to reach sustainable parenting and property agreements while avoiding where possible the mental anguish and high costs of Court-based litigation. Tim is a straight talker, with a compassionate and results-oriented approach. He also holds several post graduate degrees including a masters degree in mental health, and a second masters degree in conflict management and resolution. 

Katrina Thornley

Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner

Katrina is a qualified family dispute resolution practitioner and experienced psychologist. She has worked with numerous families going through separation and divorce. Her calm, confident approach, together with her experience and understanding of people, helps her to be an effective, solution focused mediator.