SERVICES AND FEES

 

Family mediation creates a structured and non-prejudicial (confidential) space to attempt to make agreements and arrangements outside of court. 

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The mediator acts as a neutral facilitator making logistical arrangements, guiding the process and documenting agreements.

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Commonly mediated family issues include parenting plans/arrangements, separation/divorce, cohabitation agreements and disputes amongst siblings and extended family

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$175+GST​ per hour​
 

Legal-Aid Referrals Accepted

Income Tested Sliding Scale ​​​

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Supervised Parenting Time manages contact between adults and children with the goals of providing safe and meaningful time for children with their parent who is being supervised.

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The supervisor facilitates logistical arrangements, exchanges of care, ensures child safety and creates objective/factual documentation.

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Supervision is done in the

community or in home.

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Partnered with Teh Stratton when logistics or circumstances are best supported by a team approach.

 

 

$100+GST​ for the first hour

(inclusive of the report)

$80+GST​ per hour for additional hours

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1 hour minimum billing

Legal-Aid Referrals Accepted

Income Tested Sliding Scale ​

 

Co-parent coaching works with parents to facilitate communication, problem solve and provide an outside perspective on co-parenting issues.

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Coaching offers support to parents to reduce friction in implementing and maintaining parenting plans. 

Coaching can monitor and intervene as disagreements develop.

 

Coaching is not a replacement for mediation, counselling, parent coordination or qualified legal services.

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$125+GST​ per hour

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Legal-Aid Referrals Accepted

Income Tested Sliding Scale 

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Parent-Teen mediation combines mediation processes and private social working to facilitate communication, understanding and agreements between parents and their children with follow on support and/or referals.

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 Parent-Teen mediation begins with individual and group discussions  to understand the issues and the effects on the family. The mediator guides the process and captures ideas and agreements in a child friendly document that focuses on practical actions  and steps the family can take.

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$125+GST​ per hour

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On-going support is available

Legal-Aid Referrals Accepted

Income Tested Sliding Scale 
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Child protection mediation is typically between parents and the Ministry of Children and Family Development child protection workers. It is a voluntary process that the family, worker or lawyers can request directly.

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The mediator acts as a neutral facilitator making logistical arrangements, guiding the process and documenting agreements.

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Commonly mediated issues include parenting time with children, family service plans, terms and conditions of reunification, terms and conditions of supervision, permanency plans, 

and communication between families

and their workers.

 

Child protection mediation is arranged through the Mediate BC Child Protection Mediation Program (CPMP).  More information is available here MediateBC 

and the referral form here.

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 Participants pay no fee
 

 

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Non-evaluative reports are

commonly referred to as Hear the Child Reports. Evaluative reports are commonly referred to as Views of the Child Reports 

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Non-evaluative reports provide a verbatim record of a child's thoughts on a family dispute without analysis

or recommendations

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Evaluative Reports include additional verbatim interview information from parents and collaterals and may provide limited analysis

and recommendations.

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Non-Evaluative Reports

$700+GST​ - one child

$500+GST​ - each additional child

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Evaluative Reports

$1400+GST​ - Child interviews, Interview of each parent, Interview of

two collaterals

$500+GST​ - each additional child
 

Additional interviews at

$175+GST​ per hour

 

Legal-Aid Referrals Accepted

Must be Court ordered or by

mutual agreement ​​​

These reports are commonly referred to as brief or focused s.211 reports

and are limited in scope to specific questions and issues.

 

Focused s.211 reports are intensive, evaluative and can include extensive interviewing, observed parenting and assessment of collateral information. Recommendations for further assessments and services may given.

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These are not full or comprehensive s.211 reports which typically include psychology testing and give  recommendations on ultimate issues.

 

​​It is difficult to provide a costs estimate without specifics. A report regarding a single child would require at minimum interviews of the child, parents, collaterals and observed parenting sessions using at minimum 18 billable hours inclusive of drafting.

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​​$3150+GST​ minimum

$175+GST​ per hour 

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Legal-Aid Referrals Accepted

Must be Court ordered or by

mutual agreement
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Some family issues don't fit into

neat categories and require

a variation on a service or

creative problem solving.

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Throughout my career, and especially as a professional family case manager, I was responsible for meeting families in crisis, assessing their needs, making plans and referrals and implementing those plans effectively.

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This service is difficult to define other than if your family is struggling then call me and I'll make an assessment of what can be done to help.

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Examples 

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Overnight/extended parent supervision

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Relationship mediation or support without separation​

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Mediation with extended family

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Stabilizing dysregulated or chaotic family systems

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Building and implementing personal or family systems change plans 

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Hourly rate on circumstances.

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