Helping inform professionals and separated parents about child inclusive therapeutic mediation and parental alienation.
“This has really helped me and my ex-partner. My mum is still venomous about my father and that’s the last thing I want for my kids.”
– Separated Mother of Two
A bit about Jill
Jill is an award winning practitioner, researcher and trainer with over 30 years experience of working with families.
She has contributed extensively to policy development in New Zealand and has developed models for practice in therapeutic mediation.
She was funded to research and write “Hello, I’m A Voice, Let Me Talk. Child Inclusive Mediation In Family Separation’, published in 2006. It is cited nationally and internationally and remains the only piece of research on the inclusion of children in NZ family separation.
A senior academic lecturer for over a decade, Jill founded The Family Matters Centre in 2006. This busy Centre focuses on family life and therapeutic work across the family lifecycle. Jill has continued to publish and teach and is sought after as a trainer and public speaker by other professionals and the media.
Jill has added on line teaching, webinars and group work to her practice and has developed courses targeted for professional training and for parents and families.
She was made a Churchill Research Fellow in 2008 and has spent research time in Europe and Australia as invited guest lecturer and researcher.
She has a particular interest in supporting families and children through separation and in high conflict situations which can result in estrangement and alienation.
Jill was invited to sit on the Expert Reference Group, as (Specialist Family Mediator) for the 2019 Government Review of Family Justice Reforms (Te Korowai Ture ā-Whānau).
