FMC Relationship Services

The Men and Family Relationships Service is designed to:

• Provide practical and emotional support for men around divorce and separation;
• Help men prepare for and constructively negotiate parenting, financial and property arrangements after separation;
• Assist fathers to be effectively involved in the parenting of their children after separation;
• Provide assistance with improving communication with ex-partners and children; and
• Meet the needs of men and boys who are experiencing difficulties in their relationships.

What do we do?

We tailor a service to meet the needs of the individual and their family. Firstly, we interview the client to assess their personal needs and concerns. Then, in consultation with the client, we design a program to meet those needs. It may involve a number of one-on-one sessions, group participation, information sessions on particular topics, referrals or a combination of these.

Included in this service is:

• Counselling;
• Education around the needs of children (focusing on child development, children’s reactions to conflict and their adjustment to separation and divorce);
• Conflict management and resolution;
• Divorce and separation education;
• Problem Solving for One;
• Skills training (effective parenting, relationships, communication, negotiation, emotional literacy);
• Assistance with preparing, negotiating and implementing parenting plans;
• Information (legal, child support, residence, contact, shared parenting etc);
• Parenting resource materials (emphasis on fathering and development of a working relationship with ex-partners and children);
• Integrating step-families;
• Referrals; and
• Group work.

Integrated programs

The Men’s Relationship program includes links with several of our other programs:

• Child interviews;
• Family dispute resolution; and
• Parent and adolescent mediation.
• Financial Couselling

With whom do we work?
This program is available for:

• Adult separated men;
• Adolescent males; and
• Partners (current and former) and children.

Fees for this program are negotiable based on income.