Family Dispute Resolution Clinic

Our professional, accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners have extensive experience in Family Dispute Resolution.

The Clinic aims to assist families through the Family Dispute Resolution process to overcome challenges associated with separation, and to establish effective post-separation parenting arrangements for the family’s well-being into the future. The Clinic is dedicated to reducing the negative effects of conflict for separated families and improving and strengthening future parenting relationships in the best interests of the children.

The Clinic also provides Bond Family Dispute Resolution students with supervised workplace experience with a focus on best practice and safety.  Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner trainees seeking accreditation are able to do a maximum of 20 hours of supervised practice in the Bond University Family Dispute Resolution Clinic. 

Clinical supervision is provided by highly experienced, accredited Family Dispute Resolution practitioners.

Consultations, intake sessions and all family dispute resolution sessions are conducted online via Zoom. The service is therefore convenient and efficient and Family Dispute Resolution sessions can be organised quickly. All parties will need appropriate technology access and will need to be on their own as confidentiality is a critical aspect of Family Dispute Resolution.

If you don’t have access to technology, it might be possible to arrange for the process to be conducted via a telephone or in-person at the Bond University Gold Coast or Brisbane campuses.

Fees

The Bond University FDR Clinic is affordable. The Clinic charges $100 per hour for each party. Intake sessions usually take one hour, and Family Dispute Resolution sessions usually take up to 4 hours. This means that the usual costs for each parent are $500 for the whole process.

1. To provide high quality professionally supervised Family Dispute Resolution services to clients in Queensland and northern NSW.
2. To provide Bond Family Dispute Resolution students with the opportunity to complete their required hours of supervised Family Dispute Resolution practice. (The supervised Family Dispute Resolution practice is a course requirement for satisfactory completion of the Family Dispute Resolution training which is conducted by Bond University's Faculty of Law Centre for Dispute Resolution.)
3. To provide students with an opportunity to gain practical experience in a controlled and supportive environment and prepare them for Family Dispute Resolution practice.