FAMILY TALKS
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Our story
We support families facing a life-changing transition or diagnosis to come together to make decisions and plans
about the future.
Our purpose
It's our mission to guide families through difficult conversations so that everyone feels heard and understood in order to:
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preserve relationships
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reduce stress
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prevent conflict
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foster greater cooperation.
Our values
BRAVERY - whatever ugly truth someone wants to put down, we're here to pick it up
ACCEPTANCE - no judgement here, just honest and heartfelt conversations
ACTIVE LISTENING - respect, dignity and kindness in action
EXPLORATION - let's delve, wonder and question in order to really understand each other
OPENNESS - there's never only one right answer, action or decision; instead let's work together to create options.
Our families
We work with families. Not parties, not clients, not customers - families. Birth families, chosen families, work families, friend families.
Whoever they are, however they are formed,
they are all families to us.
Families bravely confronting the painful truth that the only way out is through.
Our founder
Siân Dyce
EMPATHY AND INSIGHT
Siân was inspired to establish Family Talks following her own experiences with complex family dynamics around illness and death.
She is an NMAS accredited mediator, certified family group conference facilitator and has undertaken specialist training in elder mediation.
Prior to training and working as a mediator, she spent three years volunteering as a crisis telephone counsellor for Lifeline Australia. With a BA Honours in Semiotics, her 20 year career has spanned media, community services and business administration in both urban and regional Australia, and the UK.
She is currently pursuing post-graduate qualifications in family dispute resolution.
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