Join us for the next AMINZ Auckland Network Meeting, where AMINZ member and recipient of multiple awards for family mediation and research, Jill Goldson, will speak on launching her new book, Child Inclusion in Parenting Dispute Mediation: The Key to Keeping Family Separation Out of Court. Jill is also the Director of The Family Matters Centre.
Jill’s succinct yet powerful book takes a compassionate, research-based look at what it means to be a parent or child in a troubled family during separation. Drawing on decades of practice, research and teaching, she offers pragmatic tools and personal insights to help us better support families outside adversarial processes.
As Jill writes: “Love them or not, family is family and how we feel about ourselves – about being enough, or not being enough – all began in our families of origin.”
Don’t miss this opportunity for thoughtful discussion and connection with others in the ADR community.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, 7 May 2025
Time: 7.30-9am
Venue: The Northern Club
Address: 19 Princes Street Auckland
Cost: $49 inc GST
Jill Goldson has run hundreds of family mediations since 1987, both in the family court context and in other diverse areas. She specialises in child focus and child inclusive practice in mediation and holds post-graduate qualifications in counselling, as well as being a trained mediator. Jill is a Associate FDR member of AMINZ and Fellow of Resolution Institute, NZ.
Her work delivers consistently high rates of agreements with very positive feedback from families and professionals. Jill has received research awards, including a Churchill Fellowship, and in 2024 an Exceptional Practice award from Resolution Institute. She has published in academic journals, conference presentations, and general media. Jill provides training for other professionals in New Zealand and, in 2019, was asked to teach at BAFM, Centre for Mediation, Berlin, and the UIA 27th Mediation Summit in Milan.
She has completed studies in parental alienation (Family Separation Clinic, UK) and holds a post-graduate qualification in Alienation Studies (IFT Malta). In 2019, Jill was appointed to the Expert Advisory Group as specialist mediator in the government family justice review (Te Korowai Ture a-Whānau).
Her 2006 pilot research publication "Hello I'm a voice, let me talk. Child-inclusive mediation in family separation" is widely cited, and her book Child Inclusion in Parenting Dispute Mediation: The Key to Keeping Family Separation Out of Court was published in March 2025.
Jill runs regular skill-based training for professionals throughout New Zealand in family facilitation and child-inclusive mediation. She is the Director of the Family Matters Centre, Auckland, a Centre of Excellence for therapeutic work with individuals, couples, children, and families.