Author Profile

Family Focus Mediation is a client‑centred dispute‑resolution service dedicated to helping separating families navigate change with clarity, respect, and confidence. We provide a calm, supportive environment where parents and former partners can work through parenting, property, and financial matters in a structured and solution‑focused way.

Our practice is grounded in the belief that families deserve a process that is fair, transparent, and centred on the wellbeing of children. We guide clients through difficult conversations, reduce conflict, and support them in reaching practical, sustainable agreements that reflect their unique circumstances.

With a commitment to professionalism, empathy, and high‑quality service, Family Focus Mediation works collaboratively with legal practitioners, support services, and community networks to ensure families receive comprehensive and informed guidance. Our goal is simple: to help families move forward with dignity, understanding, and a clear path ahead. Amanda & Eva

Bonnie Douglas is an experienced family mediator, registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP), parenting coordinator and divorce coach based on the Mornington Peninsula. Through her practice, Smoother Separations, Bonnie supports individuals and families in navigating separation with clarity, dignity, and less conflict — particularly where children are involved. Her approach is calm, structured and child-focused, drawing on her background in counselling, family dispute resolution and her own lived experience of high-conflict separation. Bonnie works primarily online to support psychological safety and reduce pressure for clients, while offering in-person appointments on the Mornington Peninsula by request. Guided by the belief that “separation should not be a life sentence,” Bonnie helps parents understand conflict patterns, consider different perspectives, and make more workable decisions for themselves and their children.

Resolve Well offers private, online Family Dispute Resolution across Australia, Led by Brittany Colussi (an accredited FDRP and qualified family lawyer), the practice assists separating couples with children’s matters, property division, and streamlined comprehensive sessions.