Vanessa’s background was in the voluntary sector, she had worked previously in advice centre’s and within academic research. She trained with National family Mediation and successfully completed her foundation training. Vanessa was accepted as a trainee on Family Matters training program after an eighteen month period Vanessa decided to suspend her training due to changes in her personal situation.
Vanessa said
“I really enjoyed the process of training to be a mediator and have gained many useful skills and insights I will use in other areas of my life”.