We are proud to support Honeypot House, caring for vulnerable children in our community
Arena Mediation, with our main office in Romsey, aims to provide a high quality, forward-thinking mediation service to Hampshire and the surrounding area. By maintaining good working relationships with other related professionals, e.g. solicitors, counsellors, social workers, the courts and financial advisers, we aim to provide you with the means to take control of your own affairs.
Our mediators come from many different professional backgrounds, but all are trained to a high level of competency in the field of mediation. We have a vast amount of experience upon which we can draw, as our mediators are some of the best in their field, with both national and international recognition.
Each mediator has been assessed as being competent to practise by the government's Legal Services Commission. We are members of the College of Mediators, the FMA (Family Mediators Association), Resolution and a variety of other professional bodies.
We also have fully trained and experienced BACP counsellors on site, to whom any client, or their children, can be referred if appropriate.
Wendy Dolby-Stevens is a qualified, non-practising barrister, with a previous background in financial services. She retrained as a mediator in 2001 and has worked at full capacity in this field ever since. Wendy qualified as a Professional Practice Consultant in 2007.
She takes a keen interest in new ways of working. A member of Resolution and the Family Mediators' Association, she is looking to raise the profile of mediation both locally and nationally. She is married with 3 children.
Alison Dalley has a previous background as an employment rights advisor with the Citizens Advice Bureau, and has represented clients at tribunal level. She trained as a mediator in 2002 and qualified as a Professional Practice Consultant in 2007.
A member of Resolution and the Family Mediators' Association, Alison is also committed to adapting the process of mediation to suit clients' individual needs. She has 3 children.
Dr Barbara Wilson has been a family mediator for 20 years and a Professional Practice Consultant for 13 years. Her earlier career was in the courts and she subsequently practised as a qualified Social Worker in a therapeutic setting.
She provides Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training and is an international author and trainer whose work appears in Family Law and elsewhere.
John Ambrose has worked as a mediator and Professional Practice Consultant for well over 20 years. He has a background in Family Court Welfare [now CAFCASS] and banking. He is a former Governor of the UK College of Family Mediation and a former vice-chair of National Family Mediation and of both organisations' Professional Practice Committees. John is one of the countries most experienced mediators in children and finance/property work.
Julian Samiloff is a qualified and UKCP accredited psychotherapist, practising barrister and university lecturer. With 20 years of experience of practice at the Bar and seeing people dealing with their problems in discord and caught in the adversarial process of litigation Julian is now training to become a mediator. He lives and works on the Isle of Wight and has one daughter.
