Empowered Resolutions
Meet Kate and Lachlan, the accredited mediators behind Empowered Resolutions.
Welcome to Empowered Resolutions, where we treat your family, business, and personal disputes with the care and attention they deserve. As a family-run business, Kate and Lachlan bring their personal touch and professional expertise to help you navigate and resolve your dispute with empathy and understanding.
We're here to make the process as smooth and stress-free as possible, offering a safe and confidential space to find solutions that genuinely work for you, whatever the dispute. At Empowered Resolutions, we're not just about resolving conflicts. We're about empowering you to move forward with confidence and peace of mind.
We're neutral, meaning we don't take sides or offer advice to either party. Instead, we help you identify and weigh up your options, and work toward an agreement you've reached yourselves. You find your own resolution. We just help you get there.
Our Mediators
Kate Fraser
B.PsychSc, LLB, GDLP, LLM (Applied Law in Family Dispute Resolution Practice)
Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
Memberships:
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Resolution Institute
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Australian Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and Mediators
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Elder Mediation Australasian Network
With years of experience working closely with families and the elderly, Kate provides compassionate, practical support through life's most challenging transitions, drawing on a strong background in family dynamics, elder care, and conflict resolution more broadly.
Kate brings a calm presence, clear communication, and genuine empathy to every session. She's spent years helping people navigate complex, emotional situations with sensitivity and fairness, whether that's a family separating or a personal dispute between neighbours, friends, or family members outside the immediate household.
She's dedicated to helping people find common ground and sustainable solutions, with particular care for children's wellbeing, safety, and emotional resilience where families are involved.
Lachlan Fraser
GradDipFDRP, GradCertProfPrac (Global and Cultural Studies)
AMDRAS Accredited Mediator
Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
Accredited Conciliator
Justice of the Peace
Memberships:
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Professional Member of the Resolution Institute
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Mediators Without Borders Oceania
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Mediators Without Borders International
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Elder Mediation Australasian Network
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Japan Association of Arbitrators
Lachlan brings a wealth of experience to his work as a mediator, with a primary focus on commercial and business disputes. As a former Mediation Officer at the NSW Small Business Commission, he takes a thoughtful, solutions-focused approach, committed to resolving conflicts fairly and efficiently. He works closely with businesses and individuals to reach outcomes that actually hold up in practice.
Alongside his commercial work, Lachlan is also skilled in family dispute resolution, as well as neighbourhood, workplace, and other personal disputes, where he keeps everyone's interests front and centre and supports people through whatever dispute has brought them here.