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What's Fair Here
A first consult that arrives as a spreadsheet. Custody, house, expenses, and a father who wants to know what's fair. Listen before you calculate.
WHAT’S HARD
The brief is short. The conversation isn’t.
First consult arrives as a spreadsheet. Custody, house, expenses.
He wants to know what's fair. Listen before you calculate.
HOW A SESSION WORKS
Four steps. About twenty minutes.
- 1°
Read the brief
The context, your role, and who you’re about to meet. No framework recap.
- 2°
Have the conversation
The other person pushes back, holds things back, and reacts to how you actually behave.
- 3°
Get the coaching debrief
What you did, what it cost you, and the specific move to change next time.
- 4°
Keep the evidence
Transcripts and cohort patterns your programme can actually show a sponsor.
BEFORE YOU START
Two things people ask.
Who am I in this conversation?
You're the clinic student on your first family desk consult. Vikas Anand is the father who walked in with numbers already sorted in rows. You get the full brief after you sign in.
Do I need family law experience to practise this?
No. The brief has his spreadsheet and stated priorities. You're practising client-centred counselling when the legal question isn't the first one he needs answered.
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