Laurie Ponsford-Hill

About Laurie:

The Counselling House, has provided mediation services for many years under the supervision of Laurie. Laurie has provided mediation as well as through the Ontario Family Court System in London, St Thomas and Sarnia.
Throughout her mediation career, Laurie has provided couple, family and organizational/workplace mediations involving complicated matters of conflict, skillfully settling disputes, without the need for further litigation.
Laurie is an Accredited Family Mediator (AccFM) and Arbitrator through the Ontario Association of Family Mediators and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario (ADRIO). Laurie holds mediation certifications from the University of Western Ontario and University of Waterloo and is a Certified Anger Management and Domestic Violence Specialist.

Laurie is a Registered Psychotherapist, social worker and marriage and family therapist and holds a Master of Divinity and Pastoral Care and is an ordained minister.

Specializations:

• Family-couples disputes
• Landlord tenant disputes
• Elder disputes
• Church disputes and Christian based mediation
• Workplace conflict

With Laurie’s comprehensive background, team of specialists in psychotherapy, social work, law and finance, The Counselling House is committed to providing mediation services that are both legally sound, emotionally supportive and financially fair.