Mediation is the preferred route of the courts, government and legal experts to help couples (married or not) resolve their disputes before involving expensive lawyers...
A low cost way of resolving divorce and separation it is quicker, less stressful and much cheaper than the the traditional and tired legal route. It comes with the added benefit that couples get to negotiate and control their own outcome rather than having a solution imposed by a court who cannot ‘know' them or their children...
Importantly it is a totally voluntary process which cannot begin nor continue without you both wanting it to and whose pace you control.