Participant Experiences
What families have found in Famora's sessions
Honest accounts from people who attended — in their own words, reflecting what they took away.
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Accounts from recent sessions
Dates are from the past few weeks. All feedback was gathered through written post-session forms.
Siriporn P.
Silom, Bangkok — attended: Family Communication Workshop
"I wasn't sure what to expect — I thought it might feel a bit clinical or like group therapy. It wasn't. The facilitator kept things general and skill-focused. I came away with two or three habits I've actually been trying at home since."
June 2025
Nontawat T.
Phrom Phong, Bangkok — Co-Coordination Skills Programme
"My co-parent and I were already struggling with basic scheduling before I joined the programme. By week three, we were using the shared template they gave us. It isn't magic, but it did reduce the back-and-forth considerably."
May 2025
Wanida K.
Ari, Bangkok — Mediation-Support Information Session
"The session was genuinely useful for understanding how to approach a difficult conversation I'd been putting off. It didn't tell me what to say, which I appreciated — it gave me a better way to think about how to structure the conversation."
June 2025
Chanpen A.
On Nut, Bangkok — Family Communication Workshop
"The listening exercises were more practical than I expected. A lot of communication advice tends to be quite abstract. Here, we actually tried things out in pairs with made-up scenarios — low-pressure and more useful than just being told what to do."
May 2025
Pattama M.
Sathorn, Bangkok — Co-Coordination Skills Programme
"The four-week structure worked well for me — each week built on the last without rushing. The scheduling templates in week two were practical. I'd recommend this to anyone who has to coordinate children's arrangements with another parent."
June 2025
Rungnapha L.
Ladprao, Bangkok — Mediation-Support Information Session
"What I valued most was the clarity about what the session was and wasn't. Nobody tried to get me to discuss personal details. I came to understand a process better, and I left understanding it better. Simple and useful."
May 2025
In More Detail
A few participant journeys
These accounts describe what brought people to Famora, what they engaged with, and what they found useful. Names and identifying details have been changed.
The Starting Point
Repeated misunderstandings at home
A parent from Thonglor described coming to the Family Communication Workshop after noticing that conversations with their partner about the children kept ending in frustration, even when neither side intended conflict.
What They Engaged With
The listening module
The section on how people hear the same sentence differently depending on tone and context was the most useful part. They described the paired exercise as "unexpectedly eye-opening" without requiring anyone to share anything personal.
What Changed
Smaller, useful shifts
The changes described were modest: more pausing before responding, trying to name what they needed rather than what they didn't want. Three months on, they noted fewer conversations ending abruptly. No single fix — just more tools to draw on.
The Starting Point
Scheduling was a daily friction point
Two parents coordinating shared care of two school-age children in Bangkok were spending more time managing the logistics by message than actually talking. Misaligned information and unclear expectations were a near-daily problem.
What They Engaged With
Co-Coordination Skills Programme
Both parents attended. They found the scheduling template most immediately useful and the week-three content on navigating disagreement in planning conversations more challenging but worthwhile. The four-week pace was noted as manageable around work.
What Changed
A shared structure that held
They described adopting a shared weekly check-in format using the template from session two. Not every conversation became easy, but having an agreed structure reduced the number of things that fell through the gaps and the arguments that followed.
The Starting Point
Needing to understand a process
A participant from Sukhumvit attended the Mediation-Support Information Session before a planned structured conversation with a family member. They wanted to understand what that kind of conversation looked like in general terms and how to prepare for it calmly.
What They Engaged With
The process overview and preparation worksheet
The structural overview of how staged conversations tend to unfold was described as clarifying — knowing what phase was likely coming next made the idea of the conversation feel less uncertain. The preparation worksheet was completed at home before the actual exchange.
What Changed
Going in with more composure
The participant described attending the subsequent conversation feeling more settled than expected. They didn't attribute the outcome to Famora — "the hard part was still hard" — but said having a mental map of the process helped them stay present rather than anxious about what came next.
At a Glance
A few numbers from our sessions
320+
Participants across all programmes since 2023
4.8/5
Average post-session feedback score
3
Distinct programme types running year-round
≤10
Maximum participants per group session
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