Mediators can also be attorneys, therapists, or even accountants. Which combination is right for you?
Divorce Mediation
The Power of Listening
Of all the tools available to us in dealing with conflict, none is more important than attentive, intentional listening. Listening helps reduce resistance and opens our thinking to creative solutions. Listening not only clarifies the message but changes both the messenger and the listener. Listening makes it possible for both sides to have a change of heart.
A Fair Divorce Negotiation (Including 10 Dos and Don’ts)
Negotiation skills will help you achieve some of your needs and wants without alienating or angering the other parties involved. Here’s how to use negotiation to resolve disputes and to build better interpersonal relationships.
What’s the role of a mediator and are attorney’s involved?
Mediation is an alternative to divorce, and the role of the mediator is unique. In mediation, the mediator meets both parties as a neutral person to help both parties make decisions.
My husband wants to try mediation to settle our divorce, but a friend told …
My husband wants to try mediation to settle our divorce, but a friend told me that women always do worse in mediation than in the traditional process (each side hiring a lawyer.) My husband has an edge because he negotiates contract disputes for a living. How can I be sure I won’t get ripped off?
Positive Alternatives to Divorce Court – Mediation
During an emotional life transition such as divorce, people can react on emotion and regret it later. Learn how to suggest to your client that mediation may be what is right for them.
What are the benefits of mediation?
A cheaper and shorter process are only two of the upsides to mediating your divorce.
What is Collaborative Law – and how does it differ from mediation?
One requires two lawyers working towards resolution, and the other has a single third party at the heart of the process. Discover what both collaborative divorce and mediation have to offer you.
Mediation Barriers
We asked several divorce mediators in New York City and New Jersey how to recognize and overcome some of the most common barriers to a successful mediation. Here’s what they had to say.
Mediation — It Works
During mediation – a cooperative, problem-solving process – an impartial professional helps divorcing couples to clearly define the issues in dispute and to reach agreements that are in the family’s best interests.
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