Mediators Address the Failure of the Traditional Adversarial Divorce Process

Faced with the Disastrous Results of Litigation, Couples are Choosing Mediation as a More Efficient, Constructive, and Economical Divorce Alternative. Armed with the latest case law and backed by a posse of experts, two divorce attorneys march to the battlefield. Gladiator-like, they stride into the courtroom, ready to dispatch their opponent with an incisive comment [...]

Does Divorce Mediation Work?

The short answer to the question is clear: Yes.
Here’s a summary of the current research on divorce mediation…
Researchers have conducted more than 50 studies since divorce mediation first appeared more than two decades ago. As one researcher puts it, the easiest research has already been done, i.e., comprehensive research on the outcomes of mediation. Enough [...]

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Last year I became a Florida Mediator. Effective mediation is  needed  in so many areas of our legal system but particularly within the  
family arena.   As an attorney I participated in many family mediations which usually ended up at an impasse – probably because “family mediation” within the court system has become simply a [...]

Family and the Workplace – Sacred Spaces

The Family and the workplace are the two places in most people’s lives where their identities are played out to the fullest. In each of these places the individual asserts himself or herself in ways which continue to redefine them as people causing them to grow and forcing them to understand themselves in a [...]