Marital Mediation
{3:54 minutes to read} Couples coming to resolve their divorce through mediation are often not on the same page. One person can be more advanced in the process, thinking about getting divorced for a long time, while the other person is barely able to accept the idea of a separation, let alone think about the…
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{3:18 minutes to read} Separating couples each have a personal story and their own reasons for seeking a divorce. Even when the narrative of the breakup is similar, there are still many differences, if only because of the personalities involved. But there is one line that I hear quite frequently: Just because he/she wants a…
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As mediation becomes more frequently THE option of choice for couples going through separation or divorce, many families are also realizing that mediation is a great tool to help them work out other types of crises they may be experiencing. In a previous blog, I told the story of divorced parents who came to mediation…
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More and more people are opting for the mediation process to resolve their disputes rather than taking the adversarial, painfully-long and costly legal route. Unfortunately, there is also still much misunderstanding about the field of mediation. Even spell check will often try to substitute the word “mediTation” for the word “mediAtion!” When I first started…
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In “being a parent post-divorce”, we discussed all the different points that can help divorced parents work together in co-parenting their children. But what happens when parents don’t agree and are not able to make joint decisions? When I work with couples going through divorce, they often ask, “What happens if we disagree with each…
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