By Laurie Israel When trained as a mediator, the first thing I learned was that mediation is a client-driven process. The ideal is for the mediation clients themselves to figure out the terms that will resolve the disputed issues between Read More …
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Is Mediating Prenups a Form of Marital Mediation?
My mediation practice during the past several years has taken a turn towards mediating prenuptial agreements. Here’s how it happened: At times being the “other” attorney reviewing the agreement sent by the lawyer of the more moneyed spouse-to-be, I noticed Read More …
Mediation To Stay Married – A Technique With Promise
There is a veil of silence that surrounds every married couple. Spouses express loyalty by not complaining about their partner or their marriage. People feel ashamed if other people know there are problems in their marriage. People often feel that Read More …
Mediator as Truthsayer
Mediation is not one monolithic technique. Mediators and mediation theorists may categorize different types of mediation techniques into different theoretical boxes, such as “facilitative”, “evaluative” and “transformational”. But the categories all seem to bleed into each other. At its core, Read More …
Marital Mediation: An Emerging Area of Practice
by Susan K. Boardman, Ph.D., John A. Fiske, L.L.B, Laurie Israel, J.D., and Kenneth Neumann, Ph.D. May, 2009 Abstract This article describes the process of “Marital Mediation” as a relatively new field of family mediation , designed to keep couples Read More …