By Christina Vinters, J.D., Family Law Mediator, “ex” Divorce Lawyer, and Author of Pathways to Amicable Divorce: Directions for the Beginning of Separation Most people have heard horror stories about divorce and would like to avoid such experiences themselves. The adversarial divorce usually involves massive legal expenses, high levels of stress, and prolonged conflict which ends up… Read more →
Why I Don’t Proclaim Neutrality or Impartiality as a Mediator
Adapted from Facilitated Solutions’ Family Mediation Basics Training Manual with acknowledgements to David Dyck. From my perspective, the role of the mediator is not best understood in terms of impartiality or neutrality. These words are at best inadequate and at worst quite inaccurate in my view. With respect to the role of the mediator, we talk about balanced… Read more →
Some basic assumptions about family mediation (i.e. facilitated conversations about separation and family reorganization)
In our experience, people working through significant/conflicted family transitions… …are often in an emotional, mental, physical, and/or psychological/spiritual state of agitation. As such, they need a third party who is not in such a state him/herself, yet comfortable in the presence of others who are and skilled in the art of “state-shifting.” They can benefit… Read more →
Separation and Divorce: An Overview of the Legal Process
Mediating in the context of separation, divorce and family re-organization means that the mediator is working with both the legal family and the relational family. The legal system is set up to protect the rights and responsibilities of the individual in the dissolution of the marriage contract. The legal family becomes dissolved with the legal process; however,… Read more →
Family Mediation Training
May 22-24 and 27-28, 2019 SOLD OUT!!! August 21-23 and 26-27, 2019 SOLD OUT!!! FALL DATES COMING SOON… Offered in partnership with: Click here for more information and to register. Note: FMM members get a significant discount so join today! Facilitated Solutions has been helping families prevent, manage and resolve conflicts since inception in 2002. Combined, the practitioners of FS… Read more →
12 Things You May Not Know About Facilitated Solutions
Facilitated Solutions began in 2002 as a small consortium of independent workplace mediators who shared both a vision and an operational structure. In 2019, we are a thriving collaborative partnership of practitioners, actively working together to leverage the wisdom of our team, offering a variety of specialized services to workplaces (and families). Here is everything… Read more →