Family mediation is a way of helping people resolve issues relating to parenting, separation, and/or divorce. As a trained mediator I assist people in identifying issues and work out their own solutions.

Family and divorce mediation is a process in which a mediator, an impartial third party, helps solve family disputes by encouraging the participants' voluntary agreement. The family mediator assists communication, encourages understanding and focuses the participants on their individual and common interests. 

•  If you want to resolve a conflict calmly, quickly, affordably, fairly, and constructively

• If you want to resolve a conflict privately, without lots of people watching in a courtroom

• if you want to resolve a conflict and move on in your life, rather than letting it fester and linger in your thoughts

• If you want to use an informal process to resolve a conflict, rather than getting involved in a complex legal process

• If you want to have control of the outcome of the conflict resolution process (unlike a lawsuit or arbitration where the third party decides for you)

• If you want to be creative in finding a better solution, rather than be constrained by the limited legal options of litigation or arbitration

• If you want to repair or strengthen a relationship with the other party

• If you want to feel good about trying to negotiate the issues yourself, rather than gambling that someone else can do it for you

• If you want to find a realistic, workable solution to your problem based on your needs

• Neighbors who  want to resolve a conflict privately

• Tenants and landlords 

• Employees and supervisors

• Work teams

• Divorcing Couples

• Parents developing parenting plans

• Teens and their parent