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May 8, 2021

Mediation can help you and your partner reach decisions on your household’s future, preventing the monetary and emotional cost of going to court.

The best method to deal with issues is by talking, however sometimes it’s not that simple and a helping hand might be needed.

When relationships end it can seem overwhelming and exercising the practicalities for you and your family can be tough to do when you are coping at the same time with a mix of emotions: sadness, anger, disappointment, disappointment and possibly at times, even relief.

Family Mediation can help you with working out the modifications without the financial and emotional cost of litigating.

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Mediator Skills

  • A capacity to understand the truth of all parties from their viewpoints.
  • The ability to show to each party the understanding of their situation
  • Mediators are able to hold two realities to see bother parties point of view using skills such as active listening, compassion (the ability to show parties that they understand their interests and concerns – through supportive explorations of issues, body language, repeating back, and so on) and re-framing the problem.

Examination: A mediator assesses which lines of investigation are most efficient and explores options for everyone. These explorations enable the mediator to develop a sense of what options are possible.

  • Establishing ground rules for interaction (no interrupting, and so on).
  • Encouraging active listening.
  • Dealing and expecting strong feelings from both parties.

Creative Problem solving: Finding solutions is the best ways to break a deadlock and boost cooperation. A mediator can be critical in creating alternatives in two ways:.

  • The mediator can create an environment (using empathy, investigation and persuasion) that encourages the parties to create their own solutions.
  • The mediator can use concepts or solutions that the parties may not have thought of. The mediator and parties are most likely to use methods of solution based resolution to find a solution that both sides are happy with.

Persuasion: Mediators need to have well developed powers of persuasion – the ability to communicate impressions or concepts that alter another’s perception of a situation – and have the good judgement to understand when to use them.

Practical evaluation of options: Parties in a conflict do not tend to think clearly what will take place if they do not settle the case. The mediator will usually help both parties figure out these options with as much clearness as possible.

Managing anger: In a negotiation each side generally wants more than it can get. The mediator will generally assist the parties deal with the anger so that it does not interfere with their ability to reach a contract.

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