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Our mission with this blog is to educate and inform about the benefits of mediation, especially in the arena of elder-family conflict.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

What is Mediation? How Can It Help?

Mediation is a way to resolve disputes by discussion and negotiation, using the help of a neutral person, the mediator. It is usually voluntary. Disputing parties agree to use mediation to avoid continued conflict, to avoid or end lawsuits by settlement of the dispute, or to "clear the air" of ongoing disagreement which has reached the point of stalemate.

Who can use Mediation?

Anyone who wishes to resolve a disagreement or conflict by meeting, talking, and accepting the guidance of a mediator can use mediation. It requires a willingness to come together in a neutral place and spend the time working to get the dispute resolved. It also takes a willingness to listen to the other party or parties to the disagreement, and to make some compromises or agreements with them.

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