Marital Mediation

Marital Mediation

About the Marital Mediation Group

We are a group of professionals related to the practice of Marital Mediation.

Mediation is short term, practical, and addresses concrete problems and communication... more »
We are a group of professionals related to the practice of Marital Mediation.

Mediation is short term, practical, and addresses concrete problems and communication difficulties. It is not therapy, and does not delve deeply into family backgrounds or personal issues. It helps spouses negotiate issues that they are unable to handle directly with each other. It gives them tools to use at home when the mediator is not around anymore.

Mediation models better ways of communication when spouses are in conflict over important issues, or even where there are petty disagreements. Standard mediation practices such as reframing and active listening work well in marriages. Marital mediation often works to help a marriage at times when other methods have failed.

Sometimes married couples (or one of the spouses) has a great resistance to enter into marital counseling. Marital mediation is a good option for these couples to get the help they want. « less

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Nancy F.

Nancy

Protecting your marriage.

Have Cheating on Your Mind? huffingtonpost.com

Once a relationship moves past the butterfly stage and into the less exciting and more routine stage, you and your partner need to be more deliberate about keeping your relationship on track.

posted 5 months ago

Laurie I. 5 months ago • Edit • Thinking of cheating is a symptom that something is wrong. Spouses can take their marriage seriously by being up front with the other spouse ... »
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Nancy F.

Nancy

A legal divorce does not automatically terminate the "marital relationship." Yes, on paper it becomes official, but I'm referring to ...

Cut the Marital Cord, Already! huffingtonpost.com

Last week a clown walked into my office, decked out in a creepy clown costume, a painted smile and tearfully asked, "My wife and I are already divorced. Is there something I can do to get her the hell out of my...

posted 7 months ago

Leonard H. 7 months ago • Edit • This is very interesting. Many ex-spouses move to a different location to cut the ties and start over. There should be post - martial ... »
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Selena W.

Selena

Would you say there's such a thing as a typical marriage problem?

While every couple faces their own unique challenges, do you find that many couples are experiencing the same types of problems? Is ...

posted 8 months ago

Tazewell H. 8 months ago • Edit • Although much overused but patently true, the "lack of effective communications" in all aspects of a relationship is the predominate problem ... »
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Selena W.

Selena

Do you work alone or in a team with another mediator? What benefits or disadvantages do you find with two marital mediators?

posted 9 months ago

Max R. 9 months ago • Edit • I'm really looking for another mediator to work with. I liked working with my wife (until her acupunture practice took her away) because I could ... »
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Max R.
Selena W.

Selena

How do you deal with strong emotions during a mediation session? Generally, do you encourage emotional expression, or does that create...

posted 10 months ago

Neil D. 10 months ago • Edit • I'm a big believer that mediation, and my discipline, collaborative law, should not be afraid of the conflict. our [processes should not avoid ... »
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Marital M. Neil D.
Oran K.

Oran

During the first session of a divorce mediation, both husband and wife are teary-eyed and 15 minutes in start to hold hands and continue...

to divorce but clearly still care deeply about each other. Is it appropriate to ask them if they are sure they want to divorce given ...

posted 10 months ago

Laurie I. 10 months ago • Edit • Dear Oran -- I think I would start to work very slowly with them, with weeks between sessions. Also, I might suggest (but not in first ... »
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Laurie I.
Selena W.

Selena

Huffington Post article written by group member Laurie Israel and featuring group member Max Rivers

In many ways, marriage is a dragon. It is fearsome and dangerous. Contending with it can be a struggle.

posted 10 months ago

Max R. 10 months ago • Edit • Laurie is a divorce attorney who learned divorce mediation as a way to help people more effectively, and then, like me, realized that since ... »
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Max R.
Selena W.

Selena

Announcement from Marital Mediation

It’s been great to see your feedback on the Marital Mediation LinkedIn Group! This has been a wonderful opportunity to share ideas, and ...

posted 10 months ago

Max R. 10 months ago • Edit • I use NVC in my Marital Mediation practice, and there are a lot of NVC'ers in LinkedIn. Maybe we could add MM comments into NVC discussions, and ... »
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Max R.
Selena W.

Selena

Do you ever meet separately with mediation participants? Under what circumstances? Why do you find it beneficial to engage (or not...

posted 11 months ago

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Marital M.

Marital

Max Rivers (www.tworiversmediation.com) is an excellent marital mediator. He uses Marshall Rosenberg's Non-Violent Communication as a...

posted 11 months ago

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Selena W.

Selena

How do you define marital mediation in your practice?

posted 11 months ago

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Max R.
Selena W.

Selena

Welcome!

Please take a moment and introduce yourself to the group. Share you background or experiences with marital mediation. Feel free to share ...

posted 11 months ago

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Gloria C.

Gloria

Is Mediation Your Best Option? mecoag.wordpress.com

Whenever people live, play or work together, there is a potential for conflict: Between spouses, siblings, parents, teenagers, and adults dealing with older parents; family disputes are legendary.  Additionally conflict can...

posted 2 months ago

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Marital M.

Marital

Article in NYTimes yesterday about how couples can deal with current economy's financial stresses. Use of standard mediation techniques...

Married couples facing financial problems because of joblessness or foreclosure need not let their relationships dissolve in the process.

posted 2 months ago

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Andrea V.

Andrea

Navigating Your Gray Divorce - Part II newyorkdivorcelawyerblog.com

"To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater." - Bono In my last blog, I discussed the phenomenon of "gray divorce" and touched on some of... Published By The Law and...

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Gloria C.

Gloria

When clients come to our office, they don’t understand the different choices they have in getting divorced or separated.  We explain to them that there are two types of non-adversarial alternative dispute resolutions that we...

posted 22 days ago

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Gloria C.

Gloria

The Collaborative team approach addresses the emotional, financial, and legal issues of a dispute and provides clients with the best tools to facilitate conversation, collaboration and agreement. I...

posted 18 days ago

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Marital M.

Marital

Marital Mediation is now an open group

I am pleased to announce that, as the owner of this group, I have just switched us to an open discussion group. All future discussions ...

posted April 21, 2011

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Selena W.

Selena

What do you think the mediator's role should be – A guide? Teacher? Active participant or observer? Or something else?

posted 9 months ago

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  • Created: July 6, 2010
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