Why does divorce mediation work?
Mediation is simply an amazingly powerful process. Accomplished divorce mediators are able to focus on the real concerns of spouses and parents (their “interests”) and not merely their view of what is required to protect themselves and/or their children (their “positions”). Divorce mediation works because the parties can directly hear the other party’s concerns and, with the assistance of the neutral mediator, accommodate those concerns without unnecessarily compromising their own interests. Freed from the role of acting as an advocate for a single party (the ethical obligation of an attorney), a mediator can envision options that neither party (nor their counsel) imagined!
Mediation is simply an amazingly powerful process. Accomplished divorce mediators are able to focus on the real concerns of spouses and parents (their interests) and not merely their view of what is required to protect themselves and/or their children (their positions). Divorce mediation works because the parties can directly hear the other partys concerns and, with the assistance of the neutral mediator, accommodate those concerns without unnecessarily compromising their own interests. Freed from the role of acting as an advocate for a single party (the ethical obligation of an attorney), a mediator can envision options that neither party (nor their counsel) imagined!
