Learning more about using transformative mediation in divorce this afternoon ~ fascinating stuff! In this model, the mediator’s goal is helping the parties to: identify the opportunities for empowerment and recognition shifts as they arise in the parties’ own conversation; choose whether and how to act upon these opportunities; and thus change their interaction from destructive to constructive, as they explore specific disputed issues. Success is measured, in transformative mediation, not by settlement but by party shifts toward strength, responsiveness and constructive interaction. Effective practice is focused on supporting empowerment and recognition shifts, by allowing and encouraging party deliberation and decision-making, and inter-party perspective taking, in various ways.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:07:37 +0000
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