Who mediates the mediators?

An issue that has interested me for a long time is whether or not mediators work closely enough together in promoting the use and understanding of mediation. Whenever I attend a conference or training day or have an informal chat with a fellow mediator, I am always struck by the fact that invariably there is…

Family mediation: is it a form of counselling?

Even once we have dealt with the brain’s natural desire to substitute “mediation” with “meditation”, which immediately creates the impression that mediation is akin to a form of therapy, the vast majority of people who I discuss mediation with then assume that it is a type of marriage counselling or marriage guidance. I find myself regularly having to explain that mediation…