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Insight Mediation is a process the participants control, confidential and non-adversarial. When can you say that about divorce?
So eye opening! An opportunity to notice and to wonder!
I love this approach for my Mediation practice because it’s good for our physical and mental health on an individual basis, and for the couple facing dissolution of their relationship, it is a non-threatening family dispute resolution process.
All the time, the way I practice. Insight Mediation and Collaborative Divorce are the two best ways to maintain control of your own outcomes.
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The Insight Mediation process resolves conflict and helps people in conflict use an approach that calms their nervous system and brings peace during an otherwise challenging and chaotic time in life. Instead of dwelling on the negative, or being anxious over outcomes, or spending money repeating the same arguments from their marriage, Insight Mediation allows a couple to move forward productively and respectfully.
Is it unreasonable to expect instant change when you sit at the divorce table?
Absolutely, yes!
In this approach to Mediation, we have the opportunity to think about the relationship and its dissolution in a different way. There are more sides to the story; it’s not about right or wrong or placing blame.
And in Mediation, we can get to the root of your conflict so you can really move on well.
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Insight Mediators form a relationship with each client. In my mediations, I provide each spouse with an Our Family in Two Homes workbook, and I meet with each spouse separately prior to the first joint session.
The clients work through the workbook in their own time. Its purpose is to provide each client with knowledge and information, and to make our work together more efficient and productive.
During our separate meetings, I learn about my client’s values, communication style, what they are worrying about, what is important to them in a divorce settlement and what they are most concerned about as they approach conversations with their partner.
These individual meetings allow each client to build trust with the Mediator, knowing that I hear them and that I am listening to make meaning of what they are saying. This sets the tone for a meaningful, productive and efficient Mediation.
But first, the relationships must develop. Even though I am helping a couple dissolve their marital relationship, forming this trusting Mediator:Client relationship is essential.
When I formed Transitions Legal PLLC, in 2013, I believed that relationship building would be the foundation to my success as an entrepreneur. Some things are tried and true! I believe in the power of relationship building is one of the reasons using my Insight skills during mediation works!
Everything begins with a relationship, really.