Category: Transformative

From Arnold W. Zeman's blogAfter setting out and linking to my top ten reasons for being hired, Geoff Sharp of...

Arnold W. Zeman's blog One of the key premises in transformative practice is that there are naturally-occurring shifts in conversation...

From Arnold W. Zeman's blog Geoff Sharp of mediator blah…blah points today to a discussion paper for union members, Should...

From Arnold W. Zeman's blogIn this post, I try to respond to the questions put to me as a transformative...

“I’m a mediator, why do I need to worry about mindfulness?”    Not an unusual response when we suggest how...

Like many commercial mediators I fall in and out of love with transformative mediation all the time. To its credit,...

Clare Coburn of Melbourne's La Trobe Law School recently spoke Australia's National Radio where she explained the need of receptive...

The recently released, second edition of “Recommended Standards for School-Based Peer Mediation Programs” (Standards) is a notable accomplishment (Association for...

Mediation practice is noted for its diversity. Amongst the differences, however, are a few core principles and beliefs. One such...

Peer mediation programs are credited with promoting empowerment, self-control, responsibility, self-confidence, and academic achievement (Johnson, Johnson, Dudley, & Acikgoz, 1994;...

INTRODUCTION The thin envelope of air that surrounds our planet is a mixture of gases, each with its own physical...

Editorial Note:For those of us who live in the west, it is difficult to fully appreciate the violent context from...

Being a thrilling, spellbinding but true story right out of the wild west of a California mediation followed by some...

Twenty years ago in Chicago, I sat at the manicurist on the day before my wedding, fingers splayed. I saw...

Background and Cultural Worldview I have had the good fortune, along with my colleagues at the Conflict Resolution Center at...

When a divorce occurs, a family’s life changes forever. Divorce creates a feeling of change and lack of control for...

Introduction The past ten years have been significant, formative years for transformative mediation. It was just ten years ago that...

Bush and Folger’s The Promise of Mediation was published in 1994, and to mark the 10-year anniversary of this influential...

First published in the February, 2005 issue of the Southern California Mediation Association Newsletter. The transformative mediation model was first...

I appreciate the invitation to act as editor of the Transformative Section of Mediate.com and to assist with facilitating a...

Five years ago I was a founder of an organization that illustrates how I see the mediation field evolving. The...

Part 1: Introduction Mediation is an approach to conflict resolution whereby a neutral third party assists the conflicting parties to...

Emotional intelligence is not a passing fad nor the latest pop-psychology, self-help program. It is a well-researched theory that helps...

As mediators, we feel a certain pressure to help parties meet their goals at the table, whether those goals are...

The Nature of Dissonance Cognitive dissonance has been described by Tunbridge and Ashworth (1996) who (cited Sears et. al., 1985:50)...

As you search for a mediator you may have heard some of us follow Transformative, and others a Problem Solving...

Peacemaking is a complicated concept because peace can be defined in so many different ways. For our purposes, peacemaking is...

As we mediators struggle to find the right words to define our personal styles of mediation, descriptors such as transformative,...

Mediation policy-making appears to be a growth industry. Numerous legislatures, state courts, agencies, membership organizations and other institutions are occupied...

This article is republished with the permission of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution from the January 1998 issue of...