If any allegations of domestic violence have been made at any time, one parent is afraid of the other or there are any other reasons to believe one parent has
abused the other mediation is not safe or appropriate.
Not exact matches
She serves as a Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and has served as a member of the Elder Justice Working Group, NYS Senator Sue Serino's Aging Services Advisory Board, Dutchess County Coalition of Non-Profits, the Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic
Abuse, and the NYS Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation Ethics Advisory Committee, among
others.
Therapy or counseling might still be necessary in cases where problems stem from past
abuse or
other complex psychological issues, but in many cases, marriage
mediation can help a marriage get back on track.
In particular, the panel focused on the role and potential of
mediation and
other informal resolution processes when elder
abuse is present.
Mediation may not be an appropriate means of dispute resolution if there is an imbalance of negotiating power between the parties, where there are psychological issues with one or both parties, subtle intimidation by one against the
other, where there has been as history of domestic
abuse, or
other issues.
Others, however, claim the opposite — that
mediation can provide a safe place for the
abused party to talk in the presence of an impartial and professionally trained third person.
If the marriage does not have a history of domestic violence or
abuse and if the parties can both treat each
other with respect, meet and discuss the issues clearly and rationally, then a negotiated resolution of the marriage using the FairVORCE divorce
mediation process can likely be accomplished.
Other times, there is a history of spousal
abuse, which eliminates the option of divorce
mediation.
Topics may include building and maintaining healthy relationships, family
mediation, divorcing with minimal damage, strengthening marriages, LGBT families, forming and maintaining stepfamilies, single parents, creating constructive separation agreements, addiction, preventing or ending
abuse, and
other Family Matters.
In addition, if one parent is abusive toward the
other or there are allegations of child
abuse,
mediation may not be an appropriate option.
Child Protection
mediation is a multi-party dispute resolution process involving parents, parent's counsel, caseworkers, prosecuting attorneys, guardian ad litem, and
others who are seeking to develop a consensus as to how to resolve the issues stemming from the allegations of child
abuse and neglect.
Our counseling areas include individual, family, marriage and couples counseling, child and adolescent counseling and testing, drug and alcohol
abuse, trauma, depression, anxiety,
mediation, divorce, spiritual growth and a multitude of
other issues.