Relationships & Marriage Counseling
1601 116th Ave NE, Ste. 102
Bellevue, WA 98004
425-417-4700
Don't
let difficult topics or decisions create distress in your
relationships.
Relationship & Family Mediation
When you face a problem or decision, but do not want therapy
In families, between partners, in social and business relationships, at church and at work, there are always issues and disagreements that arise around decisions that need to be made. Each side wants a different outcome and has an interest in that outcome. Unfortunately these issues can come between people and erode the relationship, leaving hurt feelings and resentments.
Perhaps you are facing an problem, issue or decision and are not sure how to handle this with a your son or daughter or maybe your mother or father? What if you have a financial situation or crisis to work out with your partner, but every time you try the situation shifts to a fight? Maybe you are having a problem with a co-worker and it is affecting your job? In these cases, therapy is not really what you want. Relationship mediation through Collaborative Couples & Family Counseling can offer a better solution.
Relationship & Family Mediation
Couples, spouses, siblings, parents and kids, in-laws; relationships in families are a natural place for issues to arise. Here I can create the space and support for each side to feel comfortable enough to talk from their side and hear the other's view. Find workable resolutions while maintaining the relationship.
Divorce Mediation
Divorces bring out high emotions in people during a very challenging time. Unfortunately the legal system ignores your emotions and expects you to function at a very high level. Divorce therapy offers several ways to work through the relationship so it can transform into something safe and workable. However, you might simply need to find a neutral place to have a difficult conversation around parenting, property settlement or some other issue. While I do not handle any formal aspect of divorces, specifically the write up of any documents, I do offer is an inexpensive way for both sides to meet, be supported, and have the space to work through difficult emotions in order to get to a place where you can build a durable divorce.
Social & Workplace Mediation
At work there are plenty of opportunities for issues and disagreements to create emotions and reactivity. Friends loan money, live together or might go into business as partners? Co-workers might disagree over a project, have a fight or find it hard to work together? These situations negatively affect relationships or can change a job you love into a job you want to leave. If you have an issue with a friend or at work with a co-worker or boss and want a respectful and supportive way to work through the issue, this might be the way.
Call for more details on how this can work for you. 425-296-0944.
Most people are not aware that there are three models of mediation in general practice.
Facilitative Mediation
This is when the mediator does not offer any suggestions, opinions, or solutions. They simply provide a space for each person to have their say and then help both parties articulate what they want. A facilitative mediator often illuminates core values underneath one's position and supports both sides in seeking a workable solution to the issue. Dispute Resolution Centers are set up to offer affordable and confidential alternatives to the judicial process and they are very effective in doing so.
Evaluative Mediation
Typically offered by attorneys, this form of mediation will include the mediator offering their opinion on outcomes. For example, in a divorce case an Evaluative Mediator might suggest what a judge might decide if the issue were to be presented before them in court.
Transformative Mediation
This is a relatively new form of mediation that does work with the emotions surrounding an issue. While I do not practice a pure form of Transformative Mediation, I do borrow from its style.
To find our more about Relationship Mediation, email us or call 425-296-0944. Or click here to schedule a risk free appointment today.