We have been mediating since 1982 and have given 148 divorce
and civil mediation trainings, in the U.S. and abroad. You benefit
from our years of experience and from having both an attorney
and a therapist as your trainers. Elizabeth Allen is a Cornell
University graduate. She practiced civil and criminal law for
twenty years. Don Mohr graduated from Art Center College of
Design, earned an M.A. in human development, and was a therapist
in private practice. Our workshop participants tell us that
they appreciate our interdisciplinary approach to mediation.
If you attend our workshop, you will receive an interactive
mediation manual which contains the forms that we have developed
for running an efficient mediation practice. You will also receive
our mediation forms and a sample memorandum of understanding.
We take you step-by-step through a mediation, from the initial
phone contact with a prospective client through the final signing
session. We teach you the ten essential mediation skills.
We show you how to deal with both the legal and emotional
issues involved in a dispute.
Although the differences between conducting a divorce mediation
and a civil mediation are minor, it helps to be familiar with
them. If you attend a Coast To Coast mediation training workshop,
you will participate in several role plays about divorce issues.
We generally include one role play about a workplace dispute,
unless the group leader requests otherwise.
We keep our trainer to participant ratio small, so that you
receive individual attention from both of us and have numerous
opportunities to practice your mediation skills. If you wish,
you can be videotaped on the last day, so that you can evaluate
your progress.
We provide you with a directory of Coast To Coast grads in
your state. You can use that list to find a mediation partner,
to form a group, and to exchange referrals. As a participant
in our divorce mediation training, you will learn how to set
up a mediation practice and how to market your services. At
the conclusion of our mediation training, you will receive a
Certificate of Completion suitable for framing and displaying
in your office.
We are the authors of "Affordable Justice, how to settle
any dispute, including divorce, out of court" and also
of "Ten Steps to Effective Mediation Marketing." We
make these available on a complimentary basis to all who attend
our private trainings.
Graduates of our mediation training have told us for years
that they got much more than they expected from our mediation
training. Here is an example from an attorney.
"It was excellent and you guys work really hard! The
best workshop I've taken in the last 20 years." L.
Kolakowski
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