New Ways for Families®: Pre-Mediation Coaching Workbook

This New Ways for Families® Pre-Mediation Coaching Workbook is designed for parents to use with a coach (lawyers, counselors or mediators) trained by the High Conflict Institute in the New Ways for Families Pre-Mediation Coaching training, prior to a parent’s mediation session(s).

If you’re preparing for a mediation to solve any type of problem, one or two sessions with a coach before the mediation can help you stay calm, make reasonable proposals and make decisions that can last. Your coach, using the Coaching Manual, can help you practice 4 key skills in advance that can help you accomplish these goals during the mediation process. Your coach can be your lawyer, a counselor, the mediator who is providing the mediation or a mediation staff person.

This workbook gives you some important points about mediation and 4 key skills you can discuss and practice with your coach before your mediation – or any out-of-court decision-making process.

This workbook was designed for parents dealing with separation and divorce using principles from the New Ways for Families® method. However, it can be used with any client before any mediation, even if there are no children or family issues.

This model is particularly beneficial for potentially high-conflict parents who would benefit from learning the skills prior to mediation, but do not require intensive counseling. Learning the skills prior to mediation should make for a more effective mediation process.

Book Details

Publisher: Unhooked Books
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 44
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-936268-57-3
Author: Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.

Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the High Conflict Institute in San Diego, California. He pioneered the High Conflict Personality Theory (HCP) and has become an expert on managing disputes involving people with high conflict personalities. He was the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center for 15 years, a Certified Family Law Specialist lawyer representing clients in family court for 15 years, and a licensed clinical social worker therapist with twelve years’ experience.

He serves on the faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law in California and was a Conjoint Associate Professor with the University of Newcastle Law School in Australia. He has been a speaker and trainer in over 30 U.S. states and 10 countries.

Bill is the author or co-author of twenty books and has a popular blog on the Psychology Today website with over millions of views. He is co-host of the podcast, It’s All Your Fault! with Megan Hunter, MBA.