We practice the co-mediation style of divorce mediation, in which two mediators work together as a team with both spouses during each and every mediation session.

Updated November 8, 2008

W e have found that the co-mediation approach affords couples more balance, comfort, and professional attention than mediation practiced by solo mediators. Other advantages which the co-mediation style of divorce mediation has over the traditional model of solo mediation include:

1. Our clients benefit from the skills and more than thirty years of combined divorce mediation experience of our two mediators.
2. Our clients benefit from the skills of two mediators with varied backgrounds in law, psychiatric nursing, school mental health, and marriage and family counseling, at a cost comparable to that charged by solo mediators.
3. Our mediation team, consisting of a male and female mediator, represents the client’s gender characteristics, thus preventing either client from not feeling understood due to issues of “gender bias,” or gender styles of communication.
4. Our male/female co-mediation team serves as a role model for spouses by demonstrating mutual respect while identifying problems, and seeking mutually acceptable solutions, together.
5. Our co-mediation style of divorce mediation is more likely to promote an atmosphere of trust, comfort and fairness than the atmosphere provided by one mediator, working alone.

For more information about co-mediation please read our article, "Why two heads ARE better than one!" (.PDF, 132KB).