Mediation Books and Articles

Janet Miller Wiseman
The Negotiation Collaborative
Divorce and Family Mediation and Clinical Services

Published Books

"Mediation Therapy: Short-Term Decision Making for Relationships in Conflict"

"Mediation Therapy: Short Term Decision Making for Couples and Families in Crisis"
( available at Amazon.com)

Published Articles

Unintended Consequences of "An Act to Reform and Improve Alimony," in Massachusetts:
Avoiding the Pitfalls on the Road to Reform,
Copyright © MillerWiseman, Kangas, Goldstein
(Click here to read pdf | here for web article)

Preserving the Nest, 2011, Lexington Minuteman, The Arlington Advocate
(Click here to read pdf | here for web article)

Pausing at the Divorce Door, 2003, MCFM Family Mediation Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2,
  (Click here to read "Pausing")

Mediation: Transformative and Interactive Values, Beliefs and Strategies, March 16, 2001, Number 2, Volume 111, SPIDR (Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution) Update

Family Law: Mediation Therapy Helps Couples, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, March 9,   Article

A Lawyer-Therapist Team as Mediator in Marital Crisis, with John S. Fiske, 1998 Social Work, vol. 25, no 6, Article.

~This Approach Helps
Partners Reach the Important
Decisions in Their Lives~

A Therapeutic Approach Combined with Conflict Resolution Theory

Blending a therapeutic approach with skills drawn from mediation, conflict resolution and decision making theory, this practical sourcebook shows mental health professionals how to help couples and their families reach a decision about their future through a sensitive, structured intervention. Mediation Therapy details proven techniques and strategies to help clients understand their own needs and to increase their ability to see the other's points of view. Wiseman's approach is uniquely designed to facilitate the process through which couples and families can come to a conclusion-- one that is fully explored, completely understood, and responsibly made.


This thoughtfully written, accessible guide:

• Provides questions for therapists to reflect upon, to help them discover their own
   values and how those values may affect their therapeutic work

• Describes the latest research on the effects of separation and divorce on children
   and adolescents and how to use this information in the decision making process.

• Details 20 "rational" questions and many intuitive and sensory questions to help
   individuals "discover" a decision, not obsessively "figure out what to do".

• Includes accessible charts that delineate how relationships develop and outlines
   patterns of family conflict

For more information, or to order your personal copy of Mediation
Therapy, send an email to MediationBoston@gmail.com or visit amazon.com

Janet Miller Wiseman provides Mediation and Counseling Services in the Boston area. She is an accomplished Divorce Mediator, Family Mediator and Couples/Family Therapist. She has 39 years of experience as an individual/couple/family psychotherapist and 32 years of experience as a divorce mediator. Her office is located in Lexington, MA. and while she serves clients from all over Massachusetts, many of her clients are from Acton, Arlington, Burlington, Bedford, Concord, Gloucester, Framingham, Lincoln, Malden, Newton, Watertown, Wellesley, Winchester, Waltham, Woburn, Reading and Salem. Janet is also willing to travel to your location for training, presentations and workshops.

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