BOOKS
“Mediation
Therapy: Short-Term Decision Making
for Couples & Families in Crisis”
Lexington Books 1990,
Lexington, MA, Jossey Bass, San Francisco,
CA, Hardcover
“Mediation
Therapy: Short-Term Decision Making
for Relationships in Conflict"
Paperback, Self Published
by Xan-Edu Publishing Company. Available
1-800-459-2679 or Making for Relationships
in Conflict” Millerwise@aol.com
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 millerwise@aol.com.
ARTICLES
Pausing
at the Divorce Door,
MCFM Family Mediation Mediation Decision
Making for Relationships in Crisis
Quarterly Spring 2003 vol. 2 no. 2
Mediation:
Transformative and Interactive,
SPIDR Update Society Values, Beliefs
and Strategies For Professionals in
Dispute Resolution, March 16, 2001,
no. 2, vol. VIII
Family Law: Mediation
Therapy Helps Couples,
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, March
9, 1987
A
Lawyer-Therapist Team as Mediator,
Social Work, 1980 Marital Crisis,
with John Fiske, Esquire, vol. 25,
no. 6
Teaching,
Training & Consultation
Conflict
Resolution Through Mediation and Negotiation.
Examples only:
•
Politechnica Salisiana de Quito, Ecuador,
1999
• Pontifica Universidad Catolica
de Quito, Ecuador, 1999
• Centro Integral para Estudia
de la Familia, Quito, Ecuador, 1999
• Lesley College School of Management,
Cambridge, Ma. 1991
• Lesley College School of Counseling
Psychology, 1984-2001
• Simmons College, 1984, 1987,
1989, 2001
• Boston University, 1992
• Bay State Correctional Institution,
1999-2000
• International Reproductive
Organization, 2002, 2003, 2004
• Harvard Program on Negotiation,
“Consultation with an International
• Organization”, November,
2002
• Harvard Medical School, Continuing
Education, Short-Term Decision- Making
• Through Mediation”,
November 2002
• Private Practice Psychologists
Group Mediation Seminar, November
2003-February 2004
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