Rachel Fishman Green, Esq.
Articles and Video:This article looks at going deeper in mediation. Specifically, how to resolve zero-sum divorce disputes through mediation. This case study examines detailed scenarios and arguments that often arise in divorce mediations. From Rachel Fishman Green Mediate.com broke ground as the first on-line gathering spot for dispute resolution professionals. The breadth of information contained in scholarly and thoughtful articles about all aspects of the mediation process; the resources for referrals for out-of state clients, and for one's own potential clients; the forum for communication with like-minded professionals around the world; combine to make Mediate.com one of the primary sources for information about mediation on the web. Conflict Addiction – Barriers To Settling I was moved to write this article because of my experience of a conflict in my own life. After I had managed to “move on,” I began to think about how compelling this very small dispute had become to me; how much of my thought and psychic energy had been consumed by it. I began to wonder if there is not something especially engrossing about conflict; why we can get hooked into a conflict, and keep the arguments going and going and going, even when the person with whom we are in conflict is not in the room; and whether conflict in and of itself has an addictive quality, that causes us to keep returning to it, arguing our case again and again. 1 Comment Mediator Neutrality: How is it possible? How could a mediator be neutral about your situation when you are getting divorced? Surely one of you is right and the other is wrong! If you know in your bones – and all of your friends agree – that you are right, you may think that mediation would not make sense for you, because you don’t want to compromise. 2 Comments Can You Have a Mediated Divorce If You Are Angry At Your Spouse? Anger is a normal feeling to have during a divorce. In fact, if you didn’t feel angry there would probably be something very wrong. Usually, one person has been unhappy for a period of time preceding the divorce, and was angry during this time. When that person tells the other that he or she has decided to leave the marriage, the other is in shock and has to deal with lots of emotions – sorrow, fear and certainly anger. 3 Comments Would I Prefer Mediation For My Divorce? Mediation is a process where you and your spouse will sit down with a neutral person who will help you, sometimes with and most often without attorneys present, to negotiate the terms of your divorce. Attorney/Mediator Green reflects on her personal practice to answers some of the common questions about divorce mediation: do mediated divorces reflect the law?, is my case appropriate for mediation? , and what are the benefits of mediation?  |
