Lisa Parkinson
Articles and Video:This is the complete interview by Robert Benjamin with Lisa Parkinson, family mediation leader in the UK and Europe, filmed as part of Mediate.com's "The Mediators: Views from the Eye of the Storm" Series. Lisa Parkinson: Postive Outlook for Future - Video Lisa Parkinson talks about her excitement about the future of the field. She sees it expanding, becoming more multicultural, and utilizing the internet more and more. Lisa Parkinson: Divorce Cases that Perhaps Should Not Be Mediated - Video Lisa Parkinson gives three contexts in which divorcing couples should not mediate. Lisa Parkinson: Hopes for Family Mediation in Beginning - Video Lisa Parkinson shares what her hopes were as the mediation field was emerging - improving the way in which families went through divorce as well as changing the legal culture. Lisa Parkinson: Family Mediation Field in UK - Video Lisa Parkinson describes how family mediation came about in the UK. Divorce rates were on the rise and research was revealing the harmful effects parental conflict had on children. The legal process promoted that conflictive environment, so mediation was thought to be an alternative. Lisa Parkinson: Team of Trainers Beneficial - Video Lisa Parkinson describes how a team of mediation trainers can be more beneficial than just one trainer. Benefits include the ongoing dialogue, the wider repertoire of experience between the trainers, and increased stimulous. Parkinson, Lisa: Training to Raise Competence - Video Lisa Parkinson discusses the benefits of the UK's model of mediation training and explains the risks of incompetent family mediators. Parkinson, Lisa: Standards for Competency in Family Mediation - Video Lisa Parkinson describes her concern with how there is no mention of children or domestic abuse in the standards of competency for a family mediator - two elements that she believes are essential to understand if one is to practice family mediation. Parkinson, Lisa: Competition Between Professionals and Fields - Video Lisa Parkinson describes a difficulty in the field that she observes happening in many countries. The more power and recognition a person/field has, the more competitive people become and more struggles result. Parkinson, Lisa: Differences Between US and UK in Family Law - Video Lisa Parkinson discusses how the legal systems treat family law and family mediation in different states in the US whereas the UK has one legal system and set of standards for both fields. Products: |
Lisa Parkinson is a family mediator and a member of the Standards Committee, European Forum on Family Mediation
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