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VALUES BASED® COUNSELING
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How You as an Individual Will Benefit
Mediation for families, groups or companies is a process for creating agreements between people in conflict. Whether to prevent a divorce, to finalize a parenting plan, or to settle other differences, this process will help you to turn differences into agreements. How Your Family or Organization Will Benefit In situations when families disagree, or are going through a divorce, most of the time all the members will benefit from Values Based Mediation, especially children. That's because if differences can be settled and win/win decisions can be made, not only are problems solved, but also, the adults set a good example of problem solving for the children. The same applies to other groups such as business partners or a team of any kind. All employees and customers benefit when business leaders resolve conflicts, create agreements and learn skills to prevent and/or resolve future conflicts. What Does Mediation Cost? The fees for mediation are normally $75 per (adult) person, per hour. Sometimes people may pay on a sliding scale based on income. Session Information Sometimes Dr. Gerling may recommend individual sessions in preparation for joint sessions. The first joint session is a minimum of two hours. Also, he may recommend additional follow up family mediation sessions depending on progress in the first one. Is Mediation the Same as Therapy or Counseling? No. Dr. Gerling also offers individual and family counseling, but the process of family mediation is different and the goals are different. Family counseling is focused on health and in-depth, therapeutic change, while mediation is quicker, and focuses on particular issues to be agreed upon. Mediation Objectives - Creating win/win/win agreements for you, the other person and others effected by your agreement. How You Will Pursue Agreement In the privacy of his office, Dr. Kelly Gerling will help you through the process of family mediation. This is a process that involves intense listening to one another, the expression of problems and grievances, the formulation of goals, developing options, and making decisions to achieve those goals in such a way that each participant is satisfied. Then each person implements the agreement. Six Mediation Steps
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