Couples and Family
Conflict in families is normal and unavoidable, often getting resolved without outside intervention. However, over the past years, we have learned that there are certain pivotal life stages of families which may benefit from professional neutral assistance. Over the lifespan of any family, there are events and transitions that lead to periods of relative calm and others with high stress and conflict. Like universal stages of human development (such as the “terrible twos,” adolescence, mid-life crises), family units, too, experience a normal ebb and flow of stress and conflict, and these high conflict periods often occur during predictable life stages and events such as the following:
Divorce and Custody
Mediating the difficult issues that divorcing families often confront can preserve healthy co-parenting relationships, benefiting all members of the family.
Post-Divorce
Our mediators help divorced parents negotiate their children's developmental changes or other issues, such as step-parenting, that occur in the years after divorce or funding for higher education.
Parent/Adolescent Conflicts
Mediation can provide support to both teen and parent and can model respectful communication, boundary setting and negotiation skills during this often difficult transitional stage.
Adult Sibling Conflicts
Disputes over estate division, or use of family homes, are common after the death of a parent. USA Pro Mediation can help prevent these disputes from causing irreparable divisions within an extended family.
Family Business
Tensions around navigating business decisions within the context of family dynamics can be very tricky, particularly when it comes to issues of succession. USA Pro Mediation's family mediators work with colleagues from both the legal and organizational practices to address the complex issues surrounding family business disputes, enabling families to work together productively through these challenges.
Retirement
This period in life requires a continuous process of emotional readjustment. USA Pro Mediation professionals can help the retiree and family members navigate this often difficult life transition.
Elder Care and End of Life Decisions
Working through painful moments that come from an aging parent’s diminished capacity can be tremendously divisive for adult siblings, at a time when working together is so important for both the parent and the children. Mediation can be a valuable resource.
Divorce and Custody
Mediating the difficult issues that divorcing families often confront can preserve healthy co-parenting relationships, benefiting all members of the family.
Post-Divorce
Our mediators help divorced parents negotiate their children's developmental changes or other issues, such as step-parenting, that occur in the years after divorce or funding for higher education.
Parent/Adolescent Conflicts
Mediation can provide support to both teen and parent and can model respectful communication, boundary setting and negotiation skills during this often difficult transitional stage.
Adult Sibling Conflicts
Disputes over estate division, or use of family homes, are common after the death of a parent. USA Pro Mediation can help prevent these disputes from causing irreparable divisions within an extended family.
Family Business
Tensions around navigating business decisions within the context of family dynamics can be very tricky, particularly when it comes to issues of succession. USA Pro Mediation's family mediators work with colleagues from both the legal and organizational practices to address the complex issues surrounding family business disputes, enabling families to work together productively through these challenges.
Retirement
This period in life requires a continuous process of emotional readjustment. USA Pro Mediation professionals can help the retiree and family members navigate this often difficult life transition.
Elder Care and End of Life Decisions
Working through painful moments that come from an aging parent’s diminished capacity can be tremendously divisive for adult siblings, at a time when working together is so important for both the parent and the children. Mediation can be a valuable resource.