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When it can’t be ignored and you’re powerless to resolve
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105 (KJV)
Oftentimes, people find themselves in conflict within their family, community, or church that are too important to walk away from but too delicate to handle directly. These might include adult children facing the challenges of caring for an aging parent, blended family challenges or a neighborhood problem that can potentially escalate, to name but a few.
Our experienced mediators can open blocked channels of communication. We will guide you through the process of narrowing the issues in dispute and developing a mutually acceptable agreement.
Resolving substantive issues is a significant goal in the mediation process, however, addressing the relationship aspects is also vitally important if you hope to prevent future conflict. Our hope is you will leave with an agreement as well as better communication and conflict resolution skills and without bitterness.
We will meet with each party in separate, confidential intake / pre-mediation sessions of at least two hours to gain an understanding of your differing perspectives and explore approaches to resolution. Before the joint sessions begin, we will be providing homework and potentially additional coaching with a focus on your contributions to the conflict and a productive path forward.
During the joint mediation sessions that follow we will encourage each party to share their hopes and expectations. We will help you to identify and unpack the major issues contributing to the conflict and help you seek to understand and dismantle any barriers to resolution. We will guide you through forgiveness and reconciliation of personal relationship conflicts. We will encourage you to confess, where needed, and to offer forgiveness to one another. After barriers have been removed we will brainstorm with you in search of creative solutions to material issues. Lastly, we will help you arrive at a mutually acceptable agreement.
Our mediators are certified through the Judicial Council of the Virginia Supreme Court but we help parties from any jurisdiction in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area, including Virginia, Maryland, or beyond.
Since 1995 we have helped hundreds of men, women and organizations in Northern Virginia to acknowledge, confront and resolve conflict. Please contact us to arrange for a free, thirty-minute consultation, by phone or in person, about what you are facing and how we can help.
Serving Washington DC, Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun and Prince William Counties, Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park, Burke, Centreville, Herndon, Reston, Springfield, Vienna and beyond.