|
Contemplating separation or divorce often adds to stress and anxiety levels that are already too high. Thoughts of leaving a marriage are full of uncertainties and yet the certainties of staying may seem even worse. When this dilemma seems beyond resolution or relief, the strategies to cope are often limited to running away, fighting or denial. In practice these reactions only produce more conflict, stress, exhaustion, and destructive dramas. It's tempting to retain attorneys to fight it out, make it all go away, take it off your shoulders, or negotiate a deal, but that just produces more of the same at an even greater cost.
The effective alternative is Mediation. You and your partner meet jointly with a neutral mediator, trained to coach you through conflict resolution. Together you negotiate creative ways to produce what each of you wants within your available resources. You draw on your personal knowledge of your life and relationship to forge solutions that work for you. The goal is for you to be satisfied that the results are fair, you can live with them, and move on with your lives.
|
|
