Challenging, unreasonable behavior in the workplace, in divorce, and in mediation drains time, resources and can result in complaints, lawsuits.

When the traditional old ways of handling challenging people don’t work, it’s time to try new ways.

Paradigm Shift

New Ways is a paradigm shift from traditional methods for handling issues with challenging individuals — including people who may have a high conflict personality. They repeat patterns of blaming, all-or-nothing thinking, overly emotional and extreme behaviors. New Ways can help.

A Chance to Change

Sometimes people can’t stop themselves from their impulsive reactive patterns, but it doesn't mean they can't. You can use New Ways methods to help them and give them a chance to change, especially before big decisions are made. It’s like applying the right medicine for their specific pattern of behavior.

4 Big Skills

New Ways focuses on teaching clients 4 Big Skills to use within a simple structure that keeps the person focused on problem-solving and away from venting, re-working the past, extreme demands, rigid positions, and other self-defeating behaviors. The skills are simple but take practice.

New Ways for Families

Counselor Training 

Learn a structured, skills-focused method for using New Ways for Families Counseling with divorcing or separating parents

Part 1: On Demand
Part 2 & 3: Livestream via Zoom

Training for counselors, therapists, mental health professionals, and family law professionals to learn a new way of handling potentially high conflict cases.

Designed to save courts time, to save parents money, and to protect children as their families re-organize in new ways. It is a positive option for family law professionals who are ready for helping families in a new way that gives parents a chance to change before big decisions are made. Reduce conflict, contain conflict, avoid alienation, reduce alienation, reduce refusal and resistance, reduce violence, reduce harm to the children.

New Ways for Families

Coaches Training for the Online Class

Learn a structured, skills-focused method for coaching divorce clients through the online New Ways for Families class

Part 1: On Demand
Part 2 & 3: Livestream via Zoom

For divorce coaches, counselors, attorneys, parenting coordinators, others who work with transitioning parents to learn a new way of handling potentially high conflict situations and cases.

Designed to save courts time, to save parents money, and to protect children as their families re-organize in new ways. Coaching assists parents to focus on the future and use 4 Big Skills to apply to their situation. Helping families in a new way that gives parents a chance to learn how to communicate more effectively and to reduce conflict, contain conflict, avoid alienation, reduce alienation, reduce refusal and resistance, reduce violence, reduce harm to the children.

New Ways for Life™

Learn a new method of teaching young people how to control themselves in an out-of-control world.

Offered On Demand (no Livestream component)

Training for educators, group leaders, and parents to help young people learn the 4 Big Skills™ for life. Teaching young people how to deal with the stress and uncertainty of today’s world. Their lives are filled with anxiety, and dramatically high stress levels and what they absorb makes relationships in the future more difficult. Living in a constant state of stress puts a lot of negative pressure on young people’s health and well-being. Learning how to help them cope with stress and their emotions will also help to reduce other health-related issues.

New Ways for Mediation™

A Breakthrough Approach for Mediating High Conflict

FAMILY Cases 

Part 1: On Demand
Part 2 & 3: Livestream via Zoom

Training for family mediators and family law attorneys, to learn the skills to mediate potentially high conflict family cases. 

New Ways for Mediation℠ (Family Cases) is a tightly structured, simple process for mediating potentially high-conflict disputes. It focuses on the teaching and reinforcement of simple skills for the clients to use throughout the process. Emphasizing the role of the mediator as a “guide” – much more directive about the process and much less directive about the actual decisions the parties should make. It is a very client-centered approach.

New Ways for Mediation™

A Breakthrough Approach for Mediating High Conflict Disputes

Part 1: On Demand
Part 2 & 3: Livestream via Zoom

Training for mediators, attorneys, and any dispute resolvers to learn the skills to mediate potentially high conflict clients. 

New Ways for Mediation℠ is a tightly structured, simple process for mediating potentially high-conflict disputes. It focuses on the teaching and reinforcement of simple skills for the clients to use throughout the process. Emphasizing the role of the mediator as a “guide” – much more directive about the process and much less directive about the actual decisions the parties should make. It is a very client-centered approach.

New Ways for Work™

COACHING Employees to Reduce High Conflict Behavior in the Workplace

Personal Skills for Productive Relationships

Part 1: On Demand
Part 2 & 3: Livestream via Zoom

Human Resources professionals, EAP counsellors, executive coaches, therapists, conflict coaches, sensitivity trainers, life coaches, workplace restoration consultants, professional conduct consultants.

A coaching method to help potentially high-conflict employees and managers and their co-workers individually strengthen their conflict resolution skills.

This training is a cognitive-behavioral intervention aimed toward helping clients gain greater self–regulation in their jobs and lives – and feeling better about themselves at the same time! 

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