Course Description

New Ways Coaching is to be used before you go to mediation, especially when it might involve some high-conflict aspects. In this coaching session, you will learn the 4 Big Skills™ prior to mediation to make for a more effective mediation process.

Who Is This For

HCI's Pre-Mediation Coaching can be used by anyone before any mediation, regardless of the issues.

What You'll Learn and Practice

• skills for staying calm and contributing constructively to the problem-solving process of mediation
• to help your client prepare for mediation by formulating some specific proposals for issues that are likely to be raised during the mediation.

Whether you are a lawyer, counselor, manager or other professional, you are likely to be involved in mediation. Legal professionals are required to have their clients participate in mediation before going to court in many kinds of disputes, yet mediation isn’t perfect and some disputes unfortunately remain unresolved, despite the mediator’s and others’ best efforts. Studies show that 60-80% of disputes are resolved in mediation, depending on the type of dispute, so it still has a great track record and is the preferred approach in most situations—but perhaps we can do even better.

Once you’re trained in this method and start using it with clients, they can start using them right away in making decisions together out of court.

This 1-hour training is required to use New Ways for Families Pre-Mediation Coaching. Any professional can work with parents using this coaching model, including a counselor, lawyer, mediator, or mediation/law office staff person. The professional is not required to be a licensed counselor or mediator.

If you an active New Ways for Families Provider (with a current license), you are welcome to take this course at your convenience at no cost.

You are not required to be a licensed counselor or mediator but must be at least Master's or equivalent level.

Licensing: Upon completion of this training, you can immediately start using this method in your pre-mediation coaching. You are not required to request licensure from High Conflict Institute.

For

• Counselors
• Lawyers
• Mediators or mediation/law office staff
• Divorce coaches
• Parenting educators

What You Get

• 90-minute training
• PowerPoint PDF
• Certificate of Completion

Required Materials

These books are required for the training course. Please order them here:

• Pre-Mediation Coaching Manual
• Pre-Mediation Coaching Workbook

Instructor

Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq. is the co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of the High Conflict Institute in San Diego, California. He pioneered the High Conflict Personality Theory (HCP) and has become an expert on managing disputes involving people with high conflict personalities. He was the Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center for 15 years, a Certified Family Law Specialist lawyer representing clients in family court for 15 years, and a licensed clinical social worker therapist with twelve years’ experience.

He serves on the faculty of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law in California and is a Conjoint Associate Professor with the University of Newcastle Law School in Australia.

He has been a speaker and trainer in over 30 U.S. states and 10 countries and is the author or co-author of over 20 books, manuals, and workbooks. He is co-host of the podcast It's All Your Fault which he co-hosts with Megan Hunter, and he also has a popular blog on the Psychology Today website with millions of views.

 Continuing Education Credits