Family Mediation Contemporary Issues [Paperback]

As divorce rates rise, family mediation represents an alternative way of making settlements without involving an already overburdened judicial system. This book presents a discussion of the current North American trends in the burgeoning field of family mediation by featuring both a review of the literature and a model for family mediation practice.

The practice model presented here, Therapeutic Family Mediation, stresses an ecological perspective, and considers the feminist critique of the mediation process. The authors also address mediation's role in the important issues of joint custody, ethnicity, and child protection. Future directions in family mediation are examined in the final part.As divorce rates rise, family mediation represents an alternative way of making settlements without involving an already overburdened judicial system. This book presents a discussion of the current North American trends in the burgeoning field of family mediation by featuring both a review of the literature and a model for family mediation practice.

The practice model presented here, Therapeutic Family Mediation, stresses an ecological perspective, and considers the feminist critique of the mediation process. The authors also address mediation's role in the important issues of joint custody, ethnicity, and child protection. Future directions in family mediation are examined in the final part.General Introduction
PART ONE: BACKGROUND
Family Mediation Practice and the Knowledge Base
An Integrative Review of the Divorce Research Literature (Phases 1 through 3)
Family Mediation Practice and the Knowledge Base
An Integrative Review of the Divorce Research Literature (Phases 4 through 5)
PART TWO: CLINICAL PRACTICE
Therapeutic Family Mediation
Practice Principles and Ecosystemic Processes
Toward a Feministl“Y