MCFM 2024 Family Mediation Institute (Online)

Rates of estrangement within families appear to be on the rise. Professionals of all stripes often make matters worse by failing to understand how much the culture has changed and what is now required to resolve family conflict. This information-packed workshop will help participants craft an action plan for troubled families by zeroing in on:

• Obstacles that keep clients trapped in painful feelings of rejection, fear, guilt, and anger
• Best treatment methods for overcoming the trauma that is evoked by the estrangement
• Best strategies for facilitating a potential reconciliation between parents and adult children
• Best strategies for addressing common sources of tension, conflict, and estrangement
   

About the Keynote Speaker:

Joshua Coleman is a psychologist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area and a Senior Fellow with the Council on Contemporary Families, a nonpartisan organization of leading sociologists, historians, psychologists and demographers dedicated to providing the press and public with the latest research and best practice findings about American families.

He is the author of many articles and chapters and has written four books: The Rules of Estrangement (Random House); The Marriage Makeover: Finding Happiness in Imperfect Harmony (St. Martin's Press); The Lazy Husband: How to Get Men to Do More Parenting and Housework (St. Martin's Press); and When Parents Hurt: Compassionate Strategies When You and Your Grown Child Don't Get Along (HarperCollins).
 
Josh has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, Psychology Today, and The Washington Post, among many others. He has given talks to the faculties at Harvard, the Weill Cornell Department of Psychiatry, UC Irvine, and other academic institutions. He has appeared on national shows and networks, including the Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20, NPR, and PBS, along with major news outlets.

Visit Josh's website to learn more.

►►  WORKSHOPS -- December 5:

Wait, Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me:  What Mediators Should Know about TCJA Sunset, Baccanti and Cavanagh
Susan M. Miller, MA, CPA/PFS, CFP®, CDFA®

Parenting Plan Pitfalls
Premela G. Deck, J.D., Ph.D., LICSW

Presentation of the 2024 John Adams Fiske Award for Excellence in Mediation

►►  WORKSHOPS -- December 6:

Family Law:  The Year in Review
Jonathan E. Fields, J.D., and Jennifer Bingham, J.D.

Understanding Why We Mediate and How It Shapes Our Practices
John A. Fiske, LL.B.

Conference Closeout:  Open Q&A on Institute Workshops and Other Hot Family Mediation Topics
Discussion Moderators:  Mary Sheridan, J.D., MCFM President and Institute Planning Committee Co-Chair; and Susan Klebanoff, J.D., Institute Planning Committee Co-Chair

Closing Message:  Mary Sheridan, J.D., MCFM President

 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Early Registration discount rate through December 6, 2024:

     MCFM Members $170
     Nonmembers $210

The early discount fees above will be honored through the conference. These are the same early registration rates we've charged for our virtual Institutes since 2020.
     
What's Included:  Live sessions, conference materials (PDF), and session recordings
 

RECORDING:  The conference will be recorded. All registrants must sign a recording release. See the registration form for details.

PAYMENT:  MCFM accepts major credit cards only (VISA, MasterCard, Discover, AMEX). Sorry, no checks.

TUITION ASSISTANCE:  Limited scholarship assistance for the Institute will be considered upon email request to Mary Sheridan, Co-Chair of the Institute Planning Committee.

MCFM CANCELLATION POLICY:  A full refund (less the $25 cancellation fee) will be issued for any registration cancelled by November 27, 2024. No refunds will be granted after November 27, 2024. Substitutions are permitted at any time. Cancellations will be acknowledged but refunds will not be issued until after the Institute.

Please email cancellation requests to admin@MCFM.org no later than November 27.