Making Hard Conversations Easier
Practice Details
My practice focuses on supporting couples, families, friends, and/or those in business relationships, collaboratively resolve conflict through productive, facilitated conversations. We help support spouses, adult siblings, parents, grandparents, and/or other extended family members more productively address topics of concern or conflict among them. Topics frequently addressed in mediation include:
* Divorce
* Post-divorce concerns, including co-parenting
* Parent/teen conflicts
* Marital conflicts
* Wills, estates and trusts
* Care planning and caregiving
* Selecting or changing who will serve as a health care agent or attorney in fact (power of attorney)
* Family roles and responsibilities
* Communication
* End of of life planning
* Distribution of family heirlooms or collectibles
* Residential options for ill or aging family members
* Small family business planning and/or disputes
* Cohabitation
I also offer mediation of non-family disputes involving small businesses, neighbors, friends, landlords and tenants, or others experiencing conflict which they wish to resolve privately, collaboratively, confidentially, and in a non-adversarial setting.
Address
Norwood, MA 01702
(617) 621-7009, ext. 28
Marlborough, MA 01752
617-621-7009 ext. 28
Degrees and Experience
1979, B.A., Psychology, University of Rochester
1982, J.D., University of California at Berkeley
Completed the following training programs:
40 Hour Mediation Training
Divorce Mediation Training
Advanced Divorce Mediation training
Advanced Adult Family and Elder Mediation Training
Marital Mediation Training
Facilitation Training
24 hour Local Elder Ombudsman Training
Three day Ombudsman Training
Summary Process Mediation Training
Advanced Negotiation Training
Collaborative Law Training
Professional Memberships
Association of Conflict Resolution, New England chapter
Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation
Association of Professional Family Mediators
Metrowest Divorce Force
Member of the Massachusetts Bar
Regional Information
Clients come from all areas of metropolitan Boston and beyond. In adult family mediations, extended family members often travel to the mediation from out of state or may participate by audio or video conference. In these cases, we can also travel to a location agreed upon by all participants. To ensure that scheduling works for everyone in family cases, we can arrange mediation on a weekend.
Fee Information
Please call or email for further information and/or to schedule a no-charge consultation.