Family
Meg Goldberg Mediation offers family mediation including:
Family members may suddenly feel isolated and left out of having visitation and contact with the children. If there is a history of conflict between the parents and grandparents, this may only be exacerbated during the divorce. In adoption situations, the birth and adoptive families may not know how to meet each other and share information about the children. Mediation can be an effective tool for families to discuss and make decisions on ongoing relationships with the children and adults.
Post divorce issues may come about when there is a new relationship, step parents, relocation, changes in the children’s lives that bring about a change in parenting time, decision-making and finances.
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was passed in 1978 to protect the best interests of Indian children and promote the stability of Indian tribes and families. Mediation is often utilized to assist a State Child Welfare Agency and Tribal Child Welfare Agency to communicate and plan for Indian children in the state foster care system.
Conflict may arise between parents and their teens around house rules, friends, dating, school, and behavior. The conflict comes up in divorced and intact families.
Elder Mediation is a growing area as the population continues to age. Mediation can help bring together siblings who may be in disagreement about their parents’ care, bring together family members and caretakers to discuss major life transitions such as care giving issues, guardianship and estate issues, end of life decisions and health care.
Meg Goldberg Mediation also offers meeting facilitation in addition to large and small group facilitation.
