Divorce Mediation

Although we encourage all couples to pursue marriage counseling, it is not always successful in preventing divorce—often because it was only tried as a last resort to save an already broken marriage. When a couple has made the difficult decision to terminate a marriage, we encourage them to consider divorce mediation as an alternative to the traditional, adversarial divorce process.

Mediation is a voluntary process designed to help divorcing couples reach agreement on difficult issues as amicably as possible. Working with a trained mediator, a couple addresses such issues as parenting responsibilities, assets and liabilities, spousal support, and division of property.

Unlike the traditional divorce process, mediation is:

• Private
• Confidential
• Efficient
• Cost-Effective
• Collaborative
• Consensual

Because of Tom's training in law, counseling, and divorce mediation, he is ideally prepared to work with couples who are interested in pursuing a more rational, cooperative approach to divorce. His legal background provides him with a solid understanding of the substantive issues that need to be addressed; his counseling background equips him with the skills to work with the varying emotions that arise during this process; and his mediation training gives him a systematic, proven approach to facilitate consensus-building. In short, his role as mediator is to help couples make well-informed, good decisions under difficult conditions.