Lynda talks about several questions, including some submitted from our readers, such as What is IACP?  What does it do for its members?  How does it support the growth of CP around the world?  the growth into ‘other than divorce’ areas? If I’m not a professional, why should I care about IACP?  What can I get from a visit to the website?  Why should I care if my professional is a member or not? Have more questions?  Post them as a comment below and we’ll approach Lynda again as soon as she’s available.   Among the resources Lynda mentions as available on the IACP website is this video Collaborative Divorce:...

Mediators know all too well that their clients can take positional stances that are hostile and effectively block the creative thinking necessary to reach an equitable settlement.  Positional stances taken by clients and their counsel are a natural result of the brain’s dual wiring for competition and cooperation. These processes are in-born; however, the competitive tendency is slightly stronger than the cooperative one and the parts of the brain used for each are protected in very different ways.  The competitive instinct is well protected between the temporal lobe and cerebral cortex hidden in the fold.  The cooperative tendency depends...

Guest Stacey Langenbahn has stepped out of her comfort zone big time.  She is offering Mediation services in a way that is uncommon on her home turf.  We discuss the elements of Collaborative Practice that contributed to her step.  And along the way, a little bit about the challenges of ‘standing out’.  [For reference, in her area Mediation is rarely if ever available except as a ‘last effort’ just before trial.  Stacey offers it PRE-court.] Today’s Guest:   Stacey Langenbahn Cooleyville, TX   www.divorcemediationtexas.com  (Would you like to join us for our next conversation? We’ll have room for up to...

Few names are as well known world wide in connection with Collaborative Practice as that of Pauline Tesler.  Pauline shares her journey into Collaborative Practice and talks about the attorney’s influence as part of the ‘system’ created in working with a divorcing couple, including team and practice group implications.  Which leads into discussion of her current work as the director of Commonweal’s brand new Integrative Law Institute to expand the “Law as a Healing Profession” attitude at the core of CP into all legal endeavors.  Her first offering there is available here.     *************...