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Pittsburgh Center for Conflict Resolution and Mediation
Why Mediation?
Mediation is a process in which an impartial third-party assists two or more other parties in resolving a dispute. It is a non-adversarial approach to conflict resolution, saving both parties expensive attorney fees. The role of the mediator is to facilitate constructive communication between the parties, assisting them in focusing on the real issues of the dispute, and helping them to generate options and make decisions that meet the interests and needs of all parties involved.
Unlike arbitration, where the intermediary listens to the arguments of both sides and makes a decision for the disputants, a mediator assists the parties to develop a solution themselves. Although mediators sometimes provide ideas, suggestions, or even formal proposals for settlement, the mediator is primarily a "process person," helping the parties define the agenda, identify and reframe the issues, communicate more effectively, find areas of common ground, negotiate fairly, and hopefully, reach an agreement. A successful mediation has an outcome that is accepted and owned by the parties themselves.*
Types of issues resolved by Mediation:
- Couples and Marital issues
- Financial disagreements
- Separation
- Eldercare issues
- Parenting issues
- Child custody and visitation
- Family business disputes
- Adult sibling conflicts
- Disputes between parents and adult children
- Estate disputes
- Workplace grievances
- Harassment
- Discrimination
- Wrongful termination
- Labor Management
- Environmental
- Land-use
- Landlord/tenant
- Youth (school conflicts and peer mediation)
- Homeowners' associations
- Builders/contractors/realtors/homeowners
- Contracts of any kind
- Medical malpractice
- Personal injury
- Partnerships
- Faith communities
- Violence-prevention
- Victim-Offender
Pittsburgh-Mediation.com
Mark Wolynn, Director
Certified Mediator (State of Pennsylvania)
Certified Conflict Resolution Facilitator
1824 Murray Avenue, Suite 303
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
(412) 422-1955
www.pittsburgh-mediation.com
Mark@Wolynn.com
*based on Honeyman and Yawanarajah 2003
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