Mediation
The possibility of transforming conflict into peace, connection, and cooperation.
When relationships falter or fall apart, most people feel mental, emotional, and physical distress. They want ease and wellbeing returned to their lives. Some may also desire reconciliation and cooperation.
Yet the legal system often exacerbates conflict, separation, and uncertainty. With attorneys arguing their case as forcefully as they can, conflict turns into financial and emotional warfare. Both sides lose sleep, and there are ripple effects of the stress in other areas of their lives, like at home and at work. It’s a painful irony that we think we can fight our way to peace.
Even if you don’t find yourself in the legal system, most of us were not taught how to resolve conflict effectively. It’s challenging to express our own needs while caring for the connection with another in a way that allows us and the relationship to thrive. Peace, connection, and cooperation can seem elusive, while hurt feelings, frustrations, resentment, and misunderstandings prevail.
Haley Morrisson, a former attorney turned mediator and trainer in nonviolent communication, offers a different path forward.
She supports those in relationship – whether its personal or professional – to reach a level of deep mutual understanding and create enduring agreements that serve the needs of everyone involved.
Haley’s approach to mediation is quicker, more economical, and more sustainable than litigation and is suitable even in emotionally intense and complicated situations. Most importantly, clients can move on with their lives. In situations where the relationship is coming to an end, such as divorce or the end of a business partnership, clients can let go of resentment and hostility and enjoy mutual understanding and even warmth. For those who continue in relationship, there is the possibility of reclaiming and improving the quality of connection that so enriches our lives and workplaces.
“Haley facilitated one of the hardest conversations I have had in my life. I was holding so much grief inside over a deep misunderstanding with a best friend. Having Haley as a third party in our discussion made all the difference in allowing our emotions to be modulated and paced for comprehension. I would highly recommend her to mediate any situation that is challenging to sit with.” Lori Weber
