Mediation

CDRC can help

  • When you’re stuck in a difficult conversation
  • When explanations get you nowhere
  • When you’re not getting what you need no matter how many times or how loud you ask
  • When you’re caught in conflict with no way out.

How mediation works:

CDRCMediation can help you have any conversation you need to have. Some people use mediation before there is a conflict, in order to talk through anticipated difficulties. Others turn to mediation after a conflict has developed to air differences and make agreements.


True Mediation Stories:

The many people who seek help from CDRC include:

  • Family members and friends
  • Separated or divorced parents
  • Roommates, housemates and neighbors
  • Landlords and tenants
  • Co-workers
  • Employers and employees
  • Consumers, merchants and vendors
  • Students
  • Organizations and community groups
  • Government and educational institutions

Mediation is a voluntary, confidential process in which a third party, the mediator, assists people in conflict to make whatever progress they choose. People find that mediation helps them:

  • Improve communication, understanding and/or empathy
  • Improve relationships
  • Clarify areas of agreement and disagreement
  • Define next steps
  • Avoid, minimize or enhance involvement in the legal/judicial system
  • Work toward mutual understanding
  • Resolve a specific problem, dispute or underlying conflict, and/or
  • Prevent problems from recurring.

CDRCPeople don’t have to agree to mediate before CDRC is contacted. Staff will get basic information from any person involved in a conflict and contact others. So, if you’re having trouble talking things through, contact us to explore mediation as an option. To learn more about mediation from those who have experienced it, please see Mediation Stories.

Mediation can help before court action has been taken or after papers have been filed with a court. Whether you’re involved in Family Court, small claims court or a city, town or village court and would like to find out how mediation can help, contact us.

 

FAMILIES: GETTING TOGETHER TO TALK

But many people mediate about things they’d never take to court. For instance, families use CDRC’s services to meet and discuss:

  • Conflicts between parents and teens
  • Older children moving out or moving back in
  • Disagreements among siblings
  • Planning with older parents as their life circumstances and needs change.

See Family Mediation Stories (PDF) for examples of how mediation has helped families.

Family Mediation In The News:

April 5, 2006

The Elmira Star-Gazette:

"Agency Helps Families To Talk" (pdf)

 

COMMUNITY AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Neighbors, roommates, friends and colleagues find mediation helps them talk through situations they are unable to resolve themselves.

CDRC has special programs to assist individuals involved in certain situations, including:

INTERFACE

CDRC - InterfaceInterface works with businesses, organizations, government agencies, educational institutions and community groups. Clients request cost-effective and custom designed collaborative problem-solving and dispute resolution services. Effectiveness increases sharply when difficult situations are mined to produce positive outcomes. Organizations of all kinds face challenges that require specific systems and solutions designed for their structure and situation. Interface develops and implements methods that fit the moment.

Interested? Call the office nearest you or Contact Us

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