WHY CHOOSE MEDIATION
Mediation is highly recommended to Parties to a dispute, because it provides them with opportunities such as (but not limited to):
- Quick prevention and resolution of disputes, plus amicable settlements thereby preventing prolonged legal battles;
- Creating a platform for the parties to adopt cheaper means of preventing and resolving the dispute, and achieving amicable settlements;
- Enhancing and helping to maintain a healthy personal and/or professional relationship between the parties through the quality of the process adopted during the mediation
- Ensures that the parties are direct and active participants resolution of their own disputes.
We agree with Michael P. Carbone, when he says that Mediation presents an opportunity to have a forthright exchange of information so that no one feels that they are being left in the dark.
It is heavily characterized by conversations and the commitment to KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES, as this has a great tendency of drawing the parties closer to the solutions and ultimate resolution of their disputes. This is why we say at the Relationship Health Center, that IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT, THEN WE CAN RESOLVE IT.
Mediation has proven to be useful to effective and efficient dispute resolution in many areas such as, but not limited to:
- Family (Marriage, Divorce, Family business etc.);
- Workplace (wrongful termination, harassment, Discrimination, Labour management etc.);
- Commercial and Contractual disputes;
- Community
MEDIATION NEVER FAILS
Mediation never fails, only the parties to the mediation fail and this happens when there is a refusal to commit to the resolution of the dispute. One of the signs that parties to a dispute are unwilling to commit to the resolution thereof is when they freeze and become unwilling to talk. Unwillingness to talk sometimes is reflected in the parties withholding information that will help in the understanding of the nature and dimensions of the dispute.
We at the Relationship Health Center for the aforementioned reason agree again with Michael P. Carbone, that “withholding information is generally counter-productive and may cause the other side to suspect weakness in either party’s case”.
MEDIATION DOES NOT JUDGE YOU
Mediation does not judge you. It listens to you with empathy to know what the problem is, what caused it and how it can resolved. It guides you through simple and non-partial recommendations into developing realistic strategies towards the resolution of your disputes. Mediation pays attention to the relationship even after the resolution of the dispute
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- Mediation Consultancy
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- Mediation Process
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- Divorce Mediation
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- Office Mediation
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- Family Mediation
At the Relationship Health Centre
IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TALK, THEN WE SHALL BE READY TO LISTEN
AT THE RELATIONSHIP HEALTH CENTER, WE MEDIATE TO:
- PREVENT DISPUTES
- RESOLVE DISPUTES
- FACILITATE AMICABLE SETTLEMENTS WHERE RELATIONSHIPS BREAK DOWN IRRETRIEVABLY
In most relationships, be it at the work place, in marriages, in communities or in commercial/contractual situations, misunderstanding or sudden end of relationship is not a strange occurrence. When issues capable of occasioning disputes develop, the parties involved want reconciliation rather than retribution. There is therefore the need for parties to have a platform where they can comfortably facilitate and achieve a realistic and workable resolution to the dispute leading to the end of the relationship. It is important to always properly understand
- What the problem is
- What caused the problem
- How the problem can be solved
Because it helps in guiding the parties in paying attention to the cause and not the effect. Most times when people pay attention to effects, they realise that even when it seems that the problem has been solved, it lingers and ultimately creates more problems.
At the Relationship Health Center, we expect that those who come to us to mediate in their issues are GHOST
G – Gentle in their utterances and disposition
H – Honest in their narratives
O – Open with the information they share
S – Specific with the issues they are raising and not muddling the waters
T – Talk willingly about the issues, without choosing to walk out on the mediation.
Mediation is a win-win when parties are GHOST.