Family Mediation
Contemporary Issues
- Howard H. Irving - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, (Canada), University of Toronto, Canada
- Michael Benjamin - Private Practice, Santa Rosa, California, University of Connecticut Health Centre, USA
Couples, Marriage & Family Counseling | Marriage & Family Therapy | Social Work - Families
The practice model presented here, Therapeutic Family Mediation, stresses an ecological perspective, and considers the feminist critique of the mediation process. The authors also address mediation's role in the important issues of joint custody, ethnicity, and child protection. Future directions in family mediation are examined in the final part.