Mediation for Adult Siblings
At The Mediation Group, we know that there is often occasion to mediate conflicts between adult siblings. Whether you’re disagreeing over finances, a family estate, inheritance, decisions around your parents’ medical/health care or living arrangement, or even caring for an adult sibling with disabilities, you deserve support to make these difficult decisions in an environment that is warm, civil, compassionate, and invested in preserving your relationships.
Our team is here to help you through this process every step of the way. The first step is a phone call. After that initial conversation, one of our highly experienced mediators will reach out to learn more about you and your unique situation and guide you through our process. Once all parties agree to mediation, we can then schedule the first session.
What to Expect During Family Mediation
Handling conflict between siblings doesn’t have to be an expensive, impersonal, or damaging experience involving courtroom litigation, or something that just festers in your family without resolution. Our highly experienced mediators can help you create nuanced, flexible, and practical solutions to whatever issues you and your family are facing.
Two mediators with complementary professional experience mediate disputes between siblings. The length of the sessions varies according to the issues needing to be discussed and the challenges of assembling the adult siblings, depending on where they live. Virtual participation is also possible. If you and your family members agree to write up an agreement to help solidify the work you’ve done together during these sessions, our mediators can assist with this process as well. If required, this agreement can also be formalized outside of the sessions for an additional fee (see below).
How Much Does Sibling Mediation Cost?
The legal system is binary - it creates winners and losers. Resolving family disputes via courtroom litigation can often be a costly and tedious process, and may deepen existing divisions within families. The collective costs at The Mediation Group would be much less, in terms of both money and the preservation of healthy personal relationships. Plus, you have the assurance that each session will be time-efficient and handled in a caring, respectful environment.
Divorce Mediation and Parenting Plans
TMG mediators help divorced parents negotiate their children's developmental changes or other issues, such as step-parenting, that occur in the years after divorce.
Post-Divorce Mediation
TMG mediators help divorced parents negotiate their children's developmental changes or other issues, such as step-parenting, that occur in the years after divorce.
Nontraditional Family Mediation
Mediation is particularly well suited for resolving conflicts arising from gay or lesbian family structures, an area in which the legal framework is often poorly defined.
Raising a Special Needs Child
The stress and conflict that is a normal part of all families is often exacerbated in families with high-needs children. The Mediation Group can support parents to develop skills in perspective taking, advocacy and communication.
Parent/Child Conflict Mediation
Mediation can provide support to both teen and parent and can model respectful communication, boundary setting and negotiation skills during this often difficult transitional stage.
Family Business Mediation
Tensions around navigating business decisions within the context of family dynamics can be very tricky, particularly when it comes to issues of succession. TMG's family mediators work with colleagues from both the legal and organizational practices to address the complex issues surrounding family business disputes, enabling families to work together productively through these challenges.
Retirement Mediation
This period in life requires a continuous process of emotional readjustment. TMG professionals can help the retiree and family members navigate this often difficult life transition.
Health Care, Elder Care and End-of-Life Decisions
Working through painful moments that come from an aging parent’s diminished capacity can be tremendously divisive for adult siblings, at a time when working together is so important for both the parent and the children. Mediation can be a valuable resource.
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