BRINGING TOGETHER PEOPLE IN CONFLICT BY TRANSFORMING EMOTIONS AND OPINIONS INTO SOURCES OF EMPATHY, CONNECTION, AND UNDERSTANDING
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Assessing the Ability to Participate in Mediation
May 22 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
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Your Next Steps: Launching Your Understanding-Based ADR Work
May 16 at 9:00 am - June 11 at 11:30 am PDT
West Coast
Working Creatively with Conflict: 40 Hour Basic Mediation and Conflict Resolution Training (West Coast)
November 5 - November 92026 SCPI Retreat: Conflict and Compassion (MEXICO)
January 24, 2026 at 3:00 pm - January 31, 2026 at 11:00 am PST
East Coast
24-Hour Basic Mediation Training (East Coast)
June 23 at 3:00 pm - June 26 at 12:00 pm EDTWorking Creatively with Conflict: 40-Hour Conflict Resolution and Matrimonial Mediation Training (East Coast)
June 23 at 3:00 pm - June 28 at 12:00 pm EDT16-Hour Advanced Matrimonial Mediation Training (East Coast)
June 26 at 3:00 pm - June 28 at 1:00 pm EDT
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Featured Articles
How Conflict Is Undermining Nonprofits—And What We Can Do About It
Nonprofit organizations are often described as the backbone of civil society—trusted to care for communities, elevate marginalized voices, and respond to needs where government or market systems fall short. But today, that backbone is under immense strain. Recent...
Embodied Conflict: The Neural Basis of Conflict and Communication by Tim Hicks
Tim Hicks’ Embodied Conflict offers a compelling and timely lens into how our brains and bodies participate in, perpetuate, and potentially release us from conflict. For anyone practicing or studying the understanding-based approach to conflict resolution, this book...
The Power of Understanding Can Help Heal Our Divides
There was a time when the very idea of people in conflict sitting down together—not to argue, not to convince, but to truly understand one another—felt almost impossible. When Gary Friedman and Jack Himmelstein introduced what became known as the Understanding-Based...
