Support and Development Groups

We conduct monthly Support and Development supervision groups in New York and Northern California.  In these small groups, participants have the opportunity to present cases they are working on for the group to explore the challenges that arise for conflict...

Sonoma County Superior Court Civil Mediation Program

Gary J. Friedman of the Center for Understanding in Conflict will be presenting a Court Mediation Panel Training with the Hon. William L. Bettinelli (Ret.) on January 15-16 & 22-23, 2011, from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM. This training is affiliated with the Sonoma County...

Choosing a Conflict Professional

If you are interested in trying mediation, it is important that you choose the mediator with care. In most states, there are no legal restrictions preventing anyone from acting as mediator, nor is any license required. Mediation is too new and ill-defined to conform...