work with an experienced mediator to

Move Forward

cope with conflict

with the help of a skilled mediator

When we sense a threat, our brains quickly flood our bodies with adrenaline to prepare for action (the ‘fight or flight response’).

It’s hard to communicate skillfully or make good plans in that state of mind.

It’s easy to do damage instead.

I help clients de-escalate, align with their values and interests, connect with their power, and practice more successful approaches to getting what they want.

Divorce Mediation

other marriages need help to end

Divorce or separation can be one of the most painful moments of a person’s life. Litigious divorce can traumatize the adults and children involved.

Equal potential exists for this transition to become a transformative, empowering experience - providing new insights and skills to navigate life’s storms.

I specialize in supporting people with the emotional, communication, and logistical aspects of parenting agreements. Every parent I know loves and wants to do what’s best for their children. I help people cut through the barriers of emotional flooding, lack of or misinformation, . I facilitate interviews and support with other aligned neutral collaborative professionals, such as lawyers, certified divorce financial analysts, mortgage and real estate specialists, therapists, and divorce coaches.

Marital Mediation

Some marriages need help to stay together

It’s not unusual for people who have successfully mediated a divorce to comment “if we’d only learned to communicate like this earlier, we may not be getting divorced now.”

Mediation helps people work through frequent disputes, fight less, and connect more easily.

  • "Conflict Dispute Resolution, as mediation is sometimes called, is a highly complex and sensitive practice. Sarah's skill at helping her clients navigate the intimidating and often painful conversations between parties in a mediation is exceptional. I highly recommend her."

    Hal Gessner, Board Member, New York Peace Institute

Why I Work With Families

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  • "I have had the pleasure of working with Sarah on a professional basis for some time. She is an incredibly committed and dynamic mediator who has the ability to get her clients to focus on issues and make informed decisions about what's best for both the parties and their families."

    – Donna Petrucelli, Esq., founding member of APFM

Business and Community Disputes

The tools and processes of insight mediation work for many conflicts. I use these tools to help people reach agreements with neighbors, landlords or tenants, former (and sometimes future) friends, and to resolve business conflicts. Often clients find new understanding and connection. Sometimes, people gain greater clarity that litigation is their appropriate next course of action.

The result is self-determined. I facilitate the process.

Co-Parent Mediation

in it for the kids

I mediate families in transition because I know that reducing conflict between children(s)’ caretakers will change the kids’ lives, for the whole of their lives. We all can feel the difference between peace and tension, and we know what a difference growing up in an emotionally safe place makes.

Peace isn’t always easy, but it’s possible. Click below to learn more.

Mediation for Organizations

WITH GREAT POWER, COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY

  • “Sarah brings a holistic approach to her work, looking at the big picture, not just solving small problems or putting on band aids. She was able to find insights and think creatively about how to build on the things that were working and how to tackle the things that were not.”

    – Megan Sheehan, Esq., Sheehan & Associates Law