Effective Mediation

Seasoned mediator Donald Saposnek has revised and updated his classic primer which offers the most current information on issues and procedures concerning child custody mediation and includes important updates on new research and laws. Using metaphors drawn from Aikido, Saposnek's compassionate book offers guidance for developing the essential therapeutic skills and mediation techniques that will help solve difficult problems and create cooperation.

DONALD T. SAPOSNEK is a clinical-child psychologist, director of Family Mediation Service of Santa Cruz, California, and a psychology faculty at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is on the editorial boards of the Mediation Quarterly and the Family and Conciliation Courts Review, and he is the editor of the Academy of Family Mediators' Mediation News.