ANDREW KITCHENHAM  PhD

Today I want to discuss another mediation theory that concentrates on the clients’ conflict interaction and assists them in improving that interaction. Originally developed by Bush and Folger in the early 1990s and further expanded upon by other mediation theorists, it has become an effective theory in mediation and has been updated in their seminal work, The promise of mediation: The transformative approach to conflict (Bush & Folger, 2005). This post complements the discuss

Today I want to discuss one mediation theory so that clients can see that I have a particular theory that drives my work with the caveat that I use all theories like many mediation specialists. In subsequent posts, I will discuss each of the remaining three theories. When I consider the four main theories of mediation (facilitative, evaluative, transformative, and narrative), I am drawn to the facilitative mediation theory. Facilitative mediation appeals to me because of its