Culture has a huge impact on conflict in family relationships.  In my work with couples and families, I have seen issues of culture play a large role in how parties interact and communicate. 
Within a marriage context, culture can often divide a couple when it comes to issues of extended family.  Many cultures expect the oldest [...]

Mediation empowers participants.  It gives them responsibility and control over the issues and outcome.  The mediation process is private and confidential.  It allows the parties to move beyond surface issues in disputes and address underlying issues and problems.  Parties can hear and discuss one another’s side of the story during mediation.
In elder care matters, mediation [...]

Mediation is a process in which people meet in a private, confidential setting to work out a solution to their problem with the help of a neutral person, the mediator.  The mediator does not decide who is right or wrong and does not force the disputing parties to reach agreement or to accept particular terms [...]

As our population ages, many families are faced with the daunting and overwhelming task of caring for aging parent(s). Family relationships are sometimes complicated and less than ideal. Siblings may have old wounds/hurts from the past that can surface when trying to work together around the issues of elder care. Did Mom favor one sibling [...]