Mediating Divorce, A Client's Workbook [Paperback]

Marilyn S. McKnight (Author), Stephen K. Erickson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0787944858 | ISBN-13: 978-0787944858 | Publication Date: December 18, 1998 | Edition: 1

Mediating Divorce is the most readable text on mediation thus far. The book really is a philosophical guide to divorce mediation and clearly spells out the elements and processes of divorce mediation. The book should have been written years ago and is destined to be a classic.
?Tan Ngoh Tiong, executive member, International Federation of Social Workers

Client's Workbook, contains helpful assessment tools and checklists, these 'take-home assignments' are an integral part to the mediation process.

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From the Back Cover

Mediating Divorce: A Client's Workbook is written for individuals who are divorcing and need a comprehensive resource and easy-to-understand guide for working through the divorce mediation process. Written by Marilyn S. McKnight and Stephen K. Erickson, two widely-known pioneers in the field of divorce mediation, this useful book will show you how to make the best choices while realistically addressing the many concrete and practical issues that must be confronted as you make the journey into your future.
This unprecedented hands-on resource offers you the help you need to create your own settlement without painful adversarial conflicts and includes
information about what you can expect during the mediation process:

• A process for handling the difficult emotional and psychological issues during divorce
• Strategies for establishing a parenting plan
• Specific steps for determining future living expenses
• Procedures for dividing property
• Guidelines for finalizing the Memorandum of Agreement

Mediating Divorce: A Client's Workbook is also filled with a wealth of helpful checklists, worksheets, budgets, homework assignments, and other useful forms.

About the Author

Marilyn S. McKnight, M.A. and Stephen K. Erickson, J.D. are founders, directors, and mediators with the Erickson Mediation Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. McKnight, a social worker, and Erickson, an attorney, have each served terms as president of the board of the Academy of Family Mediators. They have written numerous articles and books in the field including Practitioner's Guide to Mediation (Wiley, 2001).

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (December 18, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787944858
• ISBN-13: 978-0787944858
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,955,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephen K. Erickson, J.D. is a licensed attorney who works exclusively a mediator. Since 1977, he has mediated over 5,000 disputes in his private practice and trained thousands of new mediators in the US, Canada and England. He received the Bush Leadership Fellowship Award for the study of mediation in 1979 and is a founder and second president of the Academy of Family Mediators. He is well known as a mediation trainer and speaker, and has published numerous articles and books on the subject. In 1996, he and his partner Marilyn McKnight were awarded the Distinguished Mediator Award by the Academy for their outstanding contributions to the field of mediation. In 2007, he and his partner Marilyn McKnight were awarded a Certificate of Service from the MN State Bar Association in recognition of their distinguished service as valued contributors for the development and growth of ADR in Minnesota. Steve finished his three-year term as Board Member of the International Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) in 2005 where he also chaired the Taskforce on Mediator Certification. He and Marilyn McKnight have co-authored five highly successful books on mediation: Family Mediation Casebook (1988), The Children's Book (1992), Mediating Divorce: A Client's Workbook (1998), Mediating Divorce: A Trainer's Manual (1998), and The Practitioner's Guide to Mediation (2001). Steve has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas Law School in St. Paul, MN and at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN.

He is the current Chair of the Family Section of the ACR and also serves on the Diversity and Equity Committee. In May, 2011, he and Marilyn were given the Distinguished Mediator Award by the New York State Council on Divorce Mediation in recognition of their "their pioneering and sustained work in establishing the field of divorce mediation and their soulful dedication in helping families" over the last 35 years. He has also recently been appointed to the faculty at Augsburg College in Minneapolis, where teaches a course in the Master of Arts in Leadership Program.