Mediation for Couples
Turn unhappy disagreement into satisfying cooperation
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What is Couples' Mediation?
It's not for deeply troubled marriages
• Family Mediation usually relates to separating or divorcing couples who wish to provide for the individual
and legal interests of each of the uncoupling partners.
It's not therapy.
• Couple's Therapy, on the other hand, is an attempt to surface and resolve enduring underlying conflicts
of married couples in order to facilitate their continued union and mutual happiness.
It is help from a skilled neutral.
• Couples’ Mediation is help for partners with a solid relationship who are, nevertheless, deadlocked on a
particular issue or issues. I can help you find agreement on issues that have seemed unsolvable and have
begun to cause hurt feelings. These issues can range from how long the in-laws stay with you for the summer
to financial disagreements. If your arguments are over small problems (but chronic) or large but immediate
problems, Couples' Mediation can be the best way to put these arguments away forever. And you will both feel
better about the problem and your relationship.
How does your mediation work?
• I help each of you list your personal interests (dreams) that underlie the issue at hand.
• I helps the couple identify their common interests at stake in the issue.
• We then work together to find a solution that meets your shared interests.
• I assist you both to identify ways of fulfilling individual interests with alternative strategies.
Read more about Don Johnson's experience.
The extensive research of Dr's. John and Julie Gottman, found that even those marriages that were long
lasting and successful had perpetual problems. I can help you come to an agreement on a "gridlocked"
disagreement that the two of you seem to be making no progress on. At the end of this process, you will both
have clarity about the problem and the solution. You will both be able to agree.
I help couples turn unhappy disagreement into satisfying cooperation. So you can focus on more
important things in your relationship like intimacy, friendship, and a rewarding life together.
Relationship Therapy St. Paul providing marriage counseling, couples mediation, treatment for trauma, depression, and anxiety serves the
following communities: Maplewood, Woodbury, North St. Paul, Saint Paul, Oakdale, Roseville, Stillwater, Hudson, Afton, Lakeville, and other
Eastern Suburbs of the Twin Cities, Minnesota and Western Wisconsin
Call 651-414-9793 to further discuss your needs. Don Johnson, a trained mediator, offers a 15-minute free
consultation to help you decide if mediation is right for you. Return to Home Page here.
Relationship Therapy St. Paul
413 Wacouta Street, Suite 550
Saint Paul, MN 55101
651-470-5174
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