July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2012 (Wednesdays)
Sometimes, a resolution seems beyond grasp even when all interests and needs have been carefully addressed. This seminar series (four two-hour classes) provides advanced skills to those who have mastered interest-based facilitation. You will advance past the limitations of interests and needs to achieve extraordinary results in your facilitation of difficult cases – without resorting to rights-based methods.
This seminar series draws on the toolbox that you learned in the Facilitating Negotiations and Working with Clients workshop (offered March 2, 2012) so you can apply it with new skills in the most challenging high-conflict cases. (We will not be repeating the March 2 workshop in the seminar series.) Each seminar builds on what was learned during the prior sessions, and each is also designed to stands on its own for those unable to attend the full series.
While the curriculum for the series is still in development and therefore subject to change, the individual session topics are currently slated to be:
- July 11: “The Collaborative Professional in the Face of Conflict.” In the first seminar block we explore what gets in the way of professionals’ ability to work effectively and deploy their tools and skills during client conflict and ways to be effective even in the face of conflict. Faculty: Rachel Felbeck, JD, Anne Lucas, MA, LMHC, and J. Mark Weiss, JD
- July 18: “Working with Conflict Generators.” In this seminar block, we look at “conflict generators,” parties who are actively engaged in and create overt conflict, including those where one or both clients may be viewed as having a personality disorder. We explore how to effectively intervene with overt conflict to help the clients move towards reaching an agreement. Faculty: Rachel Felbeck, JD, and J. Mark Weiss, JD
- July 25: “Working with Disengaged and Disempowered Clients.” We continue our exploration of conflict by shifting to clients who are disengaged or disempowered. We look at the causes, and provide a researched and highly effective method to build client motivation. Faculty: Anne Lucas, MA, LMHC, and J. Mark Weiss, JD
- August 1: “Working with Clients’ Divorce and Conflict Stories—Making Sense of It All.” In the final block of our seminar series, we explore the conflict stories in a Collaborative case and their sources, and look at tools to help clients to create stories of agreement. Faculty: Anne Lucas, MA, LMHC, and J. Mark Weiss, JD
You may register for any sessions as you may wish. However, each session builds on the prior one, and some topics build from session to session.
Registration: 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. each class
Program: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. each class
Credits: CLE accreditation pending
Prerequisites: 12-hour Basic Collaborative Law training and 30-hour facilitative mediation training. Highly recommended: Completion of the Facilitating Negotiations and Working with Clients workshop (offered March 2, 2012) or the equivalent workshop from 2011.
Faculty: Rachel Felbeck, JD, Anne Lucas, MA, LMHC, and J. Mark Weiss, JD
Tuition: $80 per class. SAVE – $260 for all four classes
Location: Queen Anne Square conference room (second floor, 200 W. Mercer Street), Seattle
