Specializing in Parent-Teen Relationships

I am a certified mediator focused on helping parents and teenagers find peaceful resolution to the conflicts that separate them.

Both parents and teenagers long to be heard. Unfortunately, communication often breaks down in the face of everyday conflict over issues like chores, curfew, friends and activities. I teach and facilitate a process that helps families identify needs, develop strategies for peaceful resolution and formulate requests. Ultimately, families are able to come to agreement in ways that meet the needs of all concerned.

My classes help parents develop the communication strategies to create a more loving and productive dialogue with their children. Sometimes families need a neutral third party to facilitate this kind of dialogue. I am available for private family sessions in such cases. Based on principles of interest-based mediation and nonviolent communication this time-limited process is not therapy. It is intended to foster empathetic understanding and lead to practical solutions to everyday problems.

I primarily work with families in the Palouse region of southeastern Washington and north central Idaho. I would welcome the opportunity to work with your family.