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| Preface: From Adversary Lawyer to Mediator | |
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| An Introduction To Mediation | |
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| Choosing Mediation How to decide whether the process is right for you | |
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| An Inside Look at Mediation What goes on behind the closed doors-laying the ground rules, getting to the heart of the issues, uncovering solutions | |
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| Choosing a Mediator The questions to ask to ensure that you make a wise decision | |
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| The Cases | |
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| To Mediate or Not to Mediate Martin and Claire prove that for mediation to work, both parties must truly want to participate | |
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| Would I Lie to You? Honesty is a key to successful mediation, as Louise and Kurt learn the hard way | |
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| Implacable, Immutable, Inflexible Nick and Marie wrestle with the issue of spousal support-Nick would rather go to jail than pay it | |
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| Tell Me What to Do Mediation involves making sometimes-painful decisions for yourselves, a process that Annie and Roger would rather avoid | |
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| If I'm Not Yours, Who Am I? | |
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| Dennis and Mimi are at opposite ends of the Spectrum | |
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| He desperately wants to divorce | |
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| she desperately does not | |
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| The Deep Pocket Strikes Back Money is the issue for Becky and Eric | |
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| he's got plenty but would rather not part with it | |
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| A Case of Abuse Les and Christine discover that the legacy of physical abuse is not easily overcome and that violence and mediation don't mix | |
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| It's Your Fault Allison and Hank each blame the other for the failure of their marriage | |
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| The question is whether they can get beyond the attacks and reach a settlement | |
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| A Separate Grief Devastated by the death of their baby, Jake and Claudia can't even be in the same room together | |
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| But by mediating separately, they break the stalemate and begin to heal their wounds | |
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| The Balloon that Burst It takes only two sessions for Lainie and Tom to come to an agreement, but it all falls apart when Tom consults an outside lawyer | |
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| Too Early to Run Jim and Sally want to divide their property, arrange spousal support, and devise a co-parenting agreement all within a week-and they haven't even separated yet! | |
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| A Change of Heart Darla and Larry are on the verge of an agreement when Darla's deep-seated resentments surface and turn the mediation on its end | |
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| Afterword: Cause for Hope | |
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| Resources: A Guide to Finding a Mediator Near You | |
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| Index | |