Family Mediation is a constructive, non-adversarial, solution-focused way to resolve family issues which are inevitable with life's difficult transitions such as separation, divorce, parent/teen relationships, adult/children and aging parent issues. It can help to reduce the pain, time, and expense of finding solutions. A mediator, who is a professionally trained impartial third party, assists you and other involved family members in defining new relationships, roles, and responsibilities. While family mediation is not necessarily therapy, it is therapeutic as a means of resolving family issues. It provides you with an opportunity to face each other directly without risk while you identify and address the unresolved conflicts that get in the way of negotiating a successful agreement. Study after study shows that mediated agreements result in less litigation than do imposed court judgements.