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What Mediation Practitioners, Writers, Publishers, and Theorists Say About Narrative Mediation
"The narrative approach...focuses on a relatively neglected aspect of the mediation process — how the mediator helps the parties to alter their attitudes and perceptions... Narrative mediation seems to be most relevant for family, workplace, and community conflict in which interpersonal relationships are at the core of the conflict and emotions are strong... Mediators working within a transformative framework will find some things in common with the narrative approach... The two approaches, however, appear to be quite different in terms of how the mediation sessions are conducted and how the mediator intervenes to bring about desirable change."
- Dr. Susan Zaidel
Family Mediation News, Summer, 2002 (A publication of the Association for Conflict Resolution)
Reference: http://www.sulcha.coil/maamar_main_en.asp?maamar_id=112
"Narrative mediation brings together ideas of social constructionist theory, narrative therapy, and mediation. The framework is useful to me both as a practitioner and as a researcher."
- Dr. Jerry Gale
Director, MFT Doctoral Program, Department of Child and Family Development, The University of Georgia
"Narrative mediation is an innovative conflict resolution paradigm that is a revolutionary
departure from the traditional problem-solving, interest-based model of resolving disputes. The narrative mediation approach encourages the conflicting parties to tell their personal story of the conflict and reach resolution through a profound understanding of the context of their individual stories."
- Jossey-Bass publishers
"Winslade and Monk's book, Narrative Mediation: A New Approach to
Conflict Resolution is a must read for anyone in the field of conflict
resolution, and should be on the shelves of all conflict resolution
education programs. Narrative mediation is an important emerging direction
that no mediator should ignore."
- Catherine Morris, B.A., LL.B., LL.M., director of Peace Makers Trust, is a
lawyer with experience in the field of conflict resolution since 1983. A
former Executive Director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution at the
University of Victoria.
"Books which are a paradigmatic shift for reader are rare. Narrative
Mediation could provide such a new perspective for practitioners who are
ready for its message."
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2001
"Narrative mediation is not talking about social action; it is social
action."
- Peter Bowes, Practitioner, Edinburgh
"Therapeutic approaches to mediation? Who would dare suggest it! Into
a field long dominated by interest-based negotiation come some new ideas
from a different source: the social sciences. John Winslade and Gerald Monk's book Narrative Mediation explores the application of social
constructionism to mediation and may be a tough read for Fisher and Ury
aficionados, but it is a welcome one. There is no surer sign that the field
of mediation is maturing than our willingness to engage reflectively on our
practice and search for more meaningful ways to mediate."
- Fall 2001 ADR Report
"The goal of narrative mediation is to open up the stories in order
for the parties to start constructing a new story that allows consensus
rather than costly conflict. This goal applies equally in the commercial
dispute resolution field because essentially a contract is a commercial and
personal relationship on paper."
- Joe Grynbaum
ADR news letter for the Construction Industry
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