Jewish Family Service of Rockland County, Inc.

Quality ~ Accountability ~ Confidentiality ~ Affordability

900 Route 45, Suite 2, New City, NY 10956 -- Phone: 845-354-2121 -- Fax 845-354-2928

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Mediation

Mediation Services

The mediation process is all about cooperation. In a successful mediation you have a win/win situation.

The mediation process teaches skills that discourage destructive anger and encourage communication, cooperation and negotiation. This is not a competitive process and does not look to find fault, cast blame or make a judgment. The mediator takes an active role in helping the disputants, but has no decision-making power.

Family mediation
Family conflict? Can’t solve a specific family issue? Let a trained third party professional help you and your disputing family members come to agreement in just one session.

All family issues are dealt with -- parent-child/teen, sibling, stepfamily, extended family, aging parent, estate issues, and post-divorce parenting issues.

Family mediation is not family therapy.
Divorce mediation
Want a peaceful divorce? Let a trained third party professional facilitate the terms of your separation or divorce agreement. Divorce Mediation is a strictly voluntary process that becomes binding only when the couple signs their legal separation agreement.

The divorce mediation process allows a couple to cooperatively work together to form a plan that will benefit their overall family. The divorce mediator is not an advocate or legal representative for either spouse, but works with the couple. By working cooperatively together and not speaking through attorneys, the couple can save several thousand dollars and millions of heartaches.

It should be understood that divorce mediation is not marriage counseling, nor is it intended to resolve the past conflicts that led to the decision to divorce or separate. The couple needs to accept their situation for what it is and put the past behind them to move forward and concentrate on the future.

A religious divorce is a prerequisite to JFS divorce mediation unless both individuals waive their right to this option.

Meet our Mediator