Advanced Family Mediation Training
Online via Zoom
Trainer: Forrest “Woody” Mosten
Enhance your practice with this focused, advanced training led by Forrest “Woody” Mosten, a trailblazer in the field of family mediation.
This online training is designed for mediators, lawyers, therapists, coaches, financial and collaborative professionals who have completed at least 30 hours of Family Mediation training and/or have prior mediation experience.
In this highly interactive program, Woody will explore cutting-edge topics that deepen your skills and expand your toolkit as a dispute resolution professional. (Specific topics are highlighted below.)
Registration now open!
Date:
May 8 & 9, 2025
9:30AM – 2:00PM PT (12:30PM – 5:00PM ET) with 30 min break
Practicum May 23, 2025
9:30AM – 2:00PM PT (12:30PM – 5:00PM ET) with 30 min break
Tuition:
Advanced Family Mediation Training + Practicum
$995 – Standard Tuition
Advanced Family Mediation Training Only
$795 – Standard Tuition
Practicum – May 23, 2025
After learning about cutting edge Advanced Family Mediation Strategies through Woody’s lectures, power points and his live demonstrations, you will have the opportunity to have simulation practice of these strategies and debrief discussion during the Practicum two weeks later. Simulations will include difficult parenting and financial issues and complex personal relationship dynamics. The Practicum is open to all graduates of any Advanced MMT training, even from previous sessions.
Training Topics:
- Join Sessions v Private Sessions
- Caucus – Rationale, Mechanics, and Tips
- Preliminary Private Planning Sessions (PPP)
- Murray Bowen: High Emotion – Differentiation
- Closing the Mediation to Insure Informed Consent
- Limited Scope Mediation leading to a Litigation Freeze
- Preliminary Private Planning Sessions (PPP) focusing on Enmeshment Self-Assessment and New Partner Dating
- Smoothing Out the Bumps (Dealing with High Emotion by Parties with Mediator Applying Self-Soothing and Self-Confrontation)
- Parties Selecting Lawyer Together in Mediation Session
- Lawyer Disqualification Agreement if Mediation Terminates
- Presentation of Offers by Attorneys to Enhance Empowerment
- Use of Apology and Forgiveness
- High Level De-Positioning Parties by Highlighting Their Self-Interest
- Confidential Mini Evaluations for Mental Health and Financial Issues
- Mediator Settlement Proposals
MCLE, Family Law Specialization, and CE Credit Available: This Mosten Mediation Training course is approved by the California State Bar for 8 hours of California MCLE and Family Specialization participatory credit. Mosten Mediation Training is also approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (provider 75785) to sponsor Continuing Education and this training meets the qualifications for 8 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Professionals in other states can request credit approval from their governing organizations (credit is not guaranteed).
This is a live, participatory training delivered in a supportive, dynamic, and interactive online forum. Synchronous attendance and participation are required, and recordings are not available for makeup or review; see Mosten Mediation Training Cancellation and Attendance Policies (linked) for more information.
Accommodations: To request accommodations for disability, please email: brianna@mostenmediationtraining.com
Grievances: To obtain the grievance policy or to report a grievance, please email: brianna@mostenmediationtraining.com
Certificates: Mosten Mediation Training Course Completion Certificates will be awarded to those who completed the course and distributed after the last day of training, along with MCLE certificates (for attorneys), and CE certificates of attendance. Please note that mental health professionals are required to complete and return the CAMFT course evaluation form in order to receive the CE certificate of attendance.
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