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In-person available upon request

Mon – Fri: 9am – 8pm | Sat: 9am – 2pm

Coralville

Coralville: no conference room; therapy-oriented setting

Coralville: free parking

All issues relating to family and divorce as well as cases dealing with trauma.

Attorneys are more than welcome. I would ask to be notified prior to the mediation if an attorney will be present. I also ask that if one attorney is present that the other parties attorney is present as well.

Can be discussed in a open format during mediation or mutually agreed upon prior to meeting

I am a trauma-informed mediator which means that services can include education on the effects, prevention, and recovery of trauma. Visit my website for free information on trauma. I utilize mostly the facilitative style of mediation which includes being less directive, rarely providing my opinion, orchestrating the process, leaving outcomes to the parties, asking a lot of questions to encourage understanding, assisting parties to develop and evaluate their own proposals for settlement. I ensure the process is tailored to clients’ needs and I am process driven. I may also use the evaluative style of mediation which includes the assessment of strengthens and weaknesses and may give directives, my opinion or advice on occasion. Given the level of trust that develops between myself and the parties, the transformative style of mediation may occur which focusing on the party’s relational interaction, focusing on change in the quality of conflict, leading from behind with patience, and I may translate, reframe or reinterpret issues. Parties may also contract with me as a Coach and /or Child Care Specialist due to my Collaborative Law Coach Training as a Coach and Child Specialist.

The University of Iowa, Ph.D. December 2022 | Couple & Family Therapy Saint Louis University, Masters of Arts May 2012 | Counseling & Family Therapy Eastern Illinois University, Bachelors of Science Aug. 2009 University and Departmental Honors

Mental Health, more specifically Couple and Family therapy. I am a certified clinical and family trauma professional and very proficient in managing conflict and communication between parties. I am also a trained as a Collaborative Law Coach and Child Specialist. I am an anti-racist practitioner.

I have been practicing as a couple and family therapist since 2012 across a variety of settings and as a mediator since 2011.

English

$100 per party per hour. Screenings and prep session are required which is a $100 an hour. Services includes the expertise of a Collaborative Law Coaching and Child Care Specialist.