work with an experienced mediator to

Move Forward, Productively

Ways to Work With Us

Conflict looks different in every situation. Sometimes people are ready to sit down together. Other times, the work begins with one person seeking a different way forward.

Individual conflict support

You don't need anyone else's participation to begin changing your relationship with conflict. Working one-on-one, we help you: understand what's happening, ground in your personal values and goals, explore ways forward, prepare for difficult conversations, and discover choices that may have been hard to see before.

Mediation

When people are able to talk to each other, mediation creates a space to have difficult conversations with the support of a neutral third party. We help participants understand different perspectives, discuss what matters most, and explore agreements that work for their specific circumstances.

“By the time our work together was done, I was able to show up to one of the most important conversations of my life — not with a script, but with genuine presence.”

-Seth, individual coaching client

Divorce Mediation

other marriages need help to end

Divorce or separation can be one of the most painful moments of a person’s life. Litigious divorce can traumatize the adults and children involved.

Equal potential exists for this transition to become a transformative, empowering experience - providing new insights and skills to navigate life’s storms.

I specialize in supporting people with the emotional, communication, and logistical aspects of parenting agreements. Every parent I know loves and wants to do what’s best for their children. I help people cut through the barriers of emotional flooding, lack of or misinformation, while facilitating interviews and providing support alongside other aligned, neutral, collaborative professionals, such as lawyers, Certified Divorce Financial Analysts, mortgage and real estate specialists, therapists, and divorce coaches.

Marital Mediation

Some marriages need help to stay together

It’s not unusual for people who have successfully mediated a divorce to comment “if we’d only learned to communicate like this earlier, we may not be getting divorced now.”

Mediation helps people work through frequent disputes, fight less, and connect more easily.

  • "Sarah didn’t just mediate an agreement; she helped me compromise, trust, and truly embrace the outcome."

    -Family mediation client

  • "Conflict Dispute Resolution, as mediation is sometimes called, is a highly complex and sensitive practice. Sarah's skill at helping her clients navigate the intimidating and often painful conversations between parties in a mediation is exceptional. I highly recommend her."

    Hal Gessner, Board Member, New York Peace Institute

Why I Work With Families

Have questions about mediation? Read FAQs to learn more.

  • "I have had the pleasure of working with Sarah on a professional basis for some time. She is an incredibly committed and dynamic mediator who has the ability to get her clients to focus on issues and make informed decisions about what's best for both the parties and their families."

    – Donna Petrucelli, Esq., founding member of APFM

Business and Community Disputes

The tools and processes of insight mediation work for many conflicts. I use these tools to help people reach agreements with neighbors, landlords or tenants, former (and sometimes future) friends, and to resolve business conflicts. Often clients find new understanding and connection. Sometimes, people gain greater clarity that litigation is their appropriate next course of action.

The result is self-determined. I facilitate the process.

Co-Parenting Mediation

in it for the kids

I mediate families in transition because I know that reducing conflict between children(s)’ caretakers will change the kids’ lives, for the whole of their lives. We all can feel the difference between peace and tension, and we know what a difference growing up in an emotionally safe place makes.

Peace isn’t always easy, but it’s possible. Click below to learn more.

Mediation for Organizations

WITH GREAT POWER, COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY

  • “Sarah brings a holistic approach to her work, looking at the big picture, not just solving small problems or putting on band aids. She was able to find insights and think creatively about how to build on the things that were working and how to tackle the things that were not.”

    – Megan Sheehan, Esq., Sheehan & Associates Law