Family Mediation: Contemporary Issues

Abstract

General Introduction PART ONE: BACKGROUND Family Mediation Practice and the Knowledge Base An Integrative Review of the Divorce Research Literature (Phases 1 through 3) Family Mediation Practice and the Knowledge Base An Integrative Review of the Divorce Research Literature (Phases 4 through 5) PART TWO: CLINICAL PRACTICE Therapeutic Family Mediation Practice Principles and Ecosystemic Processes Toward a Feminist-Informed Model of Therapeutic Family Mediation PART THREE: CHILD CUSTODY Shared Parenting Critical Review of the Research Literature Shared Parenting and Sole Custody A Complex Comparative Analysis PART FOUR: SPECIAL TOPICS Family Mediation and Ethnicity A Critical but Neglected Dimension of Practice Mediation in Child Protection Cases - Allan E Barsky Research in Family Mediation An Integrative Review PART FIVE: CLOSING THOUGHTS Thematic Issues and the Future of Family Mediation