The Enhanced Mediation Package
Most Australian mediators are trained in the facilitative model, and for good reason. It is practical, structured, and widely recognised. But facilitative practice is only one way of understanding conflict, and only one way of supporting people through it. When the conversations get stuck, when emotions run high, when there seems to be nothing concrete to add to the agenda, or when parties feel unheard despite your best efforts, it helps to have more than one lens to look through.
Why broaden your horizons?
- Because conflict is not one-dimensional.
- Because not every conversation fits neatly within a facilitative agenda.
- And because your clients bring complex stories, histories, and needs that sometimes require more than problem-solving techniques.
Here are a few ways these approaches expand your repertoire:
When you combine these approaches with your facilitative skills, your practice becomes more flexible and more responsive. You gain a wider range of strategies to meet people where they are. You can choose the right tool for the moment rather than fitting every situation into the same frame.
Who is this package for?
who feel they are repeating the same moves and want fresh ways to work.
who want a richer foundation from the start.
who senses that conflict has more layers than the facilitative model alone can reveal.
The value of studying both approaches together
Transformative and narrative practices share a deep respect for self-determination, story, and human complexity. Studying them side by side gives you a fuller understanding of what drives conflict, what helps people shift, and how to stay grounded as a mediator even when emotions run high.
Most mediators learn the facilitative model first. The great mediators learn multiple models and weave them into a practice that is adaptive, thoughtful, and creative.
This package gives you that opportunity.
