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Louise Phipps Senft, voted “Baltimore’s Best” Mediator by Baltimore Magazine 2002 and named one of “Maryland’s Top 100 Women” for the year 2004 and 2007 and 2009 by The Daily Record, and inducted into Maryland’s “Circle of Excellence” for... More »
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Upcoming Training and Workshops Open to Registration Now
Interested in getting your mediator certificate, your continuing education credits or meeting like-minded professionals? Click here for a complete listing of our 2013 mediation and conflict transformation programs. More »
Every summer Baltimore Mediation welcomes professionals from a wide range of fields, to turn their focus inward and discover the relational approach to conflict. The focus is placed on self-awareness, personality assessment tools and personal development challenges, and how they all relate to the way we view and act in conflict. More »
Welcome!
A MESSAGE FROM BALTIMORE MEDIATION’S FOUNDER, LOUISE PHIPPS SENFT
Baltimore Mediation was established in 1993 by Louise Phipps Senft as the first mediation firm in the State of Maryland with all services from a transformative approach. Our process is intentionally relational – a better process .. for a better outcome. Whether mediating a conflict between two people or a group, facilitating a difficult conversation for a department or board of directors, or designing a strategic planning process for a management or executive team, Louise and the Baltimore Mediation team are expert dialogue brokers who bring about authentic breakthroughs resulting in more informed decision making and unimagined satisfying outcomes. Reach us by phone at 443-524-0833 - Monday – Friday - 9am -530pm Eastern.
For eighteen years, the consultants at Baltimore Mediation have been in the day-to-day business of mediating interpersonal and multi-party disputes and facilitating divergent group dialogue, and providing the highest quality training and mentoring in conflict transformation and mediation. We are among the leadership in our profession and have a number of trainings immediately available for open registration.
Our emphasis is placed on quality dialogue as a pathway to common ground and greater understanding in relationship disputes. Along the way, problems get solved, healing occurs and parties gain clarity in decision making. That is the beauty of the transformative approach to conflict resolution and we specialize in making the conversation happen.
Upcoming Trainings and Workshops
Are you interested in getting your mediation certificate, obtaining your continuing education units, or simply connecting with a group of like-minded professionals over cutting edge issues in mediation, conflict transformation and negotiation?
Divorce
MEDIATION WORKS FOR DIVORCING COUPLES OR FAMILIES
People facing the difficult decision to divorce, or the painful experienceof having the other spouse choose an unwanted divorce, can realize important benefits from mediation. The mediator facilitates meaningful dialogue and informed decision making about difficult and often complex issues surrounding a decision to divorce.
Basic Mediation Skills I
Annually, Baltimore Mediation offers three separate and different basic trainings, all of which can be taken in any order and combination in February, June, or October to satisfy the equivalent of 40, 60 or 80 hour mediation training requirements. See Basic Mediation Skills II; Basic Mediation Skills III.
Basic Mediation Skills I: Mediator Self-Awareness and Third Party Intervention
| Description: | Basic 20-hour mediation and conflict transformation and resolution theory and skills course with a focus on mediator self awareness and third party intervention, with certification for circuit court mediators and for daily use and practice. The course emphasizes the following:
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| Dates: | Wednesday, June 19 (5pm -9pm), Thursday, June 20 (9am-5:30pm), Friday, June 21 (9am – 5:30pm), 2013 |
| Trainers: | Louise Phipps Senft, Esq. |
| Location: | The Inn at the Colonnade, 4 W University Pkwy, Baltimore, MD 21218 |
| Course Fee: | $795 |
| What’s Included: | 20-hour certificated courses held over a period of three consecutive days (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), training manual and materials. |
