I recently came across a couple of training videos on transformative mediation produced by the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation. The first is an excerpt from What the Parents Know and shows Judy Saul, a fellow of the Institute giving a classic opening statement in the transformative model that focuses on the people having their own conversation that may open up space for greater clarity, sense of purpose, and openness to the other person:
The second video is an excerpt of an interview of Joe Folger, one of the co-originators of transformative practice, talking initially about the difference between finding ways to satisfy peoples’ needs over against supporting a conversation in which people take responsibility, deliberate, and make decisions about the subject of the conversation. He then goes on to describe a training course in transformative mediation:
