| Home Page of the Shared Concern method (SCm) |
April
14th 2001
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Therapeutic mediation as an expression of
Shared Concern method
| Therapeutic
mediation comes from the Shared Concern method. (SCm)
The participants of the training course begin by writing down their own ideas on conflict mediation. These ideas are roughly the same for UN officials in Geneva and students in Russia and Sweden, reflecting two archetypes. The dominant one is that of a judge-king. The preferred one is that of a "shared solution facilitator". Understanding the archetypes is immediate; the method of releasing the archetype of a "shared solution facilitator" needs training. Differentiating between
therapeutic
What is meant by "archetypes"
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Learning therapeutic mediation
in accordance with the Shared Concern method (SCm)
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The
Shared Concern method:
The mediator holds relaxed separate talks with the parties reinforcing the tiniest concerns they can share with the other party. The line is: from-shared-concern-to-shared-solution. The mediator does not start a joint meeting before a shared solution is likely. The mediator does not close the meeting before the parties have stated what should be done if any of them should transgress the peace agreement. We train this in courses of therapeutic mediation. Video recordings from role plays of previous courses and of the participants' own performances are anlysed. In four week courses the participants become skilled in fulfilling their own ideals of mediation. Can participants of a four day course achieve the same if they prepare the course by reading this home page? |
