Whether you are a mediator, collaborative professional (lawyer, family or financial professional) or a settlement minded negotiation lawyer, the Settlement Clinic has something for you. 

Family Dispute Resolution is the hardest work you'll ever love! It requires knowledge, skills, reflective practice and self-care. The Settlement Clinic provides the resources you need to spread the word about Collaborative Practice and Mediation, to grow your Settlement Practice and to be better and better at the work you do. The Settlement Clinic offers community where you can connect and gather with like minded colleagues in personal small groups where stories, successes and frustrations can be shared and learned from.

If you are serious about wanting to have a Settlement Practice and you are ready to actually make it happen, then The Settlement Clinic's one year program is for year. You will learn strategies on how to transition your practice into a mediation or collaborative practice and you will be supported to make it happen every step of the way.  For more information, see Growing your Settlement Practice. The next program starts in 2020.  

If you haven't had your collaborative training yet, we offer a 5 day entry level training (formerly 2 day (level 1) and 3 day (level 2)) in interdisciplinary Team Collaborative Training every spring and every fall. The Collaborative Team Trainers (Deborah Graham, Victoria Smith, Sheila Brown, Laurie Stein and Alison Anderson) are offering 5 days of entry level training in the fall of 2020. We are also offering a 3 day level 2 training on April 1, 2 and 3, 2020. 

Interesting in become a family mediator? Deborah has joined with accredited family mediator Christine Kim to offer the 5 day Fundamentals of Family Mediation every spring. The next course is April 22, 23, 24, 27 and 28, 2020. We also offer a 3 day Advanced Family Mediation course every fall. Our next course is November 4, 5 and 6, 2020. For more information go to The Mediation Training Centre. 

Is your Collaborative Practice group stagnating? Are your members wishing they had more collaborative files? The Settlement Clinic offers 1 and 2 day Strategic Planning Retreats for your practice group. See the Testimonials page to hear about the energy, hope, passion and results that came from recent The Settlement Clinic's Strategic Planning Retreats. 

And we offer customized trainings and workshops on:
Settlement Advocacy,
Negotiation Theory and Practice,
Mindfulness in Conflict,
Keeping Interests at the Table (even after the law is in the room),
Communication Skills,
Impasse Strategies, 
Collaborative Teams and Team Protocols,
Initial Consultations, 
Resistance is Futile (overcoming reluctance in self, client, spouse and spouse's lawyer) Difficult Conversations,
Support Staff training,
Mediation in Collaborative Practice.