Narrative Mediation: A New Approach to Conflict Resolution

This volume aims to show how narrative techniques can uncover the true source of conflicts and provide lasting resolutions. The authors document how to build a trusting relationship with the disputing parties, map the effects of the history, and construct new solution-bound narratives.
In this groundbreaking book, John Winslade and Gerald Monk -- leaders in the narrative therapy movement-introduce an innovative conflict resolution paradigm that is a revolutionary departure from the traditional problem-solving, interest-based model of resolving disputes. The narrative mediation approach encourages the conflicting parties to tell their personal "story" of the conflict and reach resolution through a profound understanding of the context of their individual stories. The authors map out the theoretical foundations of this new approach to conflict resolution and show how to apply specific techniques for the practical application of narrative mediation to a wide-variety of conflict situations.