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What is the difference between commercial mediation and community-based mediation?

Mediation in commercial and community-based mediation should be conducted with full respect for the same rules and principles of neutrality. A mediator always stays out of content, does not provide solutions and keeps the process flowing. Mediation is focused on the future and allows the parties to move forward after they have resolved their issues. 

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What is the difference between facilitation and mediation?

Both facilitation and mediation involve an intervention by the third, neutral person(party) that has no decision making authority in the issue.

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I am trained in mediation but don’t have a lot of practical experience. Would you suggest I mediate a long lasting conflict in my family?

You did not specify if you had an invitation and mandate from you family members to mediate the case. If the answer to this is yes, then you have to ask yourself if you are up to the task.

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