Whats Happening [02.14.12]

Guest blogger Ashok Panikkar On The Right To Offend

Posted by Brad Heckman- When mediators and peace builders remain neutral about free speech issues, we become unwitting accomplices to those who wish to restrict individual human rights and freedom of expression, two key concepts without which democracy is rendered meaningless.

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Myth #3: Broadcast, Broadcast, Broadcast

By Jason Dykstra

Carl Rogers, the First Transformative Mediator?

Posted by ISCT by Dan Simon - The founder of humanistic psychology, Carl Rogers, believed that empathy, genuineness, and unconditional positive regard were necessary and sufficient to effectuate positive change in his clients. It was not necessary, and probably not even helpful, as he saw it, for the therapist to advise the client what to do next. Dorothy Della Noce, in her chapter "The Case for Transformation: A Review of Theoretical and Empirical Support" in...

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Does Your Beard Make You A Better Mediator?

Posted by Jeff Thompson- Have some fun with the collection of nonverbal communication research I gathered below. What are your thoughts on the differences between men and women? How does this apply (or not apply!) to the mediation profession? I think all of us, whether we are short men, men with beards or attractive women (and everyone else!), we can drawn on personal reflections that relate to each of these.

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