Mediation
Resolve Relationship Problems Well
Personal • Family • Professional • Team • Organizational
If you are experiencing interpersonal difficulties that are endangering:
…consider mediation.
Mediation is the ideal solution for resolving relationship problems: communication, conflict, parenting, support, separation, divorce, co-parenting.
Working with a professional mediator–a professional “neutral”–who can help you mediate differences before they become irreconcilable saves you time, energy, anxiety, stress and money. It is the wise decision.
Engaging an un-biased, professionally-trained mediator allows each person involved to feel safe in the dispute resolution process: no special-interest pleading, no taking sides, no politics.
Mediation has its roots in both law and counseling. It is a valuable form of Alternate Dispute Resolution that can save you from litigation …and save your relationships, your team, your partnership and your business.
Each party is able to engage fully with the mediator and the process, and have equal input into the outcome. Mediated outcomes become agreements between and among parties that create a new basis of interaction. Mediation is a non-binding negotiation.
“Mediation is a powerful process for creating new pathways to successful interaction while putting old issues to rest.
The resulting settlements save the parties substantial time, energy, expense and stress.“I invite you to work with me because I know you will feel so much better about yourself, your relationship and your choices.
Couples who work with me are ready to bring their focus to their relationship. Whether they are seeking the peace to move towards one another, or seeking a peaceful, equitable way to move on from one another, it’s the wise way to determine the next best steps in your relationship. “
– Rhoberta Shaler, PhD, Peace Catalyst | Counselor | Mediator
Do not wait for a crisis!
This is a mistake many people make in their relationships.
Waiting for crisis mediation seriously complicates the issues. Emotions become high, and often, entrenched. Unnecessary stands are taken, held, and protected, often without understanding, clarity or honest communication. You can instantly see that mediation is the wise choice when it is clear that an issue is truly an issue and not a passing inequity.
If you have strong differences of opinion or values, or if you have very different temperament or processing styles, it is wise to invite that expert “neutral” to mediate your conversations. That will lead you to solutions, resolutions and agreements that will once again provide stability to the relationship, even if the mediated settlement is the decision to part ways. That, too, is stability.
Read Dr. Shaler’s blog post on Why Mediation is a Good Idea
Conflict is inevitable.
Combat can leave you dead right,
but, dead nonetheless!
Mediation creates clarity, communication & collaboration to live with new agreements.– Rhoberta Shaler, PhD
OUR MEDIATION SERVICES INCLUDE:
- Relationship Mediation • Marriage Mediation • Couples Mediation
- Divorce, Separation & Custody Mediation
- General Conflict Mediation
- Family Mediation
- Workplace & Team Mediation
- ElderCare Mediation
Call Dr. Rhoberta Shaler today, have a more peaceful tomorrow.
We can work in person in our office, in your office, at a neutral location in your community, or on the telephone.
Call us at The Optimize Center – 760.747.8686 or visit us at 350 W. 9th Avenue, Suite 101, Escondido CA

“Mediation is a powerful process for creating new pathways to successful interaction while putting old issues to rest. 






