Mediation
When conflict arises, the path to resolution lies in understanding -
not just the facts, but the human needs and values at its core.
When relationships falter or fall apart, most people feel mental, emotional, and physical distress. They want ease and wellbeing returned to their lives. Some may also desire reconciliation and cooperation.
Yet the legal system often exacerbates conflict, separation, and uncertainty. With attorneys arguing their case as forcefully as they can, conflict turns into financial and emotional warfare. Both sides lose sleep, and there are ripple effects of the stress in other areas of their lives, like at home and at work. It’s a painful irony that we think we can fight our way to peace.
Even if you don’t find yourself in the legal system, most of us were not taught how to resolve conflict effectively. It’s challenging to express our own needs while caring for the connection with another. Peace, connection, and cooperation can seem elusive, while hurt feelings, frustrations, resentment, and misunderstandings prevail.
Haley Morrisson, a former attorney turned mediator and trainer in compassionate communication, offers a different path forward.
She supports those in relationship – whether its personal or professional – to reach a level of deep mutual understanding and create enduring agreements that serve the needs of everyone involved.
Haley’s approach to mediation is quicker, more economical, and more sustainable than litigation and is suitable even in emotionally intense and complicated situations. Most importantly, clients can move on with their lives. In situations where the relationship is coming to an end, such as divorce or the end of a business partnership, clients can let go of resentment and hostility and enjoy mutual understanding and even warmth. For those who continue in relationship, there is the possibility of reclaiming and improving the quality of connection that so enriches our lives and workplaces.
Testimonials
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Haley was like a gentle light that illuminated my feelings and needs and helped me see those of my friend as well. Her patience and spaciousness allowed calm and safety to flow around me. I felt complete trust in her during the mediation process. I would have been really overwhelmed to attempt to work through the conflict without her there.
Alathea
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Haley facilitated one of the hardest conversations I have had in my life. I was holding so much grief inside over a deep misunderstanding with a best friend. Having Haley as a third party in our discussion made all the difference in allowing our emotions to be modulated and paced for comprehension. I would highly recommend her to mediate any situation that is challenging to sit with.
Lori Weber
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I had the pleasure to meet Haley as a fellow student of a very special approach to mediation that utilizes Nonviolent Communication. Having practiced regularly with her during and after our training, I've admired Haley's capability at embodying both the techniques that we were taught as well as the spirit of this unique approach, which I understand as a conscious and compassionate desire to help all parties meet their specific needs during the mediation process. Haley helps all parties understand and express what is important to them in a way that the other party can comprehend and appreciate. I also received the gift of her skills firsthand when she mediated a real-life session that involved myself. I was astounded at her ease and skill, as well as her profound care for all parties involved, and was very grateful for the result of her work. These experiences allow me to whole-heartedly recommend Haley Morrisson as a mediator for anyone who wishes to resolve a conflict in their life, regardless of the size of that conflict. Her dedication to finding a resolution that can be embraced by all parties makes Haley my first choice for any future mediation needs.
Dave Olsen