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Cartoon Counsel: Try this for improving your ability to hold various points of view in conflict, making a decision, or puzzling out a problem

I learned several valuable exercises from the late Harry Sloan when I took from him a 10-day course in psychosynthesis. (The 10 days were a part of a two-year intensive I took in mediation from Gary Friedman.) For those of you not acquai...

In June: A course that will be valuable for mediators and anyone else working with conflict

As part of a two-year intensive I did many years ago with The Center for Mediation in Law, I attended a 10-day program in psychosynthesis taught by the extraordinary, gifted Harry Sloan. What I learned became an integral part of how I se...

Inspiring tribute to Harry Sloan, great teacher and gifted therapist

Many years ago, I took a 10-day psychosynthesis training as part of a two-year intensive in mediation. The intensive was with Gary Friedman, and occasionally Jack Himmelstein (both of whom wrote a great—maybe the best—book on mediation)....

Legal Highlight #5: Tim Birnie

The fifth Legal Highlight is my old friend and colleague Tim Birnie. I have known Tim for over two decades. He and I taught courses together at Hastings College of the Law, co-presented a symposium at an annual meeting of the American P...