FAMILY MEDIATION
SERVICES IN MARYLAND

Therapy-Informed Mediation & High Conflict
Communication Coaching by a Licensed Therapist

When family conflict escalates, traditional legal routes often fall short of addressing the emotional layers beneath the surface. At The Marriage Restoration Project, we offer family mediation services that are grounded in therapeutic insight. We offer support and relational healing, not just resolution.
Led by licensed therapist and certified Imago therapist Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin, our therapy-informed mediation combines emotional attunement with structured conflict resolution. Whether you’re navigating a high-conflict divorce, a co-parenting breakdown or a long-standing family dispute, we will help you move forward with clarity, calm and compassion.

What Sets Our Family Mediation
Services Apart

Unlike traditional mediation, our approach is therapy-informed. In other words, your emotional experience is just as important to us as the practical outcome. This makes our services especially helpful in high-conflict family dynamics, where trust is broken and communication has deteriorated or completely broken down. We don’t just mediate – we help heal.

OUR MARYLAND-BASED FAMILY
MEDIATION SERVICES

✔ High-Conflict Communication Coaching

If your arguments never seem to end or if you’re stuck in a toxic cycle, our high-conflict mediation helps to reset the tone. This service will help you identify triggers, defuse emotional escalation and work through unresolved pain in a structured, healing space.

✔ Sibling Estate & Family Business Dispute Mediation

Tensions often arise when navigating estates or shared responsibilities. We offer mediation in family disputes involving siblings or extended family, restoring cooperation, respect and clarity around sensitive decisions.

✔ Collaborative Law Support

If you’re in the process of a collaborative divorce, we offer collaborative law support that helps to complement legal mediation with emotional readiness. Therapist-led support can ease transitions and lead to more productive outcomes for all parties involved.

✔ Therapy-Informed Mediation Sessions

Our core offering at The Marriage Restoration Project. You’ll work with a therapist mediator who understands both relational dynamics and conflict resolution strategies. This is ideal for couples, adult family members or co-parents who need to rebuild communication.

✔ Pre-Divorce Mediation Therapy

For couples who have not yet entered legal mediation, we offer pre-divorce therapy to help emotionally prepare both partners for what lies ahead. This therapy aims to minimize hostility and foster cooperation, even in painful transitions.

✔ Co-Parenting Communication Coaching

If you are divorced or separated, our co-parenting mediation services help you create consistent, respectful communication habits that help keep your child’s wellbeing at the center, no matter how tense the relationship may be.

WHY CHOOSE A THERAPIST MEDIATOR?

Choosing a family mediator with therapeutic training means three things

1- You’re not just reaching agreement – you’re addressing why the communication broke down.

2- You’re learning how to manage conflict better moving forward.

3- You’ll be guided through difficult conversations with empathy, not just efficiency.

We understand the pain of family breakdown, and we’re here to help you navigate it. Not as adversaries but as people seeking healing.

FOR LEGAL PROFESSIONALS & COLLABORATIVE LAW ATTORNEYS

For any Maryland-based lawyer working with high-conflict clients, our therapeutic mediation services can help complement your legal work. We’ll help your clients to communicate more constructively, reducing emotional reactivity and creating smoother, more cooperative proceedings. Referring your clients to a licensed couples therapist who is trained in mediation can result in more efficient negotiations, reduced likelihood of court battles and long-term relational improvement for co-parents and family members. Let us support your efforts by providing your clients with the emotional tools that they need to move forward with clarity and with mutual respect.

GET STARTED WITH FAMILY
MEDIATION IN MARYLAND

Whether you’re an individual, couple or family navigating conflict or a legal professional seeking support for your clients, The Marriage Restoration Project is here to help. Our family mediation services are available in Maryland and online, depending on your needs and your location.

FAMILY MEDIATION SERVICES IN MARYLAND

Therapy-Informed Mediation & High Conflict Communication Coaching by a Licensed Therapist

What Sets Our Family Mediation Services Apart