The Myth of Mediation Neutrality: The Psychoanalytic, Phenomenological, and Linguistic-Structural Approach to Mediation - Paperback

by Kevin Boileau Ph. D. (Author)

The traditional view is that a mediator is a neutral, third party who helps two or more conflicting parties cooperatively resolve their differences. The implication has always been that a mediator facilitates in a dispassionate, uninvolved way. However, if we utilize new insights about the nature of the human mind, we can see how acknowledging unconscious phenomena may alter our assumptions about sound mediation methodology. This book explores the heart of this issue.

Author Biography

Dr. Kevin Boileau, is an international lawyer, mediator, and psychoanalyst and the Managing Partner of the mediation firm of Boileau Conflict Solutions. Dr. Boileau is Executive Director of the Existential Psychoanalytic Institute of North America, the Interim Director of BCS Dispute Resolution Research, and is activly involved in the mathematics of game theory, the applied psychoanalysis of conflict, and international family law mediation. Dr. Boileau is also Professor of Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory at a number of intitiutions of higher learning and lives in both San Francisco and Missoula.