Dena Crane has a mediation practice called Creating Justice , Family and Divorce Mediation. It is based on 3 perspectives that can develope during a mediation. Insight , Compassion, and Response. " Mediation's potential transformative effects are that it can strenghten people's capacity to analyze situations and make effective decisions for themselves, and it can strenghten peoples capacity to see and consider the perspective of others. In short mediation is a process that enables people in conflict to develope a greater degree of self determination and responsiveness to others, while they explore solutions to specific issues." (Bush and Folger, 1994 The Promise of Mediation)

I was trained as a Community Mediator through Ulster Sullivan Mediation in 1995. I have been a mediator in Ulster County Family Court Custody/Visitation. In 1996 I took The Divorce Mediation Intesive with The Institute for Dispute Resolution of Seton Hall University Law School. I followed that up with many advanced Divorce Mediation trainings including Advanced Divorce and Family Mediation in the transformative mediation model. I am a facilitator of Alternatives To Violence Project and I have facilitated in many schools and prisons. I was the Ulster County Facilitator of the Rainbows Program , a peer support network for children and adults experiencing loss from death or divorce. I am a facilitator of the Positive Discipline Parenting Approach. I teach parenting classes through Mental Health Association and privately.

Professional Associations: Advanced Practitioner of the Association Of Conflict Resolution and a member of The New York State Council on Divorce Mediation.
I am also a member of the New York State Dispute Resolution Association.

I have had the pleasure of co mediating at Woodstock Mediation with Dan Schneider and look foward to being of continued service in the field of mediation.