Collaborative Mediation Services

What you Need to Know to Best Help Your Client Now Speakers: Mary Atwater, Psy.D, LLC, Licensed Psychologist, Executive Coach, Athena Morrow, LCPC Manager Behavioral Health & Crisis Services; and Honorable Marina Sabett, District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County. Competency, Not Criminally Responsible, Mental Health Court, Involuntary Admission, Emergency Petition, Advance Directives for Mental Health, FACT team, JCAP, 8-507 Orders, etc. are all concepts/terms with which you may be familiar. The question is, however, how might these things apply…

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July 19, 2018 Dr Mary Atwater successfully completed the Mediator Apprentice, Day of the Trial Program for the District Court of Maryland.

Tuesday May 8, 5:30 to 8 pm. Bar Association of Montgomery County Mental Health Interventions: What You need to Know Speakers: Dr. Mary Atwater, Jeffrey Hammond, Esq. of Hammond and Associates, LLC; and The Honorable Marina L. Sabett of the District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County. Competency, Not Criminally Responsible, Mental Health Court, Involuntary Admission, Emergency Petition, Advance Directives for Mental Health, etc. The panel will provide some practical information on dealing with your client’s mental health issues both…

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Ever wonder What Gets in Your Client’s Way? Mary Atwater, Licensed Psychologist, will speak to that question in her presentation: Flexible Thinking in the Mediation Process: An introduction to the new discipline of Neuro Economics Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution February 28, 2017 7 – 8:30 pm Location: Silver Spring Civic Building-Ellsworth Room Silver Spring, Maryland 21401

September 12, 11:30 am to 1 pm, Dr Atwater Presents “Using ACT Skills to Support Healthy Family Systems” Alvord Baker Monday September 12, from 11:30 to 1 pm.

May’s meeting will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Dr. Mary Atwater, will give a presentation on “How the Ladder of Inference Can Soften ‘Impasse’ and Bring Each Client a Greater Understanding of the Other Party’s Perspective”.