Either we believe in God, capital punishment, and a woman's right to have an abortion or we do not. Mediation normally involves dealing directly with the other party. Some people find this too compromising, difficult, frightening, or painful and cannot or will not have their case mediated. However valuable, mediation is one form of dispute resolution, and it does not replace the need for a formal system of justice. As a new field, family mediation lacks licensure or registration.
Some people question whether it is or ought to be regarded as a separate profession.
Tuff questions abound. There is much debate about how to ensure adequate quality control. More broadly, there are questions about the ethics of bargaining and negotiating and about how to make mediation services available to people at all income levels. Divorce and Family Mediation. In the context of the social revolution in which American society averages one million divorces a year, however, the most rapid expansion of mediation services and the area most relevant to pastoral care is that of divorce and family mediation.