A mediator is defined as a third party who has no
decision-making power regarding the outcome of the mediation. I feel those who
major in communication should make good mediators because from what they have learned,
I believe they can keep an open mind, encourage cooperation rather than
competition, and should have learned that during mediating you must be unbiased.
Also, as said in the book, lawyers usually approach mediation the same way as
litigation. Furthermore, I feel with lawyers and psychotherapist, they must
choose a side either because they are defending someone or seeking truth
(lawyers), and are trying to increase an individual’s sense of his or her own well-being
(psychotherapist). For reasons like this I feel a lawyer and a psychotherapist would
find it hard to play the role of a mediator. Lastly when it comes to lawyers
and taking a dispute to court, the disputing parties are more likely to
cooperate because they have more of a say in the outcome of the dispute being mediated.
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