Many people believe that reaching a resolution is totally dependent on working only with professionals in the courtroom. In fact, there are other alternatives available, such as Mediation. Mediation, as I mentioned in previous episodes, is designed to help individuals, groups, or companies as an alternative dispute resolution service to assist in conflict resolution outside of court. Mediation is one option available for conflicting parties to utilize when they desire privacy, a sense of balanced control in the input of intervention formation, and need flexible assistance that can adjust to each party’s availability.