Marvin Markowitz, PH.D

Directors
Roberta Markowitz, LCSW-R
 Marvin Markowitz, PH.D.
  
Oakwood Center
Established in 1977

Oakwood Center is deeply committed to
Providing quality services.
Our staff is professional well trained,
and experienced
 

Confidential Treatment
Adults, Children, and Adolescents
 
Free Consultation
Adults, Children, and Adolescents
 
We provide therapy in
Westchester, New York
(Pound Ridge and White Plains)

We are available
days, evenings, and weekends, 
by appointment only.
 
All inquiries are confidential.

What is Mediation?

Mediation is a voluntary, non adversarial, confidential, informal, and highly successful approach to resolving disputes. The mediator, a neutral third party, facilitates a process that enables the parties to resolve their own conflict, rather than have one imposed by an arbitrator or judge.
 
Mediation fosters a nonthreatening environment that allows both parties to fully and effectively express themselves and receive recognition. It can help disputing parties overcome rigid positions so that they can see their own interests more clearly. 
 
It is an empowering process that yields creative, win-win solutions, whereby both parties gain—there is no loser in mediation. While disputants often arrive at the table certain that no resolution is possible, they are frequently surprised at how sitting down with a neutral third party lowers the hostility and facilitates cooperative problem solving.  There is no need to assign blame or guilt.
 
Mediation is future oriented. Mediation agreements grow out of the perceived needs and values of the respective parties. Therefore, people feel more satisfied and better able to live with their agreements than is the case with more adversarial approaches.