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Credentials of Stanley Posthumus MSW JD APM
Education – University of Natal, South Africa – US equivalents:
• MSW (Master of Social Work)
• JD (Juris Docorate)
 Affiliation:
• World Mediation Forum (WMF) - 2005 Member of the Steering Committee
• Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), previously (AFM) - Advanced Practitioner member
• New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM) - Advanced Practitioner member
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) - member
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) - Associate member
Conflict Resolution Experience:
• Stanley has run his private mediation practice since 1989.
• Successfully mediated hundreds of the most difficult kinds of family disputes – both private and Court referred clients
• Clients include ambassadors, senators, company executives and people from all walks of life
• Nearly all disputes settled and virtually no disputants return to litigation
• Many of those in divorce litigation reconcile spontaneously
• He has trained many professionals to be family mediators:
• Trainees include attorneys, psychologists, mental health professionals, educators
• Training includes basic and advanced mediation skills using hands-on and advanced video techniques
Legal Experience:
• Personal Assistant, (1983 - 1989) K. Swart & Co. Attorneys, Durban, SA.
• Specialized in Family Court conflict and juvenile offence cases
Counseling and Therapy Experience:
• Personnel Officer, (1982) Head Office, Local Govt., Durban, SA. Social work and administrative duties
• Family Social Worker, (1979 - 1981) Government Welfare Department,
SA. - 1981 Probation work with juvenile offenders and rehabilitation of
dysfunctional families. Officer, 2Lt, seconded to South African Defense
Force for two years as military welfare officer for troops and their
families in Namibia.
Mediation Workshops / Institutes at numerous conferences, including:
• World Mediation Forum: (WMF) Sardinia, Italy (2000); Buenos Aires, Argentina (2002)
• Administration for Children and Families, Working Together to
Strengthen Families Conference, Pacific Hub, Seattle, Washington (2002)
• Four universities, invited by Chief Family Court Judge McMahon New Zealand (2002)
• National Conference of the Children's Rights Council (13th), Bethesda, MD (2001)
• National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC) Atlanta, GA (2000)
• International Peer Helpers Association (NPHA) Boston, MA (2000)
• Conference for Peer Mediators (NCEF) Gorham, NH (2000)
• Academy of Family Mediators: (AFM) now (ACR) San Francisco, CA; Salt Lake City, UT 1998, 2000
• National Conference on Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution (1979); Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA (1999)
• NY State National Conference on Dispute Resolution: Rochester, NY 1998
• New York State Conference (sponsored by NYSDRA): Suffern, NY 1997
• Smart Marriages Conference (six states) 1998 - 2004
Visiting Lecturer:
• Focused Thinking Mediation. Numerous, including:
• Columbia University, New York, NY (1996)
• Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (1997)
• Albany Law School, Albany, NY (1997)
• Focused Thinking Masters level, Plymouth State, NH (1998 - 2001)
Advanced Conflict Resolution for high school and adult educators
• Professional Associations (numerous)
• Boards of Education (a few)
• Family Court Judges, Detroit, MI; Lansing, MI
• Legislature, Lansing, MI
• Leadership Development Institute, Madison, WI
Mediation Trainer:
• Focused Thinking, in South Africa, NJ, NY, NH, WI, MA 1989 – present
Independent Research:
• Tested and monitored effects of Focused Thinking Mediation on extremely high conflict cases in Family Court, Detroit, MI
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