With
over two decades of experience, Carl D.
Schneider, Ph.D., our director, and the staff
of Mediation Matters, provide professionals
sensitive to the problems divorcing families
face.
Carl
D. Schneider, Ph.D
Currently
Director of Mediation Matters, Bethesda,
Maryland, Carl is a mediator uniquely able to
help clients not only to reach an agreement
necessary for the courts but also achieve a
sense of resolution in their divorce. A
registered psychologist, Marriage and Family
Therapist, and Fellow in the American
Association of Pastoral Counselors, he holds a
M. Div. degree from Union Theological Seminary
in N.Y.C. and his Ph.D. from Harvard
University. A Certified Mediator with the
Maryland Council on Dispute Resolution and
with the Supreme Court of Virginia, he is an
approved mediator for Howard County and Prince
Georges' County. Formerly he was Director
(1981-1989) of the Divorce Mediation Service,
a group practice of sixteen mediators in the
Chicago area. He also is a former member of
the Board of Directors of the national Academy
of Family Mediators (AFM). A Practitioner
Member and Approved Consultant of AFM and
Practitioner Member of the Association for
Conflict Resolution (ACR), Carl is author of
Shame, Exposure and Privacy (Norton, 1992).
Sharon
Pickett, M.A
Sharon
is a trained mediator who brings 30 years
experience in education and communications to
her role as a mediator. She holds a Masters
degree from Dartmouth College where she was
also a lecturer and Assistant Dean of
Students. Sharon has served as Director of
Communications for three national nonprofit
organizations, representing their issues to
the media, at national and international
conferences, and at the United Nations.
Currently President of Sharon Pickett &
Associates, she provides communications
consulting and mediation for clients
nationwide. She is a member of the Association
for Conflict Resolution and a certified
mediator with the Maryland Council on Dispute
Resolution.
Carl
D. Schneider, Ph.D
Sharon
Pickett, M.A