Innovative skills that rapidly and efficiently calm situations.

The Virtual Tranquilizer® for Mediators Use breakthroughs in brain function to work with highly emotional clients and calm volatile mediations. Using online discussion, videos and quizzes, this web-based course will equip mediators to work with lawyers or judges seeking a Virtual Tranquilizer® trained mediator. For certified mediators only.  Learn: Rapid deescalation skills To identify hidden opportunities for breakthroughs To take the guesswork out of mediator instinct Upon completing this course you will be listed in an online directory of Virtual Tranquilizer® trained mediators, so that lawyers and judges can readily find you.   Coming this August from the ABA Working with Emotional Clients: The Virtual Tranquilizer® for Lawyers Clients caught in the grip of emotions can be exhausting and time-consuming to work with. They can even ruin your case. This three hour video from the American Bar Association will take you from the interview to courtroom testimony and judgment, showing you how to work successfully and efficiently with emotional clients.  Learn: To get information clearly and efficiently from an agitated client How to keep your client from blurting out inappropriate information in depositions or on the witness stand Keep your client cool and professional during negotiations Keep opposing counsel from taking advantage of your client's emotional state   3 CLEs from the ABA. To order, visit the ABA webstore.    Available as presentation The Physiology of Stress: The Virtual Tranquilizer® for Judges Courts are seeing increasing numbers of pro se parties and lawyers under stress. Many of the attendant problems are actually symptoms of adrenaline overload. Pro ses or lawyers who make inexplicable mistakes, go blank or overreact, may be experiencing a brain malfunction. Learn to head off these problems clearly and efficiently.  This presentation has been televised state-wide in an ALJ conference co-sponsored by the State of Illinois General Counsel and the Chicago Bar Association. Sample video available on request. Learn: To recognize brain malfunctions that can disrupt your courtroom To get orderly information from agitated pro ses Practical steps to keep pro ses functional and coherent To recognize when your own stress reactions are triggered by events in your court

 

 

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The Virtual Tranquilizer®
     by Andra Medea