The Service
Turnkey Rule 31 mediation for practices and courts
The Mediation-as-a-Service℠ model.
The problem Julie solves
For families
Tennessee law generally requires mediation in divorce cases, and it often comes at a stressful moment, in an unfamiliar office, with a stranger.
For counseling practices
Clients in a custody or divorce dispute pull their therapists toward roles therapists don't prefer: the go-between, the custody advisor, the witness.
For courts and attorneys
Cases most often stall over emotion, fear, and broken communication and not over the law.
Services offered
Family Mediation
Divorce, parenting plans, modifications and relocation, property and support, and Tennessee court forms.
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Family business and estate, contract, landlord–tenant, neighbor, workplace, and nonprofit disputes.
Learn moreDomestic Violence Cases
Private screening, separate-room formats, and the legal safeguards Tennessee requires.
Learn moreWhere We Meet
Partner practices, area courthouses, or secure video — and just about anywhere mediation works best.
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What makes this model different
Two disciplines, one neutral
A Licensed Professional Counselor and a Rule 31 Listed Mediator (Family and General Civil).
Domestic-violence training beyond the standard
The Family listing already includes four hours of domestic-violence screening; Julie's “Specially Trained in Domestic Violence Issues” designation adds a 16-hour ADRC-approved course.
Brought to where people are
Partner counseling practices, area courthouses (especially for DV cases), or secure video, with separate-room shuttle formats in every setting.
Turnkey for practices
Intake, safety screening, conflict checks, scheduling, the mediation, the written memorandum, Tennessee court forms, Rule 31 reporting, and billing the parties — all handled by Julie.
Ethics built into the model
No referral fees, no gifts, no exclusivity or non-compete terms, written conflict disclosures, and records kept separate from any practice's clinical records.
How it compares
| Feature | Standard mediation referral | Mediation-as-a-Service℠ |
|---|---|---|
| Where it happens | The mediator's office, usually unfamiliar to the parties | Your practice, an area courthouse, or secure video, chosen after screening |
| What the practice does | Hands the client a name; the client leaves | Refers; keeps continuity of care; optionally provides a room |
| Who handles logistics | Varies; often the client or counsel | Julie: intake, screening, scheduling, sessions, memorandum, court forms, reporting, billing |
| Domestic-violence screening | Rule 31 Family minimum (4 hours of training) | Private screening of every party by a mediator with 16 additional ADRC-approved hours |
| High-conflict handling | Depends on the mediator | Trauma-informed pacing, de-escalation, shuttle format in every setting |
| Parenting plans | Schedule-focused | Grounded in child development and attachment, with Tennessee court forms completed |
| Clinician's role | Often pulled into go-between or witness roles | Stays the clinician; mediation records kept separate |
| Cost to the practice | — | None; Julie bills the parties directly; no referral fees either way |
| Lock-in | — | None; no exclusivity or non-compete terms |
Where it happens
Standard mediation referralThe mediator's office, usually unfamiliar to the parties
Mediation-as-a-Service℠Your practice, an area courthouse, or secure video, chosen after screening
What the practice does
Standard mediation referralHands the client a name; the client leaves
Mediation-as-a-Service℠Refers; keeps continuity of care; optionally provides a room
Who handles logistics
Standard mediation referralVaries; often the client or counsel
Mediation-as-a-Service℠Julie: intake, screening, scheduling, sessions, memorandum, court forms, reporting, billing
Domestic-violence screening
Standard mediation referralRule 31 Family minimum (4 hours of training)
Mediation-as-a-Service℠Private screening of every party by a mediator with 16 additional ADRC-approved hours
High-conflict handling
Standard mediation referralDepends on the mediator
Mediation-as-a-Service℠Trauma-informed pacing, de-escalation, shuttle format in every setting
Parenting plans
Standard mediation referralSchedule-focused
Mediation-as-a-Service℠Grounded in child development and attachment, with Tennessee court forms completed
Clinician's role
Standard mediation referralOften pulled into go-between or witness roles
Mediation-as-a-Service℠Stays the clinician; mediation records kept separate
Cost to the practice
Standard mediation referral—
Mediation-as-a-Service℠None; Julie bills the parties directly; no referral fees either way
Lock-in
Standard mediation referral—
Mediation-as-a-Service℠None; no exclusivity or non-compete terms
Value for each partner
- Offer a Rule 31 mediation service without hiring, training, or credentialing anyone.
- Keep clients connected to a setting they already trust.
- Protect your clinicians from dual roles.
- A written, fair-market partnership with no lock-in.
What Julie does not do
- Does not decide or impose outcomes.
- Does not give legal advice.
- Does not provide counseling or therapy to the parties during mediation.
- Does not serve as custody evaluator, expert witness, or advocate.
- Does not mediate for her own current or former counseling clients.
- Does not accept referral fees or outcome-based fees.