IMI Credentials
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Current Position & Background
PASCAL COMVALIUS, MSC is an IMI-Certified Mediator, a MFN Registered mediator, a Certified Hostage /Crisis Negotiator and a Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper. He followed mediation trainings in the USA and Holland, completed an internship at Erickson Mediation Minneapolis, USA and received the hostage negotiation training from Mark Lowther and Jack Cambria PATC, USA. Mister Comvalius also completed the level I-IV training in “Kinesic Interviewing and Interrogation” in the USA under the guidance of Stan Walters. He obtained a Masters Degree in “Communication, Behavior and Credibility analysis” at the Manchester Metropolitan University under the supervision of Dawn Archer. Pascal practices and teaches mediation and negotiation in the USA, Europe, Middle East and Asia. Mister Pascal taught a special 40-hour family mediation course at the Supreme Court of Singapore as well. He is specialized in family/divorce and criminal law mediation. Sharing his knowledge and skills with students is important to him. especially when acting as a judge during mediation/negotiation competitions. He is guest lecturer at the Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, India. He is the former vice-president of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators (APFM) in the USA, is co-chair of the IMI appraisal committee and a member of the ISC Executive Committee of IMI.
Practice Areas
Criminal Law / Restorative Justice, Family, Divorce, Community and Business
Mediation Style
Client Centered Mediation. This is a style where we let our clients make decisions about their own future. It empowers them to make decisions on their own. It leads to understanding of the needs of both parties and encourages communication between the two. The mediator helps to guide the parties through the whole mediation process.
Mediation Experience
Pascal has mediated over 600 cases since 2008, in the areas of commercial, workplace and family and criminal law disputes.
Mediation Education
MTI basic mediation training
MTI workplace mediation training
MTI Mediation and the Enneagram
Erickson Mediation Institute Family & Divorce Training
Erickson Mediation Institute Domestic Violence and Abuse Training
Erickson Mediation Institute Internship
Stan Walters: Kinesic Interview & Interrogation Level 1 – 4
Hostage Negotiation training PATC level 1 – 3
Teaching & Mentoring
Teaching mediation and negotiation skills around the globe. Acting as a coach for mediation and negotiation competitions. Guest lectures at various Universities. Visiting Faculty Member Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, India.
Mediation Publications
Affiliations
Chair of Appraisal Commitee IMI
Boardmember Ex-Curia International, India
Boardmember Moot Court Bench,Sri Lanka
Former Vice – President of the Academy of Family Mediators
Former Committee Chair of the Communications Group at APFM
Former Committee Chair of the International Group at APFM
Former Member Board Of Standards IMI
Code of Conduct
Complaint Process
IMI Profesional Conduct Assesment Process
MFN Mediation Rules and Code of COnduct
Each complaint should be addressed to Erickson Mediation Institue first where we try to solve the complaint. If this is insufficient, a mediator should be appointed to solve the issue.
Professional Indemnity Insurance
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