Online Mediation & Mediator Training
Common Ground brings mediation online — live, confidential sessions for family, workplace, and business disputes — and trains the next generation of mediators through certified courses, live classes, and ongoing webinars.
Session status
Agreement reached
How mediation with us works
Mediation isn't improvised. Every session follows a deliberate process built to move both sides from position to agreement.
Secure video sessions with breakout rooms, so each party can speak privately with the mediator when needed.
Nothing said in mediation is admissible later. Recordings are never kept without written consent from both parties.
No court backlog. Most disputes get a first joint session within a week of intake.
Every resolution is drafted into a written agreement your lawyer can review and, where needed, file with the court.
“My job isn't to decide who's right. It's to get both sides talking about the same problem.”
About Common Ground
Common Ground started as a single mediation practice and grew into a platform because the same question kept coming up: who trains the next mediator? Today we run two things side by side — a live online mediation practice, and a training program for people who want to do this work professionally.
What we offer
For individuals & organizations
Live, confidential mediation for divorce & family matters, workplace conflict, business partnerships, and neighbor or community disputes.
For aspiring mediators
A structured path from fundamentals to certification, taught by practicing mediators, with supervised practice mediations.
Ongoing learning
Monthly webinars and skill-building classes on negotiation, difficult conversations, and specialized mediation practice areas.
Become a mediator
The course is taught in four stages. You move through foundational theory at your own pace, then train live — because mediation is a spoken skill, not a reading one.
View course pricingStage 1
Core theory, the mediator's role, neutrality, and the stages of a mediation session.
Stage 2
Active listening, reframing, managing high-conflict conversations, and running a private caucus.
Stage 3
Co-mediate live, low-stakes sessions with feedback from a certified trainer.
Stage 4
Final assessment and a certificate you can use to list yourself in our mediator directory.
In their words
“We went in barely speaking to each other and came out with a co-parenting plan we both actually agreed to. Three sessions, all online, no courtroom.”
R. Kapoor
Family mediation client
“The training program is the reason I felt ready to take on my first real case. The supervised practice sessions matter more than any textbook chapter.”
S. Fernandes
Certified through Common Ground, 2025
“Our business partnership was two weeks from a lawsuit. The mediator kept both sides focused on the business, not the grievance. We're still partners.”
A. Whitfield
Business mediation client
Pricing
$120/ 60-minute session
$320/ 3 sessions
Custom/ scoped by case
Questions
Mediation itself is a voluntary, confidential process — it isn't a court ruling. However, once both sides reach an agreement, we draft it in writing, and either party's attorney can file it as a legally binding contract or, in family matters, submit it to the court for approval.
Get in touch
Tell us what you're dealing with — a dispute you need mediated, or an interest in training — and we'll get back to you within one business day.