Irene Garvey Abenaki Mediation Services Email Us   Offices in Grafton, Carroll and Belknap Counties Phone: 603-744-7759

Irene Garvey is a New Hampshire State Certified Marital Mediator (CMM #84) and founder of Abenaki Mediation Services with offices in Grafton, Carroll and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire. She holds a Bachelor of Science and has six years of experience in divorce/marital, environmental, family, and workplace mediation.

Certification                       

• Transformative Mediator
• State of NH Certified Marital Mediator #84
• Victim - Offender Mediator

Mediation Experience

Irene provides various mediation services in New Hampshire including divorce, separation, parental and family, environmental, educational, work place, real estate, and contractor mediation.

Irene has successfully mediated numerous cases in her practice as a sole mediator as well as in collaboration with co-mediators. Irene is currently contracted with the Carroll, Belknap, and Grafton County courts as a court appointed mediator in New Hampshire. She is also a certified small claims mediator and a contract federal occupational health mediator.

Irene has also provided conflict resolution workshop training to families in Carroll County and is a Certified Juvenile Diversion Panelist.

Mediation Training

Irene's mediation training includes Divorce/Marital Mediation, Family Mediation, Court Based Mediation, Victim - Offender Mediation, Domestic Violence Awareness, Transformative Mediation, Court Based Mediation, Family Law Update and Advanced Mediation Skills Training. The following chronologically outlines Irene's training.

• 2005: Parental Rights and Responsibilities Act - Amoskeag Continuing Education         
• 2005: Small Claims Mediation – NH Administrative Office of the Courts
• 2005: Transformative Mediation – Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation
• 2005: Family Law – Amoskeag Continuing Education
• 2004: Court Evaluation & Court Based Mediation – NH Superior Court (Coos)
• 2004: Advanced Mediation - Alternatives: Center for Mediation & Training
• 2003: Domestic Violence Awareness for Mediator - Franklin Pierce College
• 2002: Marital Mediation - Alternatives: A Center for Mediation & Training
• 2001: Victim Offender Mediation - Carroll County Mediation Services
• 2001: Basic Mediation – Cheshire Family Mediation Services 

She has also received over 200 hours of applicable training in Ethics, Personality Disorders & Parenting, Mental Health Connections, Neutrality, Custody & Child Related Issues, Diversity, Sexual Harassment, and Divorce Agreement Communications.

Lastly, in July 2002 Irene successfully completed a sixty (60) hour supervised internship in Divorce Mediation during co-mediations of divorce and post-divorce cases with Dr. Olivia Ruel. Dr. Ruel has a Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in Mediation, is the Chair of the New Hampshire Marital Mediator Certification Board, and is the Director of a New Hampshire based Certified Training Program.

Mediation Evaluations by

• James Antes, Ph. D. – Fellow, Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation
• Sally Ganong-Pope – Certified Trainer and Co-Founder, Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation
• Dr. Olivia Ruel – Founder/Director, Alternative: A Center for Mediation & Training
• Attorney Gregory Martin – Trainer, Alternative: A Center for Mediation & Training
• Daniel Simon - Founder/Principal, Twin Cities Mediation
• Attorney John Cameron -  Founder/Principal, Mediate First  

Personal Mediation Goals

Irene is committed to providing a comfortable, safe and affordable approach to the divorce, post-divorce, and separation processes: ones that provide an environment in which to develop mutually agreed upon decisions regarding child, financial, and homestead related issues.

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

• Association for Conflict Resolution
• New Hampshire Conflict Resolution Association

Work Experience

      Present

• Sole Proprietor: Abenaki Mediation Services
• Contract Mediator: NH Administrative Office of the Courts, Family Division
• Contract Mediator: NH Administrative Office of the Courts, Small Claims Program
• Contract Transformative Mediator: Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation
• Contract Mediator: Federal Occupational Health
• Facilitator & Trainer: Conflict Resolution, Communities for Alcohol and Drug Free Youth and the Plymouth State University Community Counseling Center
• Conflict Resolution Trainer: Resolving Family Conflict Program, Appalachian Mountain Teen Project, Carroll County and Belknap County
• Volunteer Mediator: NH Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Bureau
• Volunteer Mediator: Belknap County Mediation Program
• Volunteer Mediator: Concord Victim-Offender Mediation Program
• Environmental Compliance Inspector: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

      Past

• 2001-2003: Contract Mediator, Carroll County Mediation Services
• 1993-1997: Environmental Compliance Staff, NH Department of Environmental Services

Education

• B.S. Plymouth State University, of New Hampshire (NH) summa cum lade (1993)

Irene grew up in a large Irish family in the Boston area and has resided in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire since the early 1980s. She currently lives with her husband Todd in Bristol, where they spend as much of their free time as they can outside.

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