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manousso_new_logo7 Become a Professional Mediator – Headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA, since 1993

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There are many answers below with training dates and fees.  Or call!

Click here for tuition and special discounts, like our early bird and active college student discounts. Or call, Dr. Barbara Manousso at 713/557-1010.  Email is mediation@Manousso.us

ZOOM live: Our trainings are interactive/real time ZOOM training and fun online.  Call us at (713)557-1010 text/talk!

Since 1993, we have offered the best in the world-wide mediation training with applauded ADR leadership.  Our lecturers are active mediators and arbitrators, ADR leaders, practitioners, academics, theorists, and authors with quality credentials and admired professional standing.  The staff of Manousso Mediation and Arbitration, LLC: Solution2Conflict are actively engaged worldwide.

Have you listened to Manousso Musing on PodCasts or YouTube?  Meet the Titans of Mediation with Dr. Manousso.

Before you register for any training, make sure that your trainers meet the qualifications for, and are members of, professional mediation organizations, such as the Texas Association of Mediators, Texas Mediators Trainers Round Table (TMTR) and the Texas Credentialing Association, or you won’t be getting a quality training.  Your trainers must be actively involved in practice and professional development!

Manousso Mediation and Arbitration, LLC. is an accredited sponsor of continuing education credits (CEU), approved by the State Bar of Texas, Committee on MCLE, as well as other professional organizations, such as CEU for CPA, LPC, and HR.

We are proud members of and trainers for the Houston Area Better Business Bureau and many other consumer groups and international panels.

Arbitration Training ONLINE with ZOOM: live and interactive.

($550.00) Ask about special discounts.

Earn MCLE/CEU 10 and 4 in ethics for JD, CPA, LPC, SW, HR on Friday, 24 January 2025, from 9:00 AM until 5:30 PM, plus writing a short  opinion/decision that will be explained in class and a meet up on Tuesday, 28 January 2025, from 7 PM until 8 PM.


Basic Mediation Training ZOOM LIVE and INTERACTIVE. 40 hours.

($975) Ask about special discounts.

Earn MCLE/CEU 40 and 4 in ethics for JD, CPA, LPC, SW, HR, includes Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR training), handouts, and notebooks:

Our next fabulous basic mediation training class will  be Wednesday to Friday, January 8, 9, 10, 2025, and then the next week on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 14th and 15th, 2025, from 10 AM to 6:30 PM daily.

All classes will be ZOOM live and interactive. Students must be ON CAMERA and attentive for the whole program for certificate and MCLE/CEU affirmative.


Advanced Mediation: Family-Divorce-Child Custody training live, interactive, on ZOOM. 30 hours.

($895) Ask about special discounts.

Earn MCLE/CEU 30 and 4 in ethics for JD, CPA, LPC, SW, HR.

Class will be held from Wednesday to Saturday – on October 9, 10, 11, 12, 2024, from 10 AM to 6:00 PM.  Join the eleven lecturers in this interactive class on ZOOM!

For attorneys, mediators, and family professionals: 

If you are already an attorney or mediator who does not have the required Texas Statute domestic violence (DV) training, you can take the DV only  class that will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, from 1 PM until 5:00 PM, for only $150.00

Please send an email note with your name to mediation@manousso.us with subject:
Domestic Violence Certificate > MCLE!

This DV class is INCLUDED in our Advance Family 30 hours of training above.

Parenting Coordination and Facilitation Training

($525) Ask about special discounts.

ZOOM live and interactive: Sign up for this and Advance Family at the same time and use the early bird discount (SAVE $$$) for both classes

16 hours-MCLE/CEU 16 and 4 in ethics for JD, CPA, LPC, SW, HR

In 2025, Friday and Saturday, April 4th and 5th, 2025, from 9:00AM until 5:30PM, daily.  >> AMICUS training: The PCF skills are excellent for Amicus attorneys in communicating with high conflict clients.


Elder and Adult Family Mediation Training

($600), specially discounted for family mediators.

If you have questions, call (713)557-1010. Classes are held ZOOM live and interactive.

20 hours-MCLE/CEU 20 and 3 in ethics for JD, CPA, LPC, SW, HR on Wednesday, November 20th, 1 PM to 5 PM, Thursday, November 21st, from 9:30 am until 6:00 PM, Friday, November 22nd, 2024, from 9:30 AM until 6:00 PM

Note our NO refund policy, once you have paid for a training, but you can always reschedule online classes with a rescheduling fee of $150, if you cancel within 72 hours.

Our classes can be taken in any order, although you can’t mediate until you meet all the requirements of the Texas statute.

Classes will be held on ZOOM, so it is required for certificate attendance that students use a computer and remain on camera, ATTENTIVELY, for the duration of the training.  

Handicap accessible training venue: ZOOM live!

Texas Justice Center for Mediation and Arbitration in Bellaire off I-610 West Loop.

Ranch Office Conference Room and Virtual Office

Ranch Office Conference Room and Virtual Office

Heights Mediation Center

Brochure

The Texas Mediation Center in Bellaire and Heights Mediation Center are modern, well located, facilities dedicated to ADR meetings, where you can proudly invite your mediation and arbitration clients.

See brochure.

Yes! You are on your way to becoming a mediator or arbitrator or both!

Check payment options on PayPal’s drop down menu below.  Registration works better on a computer than your cell phone.

Mail your registration fee to: Manousso Mediation, at 21 Briar Hollow Lane, Suite 508, Houston 77027, or, better, use the drop down payment option below.

All courses include snacks, as well as notebooks, handouts, and certificates. Our courses are approved by the State Bar of Texas (MCLE), Texas Mediators Trainers Roundtable (TMTR), HR, Texas Association of Mediators, Texas Mediator Credentialing Association,  Texas State Board of Public Accountancy as CPE sponsor, and the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, and other CEU. Just ask about your professional organization!

For more information

For your convenience, our training are held at the Uptown/Galleria with greatly discounted rooms. Flying in: Hobby Airport is the best choice for air travel and closest to the Uptown/Galleria classroom. SuperShuttle will take you to the door of the hotel. Don’t forget to add which course and date that you are registering for with your phone number! Thank you!

Check out student rates.

Student and teacher discount rate available, lowest rate. You must show proof with school ID.

Student discount rate available, lowest rate. You must show proof with school ID.

Basic Mediation 40 Hours of Training


Basic Mediation



MCLE (40 and 4 in ethics) and other CEU are approved.

Attorneys: Please bring a $15 check or cash for your MCLE credits.  For CEU, there is no other charge.

When registering, write in your class starting date and add your phone number. Many thanks!

This is a professional training of 30 hours for those who want to help couples divorce with dignity and in the best interest of their children.

The pre-requisite for this training is the 40 hour basic mediation training, although the courses can be taken out of sequence.  

Advance Mediation:  Family, Divorce, and Child Custody 30 hours of training

Domestic Violence (DV) Training is included in this course, or you can take the DV training only.

For those attending just the 4 hours of Domestic Violence Training, open dropdown for $150 payment. CEU/MCLE 30, Ethics 4 (JD, LPC, SW, CPA, HR, et al)


Family training – 30 hours



When registering, please mention your starting date and add your phone number.
Elder and Adult Care Mediation 20 Hours of Training

Elder and Adult Care Mediation Training




This class meets from 8:30 AM until 7:00 PM daily!  20 MCLE and 3 in ethics

Learn to become a mediator and help families have the quality conversation that they need to have.

Attorneys: Please bring a $15 check or cash for your MCLE credits. Thank you!

Arbitration 9 Hours of Training


Arbitration Registration



9 MCLE-CEU and 2 in ethics

You do not need to be an attorney to arbitrate.

Parenting Coordination and Facilitation 18 Hours of Training


Parenting Coordination and Facilitation Training



Don’t wait! Sign up today! MCLE 18 and 4 in ethics.  

Attorneys: Please bring a $15 check or cash for your MCLE credits. Thank you!

If you have problems with the PayPal, please call and report it at (713)557-1010.  You can also send a payment for the required amount through your PayPal account to mediation@manousso.us .  Our PayPal account will then receive it.  You don’t need to have a PayPal account to use PayPal, just use your credit card. Don’t forget to add which course and date that you are registering for with your phone number where it says notes! Add your personal email address, too, if you are registering from your office computer. We accept Purchase Orders and checks by mail at Manousso Mediation, 21 Briar Hollow Lane, Suite 508, Houston 77027. Thank you! 

If you decide to cancel or miss your registered class for any reason:  If you can not attend a class once paid in full or if you have made a deposit, there are NO REFUNDS – no exceptions.  Manousso Mediation and Arbitration, LLC, will allow you to take the next available class for a $300 re-scheduling fee.

Payment Installment and Seat Reservation

minimum – $300 downpayment

MCLE for attorneys only