Erickson Mediation Institute

Marilyn S. McKnight

By selecting Erickson Mediation Institute for your mediation, you are choosing the most experienced and successful mediation service in the area.

Founded in 1977 by Stephen Erickson, J.D., and Marilyn McKnight, M.A., Erickson Mediation Institute offers you a safe, confidential, economical and fair process to arrive at family care and eldercare solutions.

Generational family care issues

Many families take in other family members in need of care and provide that care. Examples are when a family takes an aging or ailing parent into their home or cares for a relative. These arrangements can be short or long-term. Many times, issues arise over the cost of care, responsibilities among family members and so on. EMI has experience helping families sort through these issues and reach agreement.

Eldercare issues

Children of elder parents (and sometimes spouses of the children) often must make difficult decisions regarding medical and residential care, end-of-life issues and inheritance. Often a neutral third-party mediator can help family members articulate their feelings and concerns and help families reach agreement on actions.

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Proudly serving all of Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota & Wisconsin.

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Marilyn S. McKnight
Erickson Mediation Institute

Phone: (952) 835-3688

3600 American Blvd W.
Minneapolis, MN 55431

Email: marilyn@ericksonmediation.com
Web: www.ericksonmediation.com

About Marilyn

Marilyn S. McKnight, M.A., director and co-founder Marilyn is a mediator, trainer, parent coordinator and author who has practiced exclusively in the field of mediation since 1977 after an extensive career in public social work. In the early 1980s Marilyn began workshops on mediating divorces where there is domestic violence. She received a Bush Leadership Fellowship Award in 1987. In 1988 Marilyn was elected to the Board of the Academy of Family Mediators where she began work toward the voluntary certification of mediators and later, served as President of the Academy. In 1996 she and her partner Steve Erickson were awarded the Distinguished Mediator Award by the Academy for their outstanding contributions to the field of mediation. Marilyn has been an adjunct professor teaching divorce mediation at the University of Minnesota Graduate School of Social Work, and at the William Mitchell College of Law. In May 2006 Marilyn was elected to the Board of Directors of the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR).