What are some of the advantages of mediation as opposed to traditional divorce?

Mediation is a wonderful process for people who want to make their own decisions on their own based on the reference points that are important to them. In mediation, people work together with a neutral mediator who facilitates a conversation. Typically they do have attorneys, but those attorneys are not in the mediation room. This gives people the opportunity to talk in a quiet, private setting about what comes up for them as most important and to create their divorce settlement based on those criteria rather than on the criteria of their lawyers or judge in a courtroom.