Unlock Your Potential Through Training: Empowering Personal and Professional Growth

Are you looking to enhance your leadership teams skills, your own skills in conflict resolution and help others navigate their disputes productively? Since 1989, Innovative Alternatives has been providing cutting-edge leadership development training designed to develop your personal abilities and equip you to assist others effectively. Our training programs are perfect for individuals seeking to become credentialed mediators with TMCA or adding specialty certifications offered only here at IA. Mediators and Mediator candidates improve their conflict resolution skills and most professionals needing continuing education credits can find them offered in our elite programs.

What is Training?

Training at Innovative Alternatives is more than just acquiring knowledge—it's about transforming your approach to conflict and communication. Our programs offer hands-on, experiential learning that enables you to apply these skills in real-life situations, fostering growth and understanding in every interaction.

Continuing Education

Our training programs offer continuing education credits for LPCs, LMFTs, LMSWs, attorneys, mediators and nurses.

To learn more about these courses, call us at 713.222.2525 or email Elizabeth Whelan at ewhelan@innovativealternatives.org.

Our Training Programs

  • Basic 40-Hour Mediation Training

    Earn a certificate to mediate various relational conflicts, excluding those involving custody and care of minors. This course is perfect for resolving disputes among landlords and tenants, business partners, neighbors, and more. It also serves as an exceptional leadership training, as noted by Shirley Neeley, former Commissioner of Education under George W. Bush.

  • Myth Busters! Multicultural Mediation

    This full-day training is a dynamic workshop for up to 100 participants, where everyone is both a student and a teacher. Explore cultural aspects such as gender, age, ethnicity, and workplace roles in a fun, safe environment. This training is ideal for breaking down stereotypes and fostering understanding between diverse groups, including police and community members, immigrant families, and social workers.

  • Family Reconciliation & Intervention Training

    This 32-hour certificate course equips you to mediate family disputes, help couples save their marriages, and resolve eldercare issues. Additionally, you can assist families in persuading a loved one to seek treatment for substance abuse or mental health issues. Our unique mediation model ensures happier and safer family relationships.

  • Workplace Mediation: Personnel Grievance & Multi-party Mediation Training

    Gain a 32-hour certificate to resolve workplace conflicts, whether one-on-one or involving multiple parties. Learn techniques to create and maintain a positive work environment or intervene in negative situations caused by divisive individuals. Ideal for HR professionals and administrators.

  • Divorce & Custody Mediation Training

    Our advanced 32-hour certificate course offers a unique approach to divorce and custody mediation, including an optional stage for reconciliation. Help couples reach amicable agreements on property, custody, visitation, and parenting plans, minimizing the emotional impact on children.

  • Avoiding Compassion Fatigue & Burn-Out

    Learn to recognize and manage the symptoms of compassion fatigue to prevent burn-out. This training includes didactic education, assessments, and group exercises to help you practice self-care and improve productivity.

  • Building Better Relationships in the Workplace—Communication & Conflict Resolution Skills Training

    Essential for every organization, this workshop teaches how to present information constructively and respond effectively to emotional and attacking behaviors, ensuring successful interactions in all situations.

  • Communication and Decision Making

    Explore effective communication techniques and strategies for making better decisions, overcoming biases, and improving team performance.

  • Creating & Maintaining a Positive Work Culture

    Empower your team to create guidelines for customer service, teamwork, communication, and conflict resolution, fostering a positive and productive work environment.

  • Customer Service

    Learn strategies to exceed customer expectations and improve internal and external customer interactions, boosting your organization's image and effectiveness.

  • Leadership versus Management

    Examine the differences between leadership and management, focusing on drawing the best performance from your team, building positive relationships, and enhancing teamwork and creativity.

  • Responding Appropriately to Button Pushing

    Discover how to manage stress and frustration caused by difficult individuals, improving your interactions at work and home.

  • Team Building

    Engage in activities that promote group cohesion, critical thinking, and collaborative problem-solving, enhancing teamwork and productivity.

Take the First Step Toward Empowerment

No matter what your goals are, our training programs can provide the knowledge and skills you need to succeed. Don't let conflicts and challenges hold you back. Reach out today and start your journey towards personal and professional growth.