We do too. That is why we have created a comprehensive training in mitigation. Our training provides participants with a process that will help their clients to reclaim their dignity, to look at their life’s trajectory and what factors led to their criminal behavior. Clients are able to feel empathy for those that may have been harmed as a result of the criminal behavior they are responsible for, and to feel and express remorse for the wrongdoing. Simultaneously, we are balancing the extent to which the client is or is not responsible by clarifying and advocating for the facts. Our restorative approach makes meaning of the actions that led to the client’s justice involvement and guides clients to embody their new awareness.
Cori Chertoff, an expert mitigation specialist and restorative justice practitioner and Rebecca Stone, an LCSW psychotherapist and Director of Brooklyn Somatic Therapy, will share their paradigm that has led to hundreds of successful outcomes in federal and state sentencing, parole and clemency. Their approach seeks to move beyond the adversarial systems to find common ground for all stakeholders and to inspire compassionate decision making for each client.
