Integrative Divorce Mediation and Coaching
Mediator, Family Law & Divorce Attorney
Mardi Chadwick-Balcom | she/her/hers
💌: mardi@integrativedivorcemediation.com
☎️: (508) 944-9594
Website: integrativedivorcemediation.com
📍Greater Newburyport, Massachusetts | Remote ✅ (via Zoom)
Able to work with mediation clients in all 50 states
Able to work with legal clients in Massachusetts
Featured in Divorce Guide Magazine ⤵️
A little about Mardi...
You may know your marriage is ending and still have no idea what to do first. Or you may be further along, staring at a proposal about the house, money, or your children and wondering whether you can live with it.
I’m Mardi Chadwick-Balcom, a Massachusetts divorce attorney, mediator, and coach. I help people slow the process down enough to understand the decision in front of them and take their next step with a plan.
If you and your spouse want to work toward an agreement together, I serve as a neutral mediator. We work through parenting, support, property, and the other decisions your family needs to make. I structure the conversations, explain the process and relevant legal information, and draft the agreement and court documents that reflect the decisions you reach.
If you need help on your own, we can focus on the moment you’re actually facing: preparing for a meeting, understanding a proposal, organizing your questions, or figuring out which divorce process makes sense. For Massachusetts clients, I also offer legal services, including Limited Assistance Representation, through a separate attorney-client engagement. Coaching and nervous system work are available for people who need help staying present and making decisions while the process is underway.
I spent nearly 30 years in family law, much of it as a litigator. I’ve also been through divorce myself. Both experiences shaped the way I work: I pay attention to the legal decisions and to what happens when people are expected to make them under stress.
The place to start is a conversation about where you are now and what decision comes next. For couples considering mediation, I offer a free 30-minute consultation, together or separately, to see whether the process is a fit.
Certifications
BA, University of New Hampshire 1994
JD, Suffolk University Law School 1998
Member of Massachusetts Bar since 1998
Massachusetts Rule 8 Trained Mediator
Certified Collaborative Attorney and Coach 2024
200 hour certified Hatha yoga instructor 2019
200 hour certified Kundalini yoga instructor 2024
Trauma informed yoga instructor
Certified NLP Master practitioner
Certified EFT Master Practitioner
Certified TIME Techniques Master practitioner
Certified Master Life + Success Coach
Certified Master Clinical Hypnotherapist
Certified Breathwork facilitator
Certified Sound Healer
Reiki Level 1 Certified
Tao Energy Practices
Somatic Coach
Somatic Yoga Instructor
Testimonials
Mardi's dedication to helping me navigate the difficult & sensitive family court proceedings not only saved my relationship with my son, but ultimately reunited our family. Her rapport with & working knowledge of the court helped us anticipate & execute the appropriate steps needed to mitigate & meet both my son's needs & the concerns of the court. Her honest & savvy ability to straddle the line as both a respected member of the court & as a caring member of humanity gave me the support, insight & confidence needed to traverse such an uncomfortablely intimate journey to triumphant completion. - S.L. client
Mardi is a total professional. She thoroughly reviews the facts of the case, considers all options, and makes sound recommendations. She provides a honest service based on the customer’s needs and not on the firms’ effort to make money. - JB
Mardi brings an amazing collection of skills to bear to make a very challenging time just a little easier. From true legal advice, and guidance, mixed with her deep mediation skills - all serve to try and minimize costs - financial, emotional and karmic costs. She can be grounded, deliberate and forceful without coming across as shrill, arrogant or not caring, which helps make the divorce process feel less "us versus them." In the end, I felt like I had made a lifelong friend and partner that helped me through a very difficult time in my life, and I'm forever grateful. - TB