Modes of thinking in mediation

Introduction: based on the scientific works of psychologist Edward de Bono, the paper demonstrates the possibility of applying the concept of “modes of thinking” in mediation. Using the experience of legal and psychological science, the author sets the goal to show the prospects of introducing mediation technologies based on the mode approach. The author sets the task to study the use of the modes of thinking at different stages of mediation procedures. Methods: the methodological framework for the research is a set of the following methods of scientific knowledge: the comparative and scientific method, the systematic method and the method of analysis. Results: the author proposes the algorithm of introducing modes of thinking in the paradigm of the mediator. Conclusions: the presented mode approach in dealing with a conflict in the framework of mediation procedures as a theoretically developed and tested model can be recommended to mediators for developing their professional skills.