Patricia A. Shea, M.A., Certified Mediator, has more than 25 years dealing with contested Domestic Relations (Divorce) cases. Mrs. Shea combines more than 13 years' experience as a sole practitioner of divorce mediation with several years' experience working as a mental health counselor.

In addition, she works with individual therapy clients on a sliding fee, self-pay basis, concentrating mainly on those clients going through a contested divorce helping them deal with the trauma involved.

She has a Masters in Counseling Psychology and has attended New England School of Law, Aquinas College of Newton, Framingham State College, and Newbury College. She received her formal mediation training from Divorce Mediation Training Associates at Bentley College and continues taking advanced training courses.

Formerly a teacher at Newbury College, she is a Board Member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, an Advanced Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution(ACR), a member of the Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association and a therapist at several mental health agencies.