Holistic Dispute Resolution, in practice, combines the structure of formal mediation with the warmth of a wellness-led environment and activities.
We take the objectives of the legal craft and process, which is to create an agreement, and weave in the space around it to be in service of the human need for comfort and care.
Sessions are held in a retreat space in West Cork, a wellness space near your location, online, or a combination of all.
This practice moves conflict resolution from an adversarial structure to a process that is genuinely human-centered. What this looks like is dispute resolution with wellness techniques sprinkled in.
This can include Sound Meditations, breathing exercises, time in nature, somatic techniques, a physical environment of care, and more, as we unpack a conflict together.
This process is confidential and non-binding unless an agreement is signed. This process is facilitated impartially, in that both parties will be heard and attended to, in service of the human and the dispute.
These are structured mediations offered in person at my West Cork practice, in a nature retreat, or online. These are always warm and wellness-informed.
This is suited for relational disputes, workplace conflicts, and areas where two or more parties need to discuss grievances.
We meet together, or I move between parties. The format is shaped by what serves both safety and genuine progress. These sessions will include grounding activities such as breathing exercises or sound baths, breaks during the sessions, a closing ritual, and more. These sessions will be designed with communication and a supportive space.
Each party has a private, unhurried conversation with me before we begin. It is the first act of care in the process.
Where it serves, the session closes with a written summary or signed agreement, a record of what was reached, in the parties' own words.
Without exception. What is said in the session stays in the session. That certainty is what allows honesty.
A retreat offers something a single session cannot: dedicated time. These retreats is an immersion in the resolution process. They include a full agenda of wellness activities and conflict resolution meetings.
These retreats best serve complex disputes, multi-party disputes, organizational or departmental disputes, and more.
Meditation, sound therapy, breathwork, and grounding time in nature woven through the formal mediation schedule. The breaks help you integrate the work.
Formal mediation held in a setting designed to support the nervous system. This will be in service for an agreement, but also the human. The space in and around the dispute resolution will be unhurried, relational, and personal.
When the work is complete, we close with intention, a ritual that marks the agreement, honours the difficulty, and helps everyone leave whole.
Sessions are designed with the nervous system in mind. Breaks, soft transitions, and consent are built into the structure.
Relational repair · Workplace conflict · Restorative justice in schools · Co-founder disputes · Community grievances · Post-incident facilitation · Cross-cultural dialogue · Survivor or perpetrator circles
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Whether a single session might serve, or a multi-day retreat is the right shape, we'll find out together. Introductory calls are free, confidential, and unhurried.
Restorative circles are facilitated circles that hold communities and individuals through the difficult and necessary work of repair after harm.
Some examples are when an event has occurred that has impacted a community, a department or group of people are fractured, or if an organization needs to understand their values and mission.
A circle is only as honest as the person holding it.
My role is to set the structure, agreements, pace, who speaks when, and then to allow what needs to be said, to be said. Good facilitation feels almost invisible. I bring a trauma-informed, wellness-oriented presence, and track the room's nervous system.
Restorative circles can assist with resolving teams, leadership, and board-level dynamics. This is for when there seems to be an obstacle that is preventing an organization from moving forward.
Restorative circles can help strengthen community through resolving neighbourhood disputes, post-incident response, hearings where the community needs to feel met, and more.
Restorative circles can work in one-on-one or small-group settings, between those harmed and those responsible. This form of dispute resolution is called Restorative Justice, and can be applicable towards discrimination, harassment, and retaliation incidents.
We can work with educators and students to embed a culture of repair over punishment.
I meet with each participant one-on-one before the circle. No agenda. Just a sense of what's true for each person.
Together we shape the agreements, the questions, the rhythm and what this particular circle needs to be safe and useful.
The session itself, anywhere from two hours to a full day.
We will document agreements, schedule check-ins, and support you in the work that lives between sessions.
Bring a circle to your organisation
Government, education, business, community, the structure adapts. Tell me what's happening and we'll design a process that fits.
I offer specialized facilitation in restorative justice and prevention programming around discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and gender-based violence. This work is offered to schools, community groups, and local government on a sliding scale.
Workshops, events, and facilitated conversations for organisations and schools.
Building the skills and language for staff to respond to harm with care and competence.
Bringing restorative approaches into school communities to address conflict, harm, and belonging.
Facilitated processes to help communities navigate the aftermath of significant harm events.
Carefully held circles for those who have experienced or caused harm. Each circle is tailored to the population, in a trauma-informed capacity.
Bring this work to your community
Schools, government, business, or community — the structure adapts. Tell me what's happening and we'll design something that fits.