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Dr Róisín O’Shea, Dr Sinéad Conneely and Shane Dempsey, who are experienced family mediators and researchers, have been awarded a contract by the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs to do a study on “Use and place of family mediation across Member States’ legal frameworks”; to be completed and ready […]

European Parliament awards research contract on family mediation to Dr ...

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Kintsugi Bowl
By Shane Dempsey, ARC Mediation Partner Over the last few years, I’ve found myself reflecting on the Japanese aesthetic of wabi?sabi; the appreciation of imperfection, impermanence, and the beauty that emerges from life’s inevitable struggles. It has reshaped how I understand conflict, and support clients in mediation. We often meet […]

Wabi-Sabi, IFS, and the Art of Mediation

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By Shane Dempsey, ARC Partner I was reading an article on Mediate.com which highlighted something we’ve noted for several years. Neurodiversity isn’t an exception in mediation; it’s part of the normal variation of human experience. With an estimated one in seven people being neurodivergent, mediators are called to understand how […]

Neurodiversity in Mediation – Why Inclusive Practice Matters

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Separation and divorce are often framed around what parents need but what about the child’s perspective? CIM offers a different path: one where children are invited in (in age-appropriate & safeguarded ways) to share what matters to them. They can voice their hopes, discuss their routines, acknowledge their fears; without […]

The Benefits of Child Inclusive Mediation

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