Mediation Theory

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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Dr Roisin O’Shea, researcher and Partner in Arc Mediation, and her colleague Dr Sinead Conneely, law lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology, as experts in the field of mediation, have been contracted by Bloomsbury to contribute a chapter to a book entitled ‘Family Mediation: Contemporary Issues’. The book will be […]

ARC Partner contributing to International review of Family Mediation

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