At 11amCT/12pmET: As mediators, it is imperative to understand how trauma has affected our clients – and ourselves. Trauma presents in various ways at the mediation table. Let’s look together at the signs of trauma and the behavioral changes in our clients. Being a trauma-informed mediator means that we make changes at the beginning of our process to help our clients stay engaged through difficult conversations. There are also changes that we can make ourselves to ensure that we can continue to move through hard conversations in the midst of our own trauma. We will finish by discussing specific ways that we can help our clients feel safe enough to continue to move through the conflict, even with trauma present.
This event will be followed at 12pmCT/1pmET by our regular TAPM Member Meeting. We hope you can join us for networking and fellowship!
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This event has been approved for 1 hour of General/Family CLE and 1 hour of General CLE.
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Speaker Bio:
Dr. Clare Fowler
Executive Vice-President of ODR.com
International Woman of Peace Award, 2024
Author of Rising Above Office Conflict: the light-hearted guide for the heavy-hearted employee
Dr. Clare Fowler received her Doctorate on designing dispute resolution systems for small businesses from Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education/Organizational Leadership and her Master’s of Dispute Resolution from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine University School of Law. Dr. Fowler also works as Managing Editor and with Caseload Manager at Mediate.com. She teaches at Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Department and University of Oregon. Clare mediates and trains, focusing on workplace disputes. Dr. Fowler’s dissertation was a phenomenological study of Workplace disputes. Her 2023 book, Rising Above Office Conflict, is a guidebook for HR directors dealing with high conflict behaviors.