Catherine O’Connell is a specialist in Mediation, Restorative Practice Conflict Coaching and Conflict Management. She may act as a facilitator, mediator, conflict coach, trainer or a variety of these roles in any given situation. In recent times she has worked with people experiencing conflict via telephone and online using Zoom or Skype.

In Family settings, Catherine works with both those couples who wish to separate and those who have very difficult communication patterns with each other. She also works with adult family members in dispute with each other around issues such as inheritance or the care of a dependant relative.   

In the workplace, Catherine mediates between people experiencing difficulty with each other on a number of issues including bullying, harassment, and boundary issues. She also works with individuals who wish to or need to develop their conflict management /communication skills. Catherine mediates between community members in dispute with each other. She has facilitated workplace and community groups who wish work more productively together.

Catherine is an advocate for restorative processes being taken up in workplace, community and prison settings; anywhere harm has happened.

As an Enneagram Personality System facilitator since 1996, Catherine brings her knowledge of personality styles and how they influence relationships to her facilitations, trainings, coaching and mediations. Her website is www.blossomdevelopment.com