NW Collaborative
Futures Conference

Impact of Grief in Conflict Resolution

Grief easily affects people mentally, emotionally and physically. Grief may also cause depressions and emptiness.  Therefore, it may affect the way in which people make decisions and it is advisable not to make major decisions while in this state of mind. When one goes into a mediation session while in this condition, they need help to make the right decision. The Mediator has a big role to play in ensuring that the person grieving does not make a decision that would be regretted later.

Speaker: Patricia Oketch
Counselling Psychologist and Certified Professional Mediator

Patricia Oketch is a counselling psychologist who has trained as a grief recovery specialist.  She is also a Court accredited mediator.  Patricia enjoys working with those who are going through loss and thus grieving because of the joy of seeing each person process their grief and come to a place of healing. In addition to working with the grieving. Patricia has worked with those in conflict and willing to mediate and she gets a lot of contentment.