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Kathy Brown

2577 Lynn Lake Circle South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33712
United States
Office Phone: (727) 608-3086
http://www.relationshipconflictresolution.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063533532008
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathy-g-brown-78a20926
relationshipconflictresolution@gmail.com
Member since 2024
Membership Type: IACP

Profession(s)

Mediator, Other
Area(s) of Practice: Mediation. Group Facilitation. Family Law, Dependency, and Collaborative Law mediation. Kathy focuses on integrating Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model, as it is used in the dispute resolution setting, into her mediation practice. She also facilitates Authentic Communication Groups that practice conflict resolution in real time using NVC and IFS. She has spent nearly 10 years facilitating and participating in Internal Family Systems interactive groups, and more than 25 years practicing Nonviolent Communication.
License(s): Florida Supreme Court Certified County, Family and Dependency Mediator.

Professional Activities

~Organized and hosted a mediation training, titled: Managing the Negotiation Within: Internal Family Systems (IFS) Workshop for Mediators, Lawyers and Other Professionals, led by David Hoffman, Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. (Jan. 19-20, 2024). ~Completed the 15-hour virtual Introductory Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Training, led by Tampa Bay Collaborative Trainers Adam Cordover, Jeremy Gaies, Kristin DiMeo, and David Harper (March, 2024). ~Co-presenter on Dependency Court Mediation for the Association for Conflict Resolution, Florida Chapter, (May, 2024). ~ Co-presenter on “Thinking Outside the Box in Multi-Party Mediations in the Child Welfare System,” for The Florida Center Training Institute, June, 2024, and at the Florida Department of Children and Families Annual Conference, (Sept. 2024). ~Facilitator of Authentic Communication Groups that practice conflict resolution in real time using language tools that offer a safe way to speak for the intense emotions that often show up during disputes, 2020 to present.

Undergraduate Education

University of South Florida, 1985

Postgraduate Education

Florida International University, graduate work in Conflict Resolution and Consensus Building, 2019

Professional Education

~Completed the 15-hour virtual Introductory Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Training, led by Tampa Bay Collaborative Trainers Adam Cordover, Jeremy Gaies, Kristin DiMeo, and David Harper (March, 2024)

~Organized and hosted a mediation training, titled, Managing the Negotiation Within: Internal Family Systems training for mediators, lawyers and other professionals, led by David Hoffman, founding member of Boston Law Collaborative and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School (Jan. 2024).

~Currently in a 10-month Interactive Internal Family Systems (IFS) Group Leader Training, led by Jay Earley, Ph.D. (Ongoing)