Meet Lisa Parkinson
Trainer
Lisa Parkinson
Trainer
Areas of Expertise
- Commercial Mediation
- Community Mediation
- Construction Mediation
- Elder Mediation
- Entertainment Mediation
- Family Mediation
- Inheritance Mediation
- Investor State Mediation
- Peace Mediation
- Religious Mediation
- School Mediation
- Traditional Mediation
- Workplace Mediation
- Labour Mediation
- Medical Mediation
- Complaint Mechanism
Country
United Kingdom
Bio
Lisa has over 40 years' experience as a family mediator and previous experience in mental health social work and family therapy.
Qualification
She co-founded the first family mediation service in the UK in 1978 and was a founder member of the European Forum on Family Mediation and World Mediation Forum. Lisa has taken part in conferences and family mediation training in many countries including Argentina, Canada, Finland, Hong Kong, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, Spain and Portugal, Turkey and Ukraine. She is co-founder and a Vice President of the Family Mediators Association in England and Wales. The 4th English edition of her book, Family Mediation, was published in 2020, with editions in seven other languages. Lisa trains accredited family mediators in child-inclusive mediation (ChiM) and takes part in research in this developing field.