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Conflict Coaching

"I'm writing to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH! for the Conflict Coaching sessions. I found them very helpful. It's helped me to realise though I continue to have difficulties that I can approach and look at them differently. And feel more empowered to face difficult situations."- Conflict Coaching client in a Thank You card sent to one of our Coaches.

"Hello [Coach], Thank you so much for coming the other day. I immediately put some of the things into action. I feel so much happier since then, as if a weight has been lifted. The situation has improved no end. I do feel empowered. I hope other people can benefit as I have done .... Thanks again." - Conflict Coaching client in an email to one of our Coaches.

Hillingdon Community Mediation provides a Conflict Coaching service for individuals who are experiencing difficulties as a result of a conflict, dispute, complaint or other situation they are involved in.

This is a 'one-to-one' service involving just the client and the Coach, unlike mediation which is offered to both or all parties involved in a dispute or difficult situation.

Conflict coaching is provided through one or more meetings with a trained and experienced Mediator who has a full understanding of the Principles of Effective Communication that inform our mediation practice at Hillingdon Community Mediation.

A meeting will usually be for 1 hour or possibly 1½ hours, and it is likely that a client will have between 1 and 3 conflict coaching sessions regarding a particular situation.

However, there can also be Conflict Coaching to support an individual who is experiencing a need for ongoing assistance in their workplace, family, with their partner or other environment. In these situations it is likely that sessions will occur monthly.

All of the above frequencies of meeting and numbers of meetings are approximate and are subject to discussion between the client and the Conflict Coach.

The main aim will be to ensure that Coaching sessions always support empowerment of the client to be able to deal with their situation more effectively, thus making continued Coaching less and less necessary.

It is important to emphasise that conflict coaching is not a form of therapy or counselling. Its purpose is to enable the client to reflect on their difficult situation, and their own response to it, in order to help them create different ways of responding that support them in dealing with it more constructively and more effectively.

In order to have Conflict Coaching it is important that any client:

Acknowledges that there is a difficulty and that their own response may not be supportive of themselves or of resolution of the situation. (The two are usually synonymous)

Is looking for constructive ways forward that are not about finding ways of 'changing the other person' but are about looking at their own responses and ways of changing these.

Understands that the Coach will seek to remain impartial in their responses about the client's situation in order to ensure the client is challenged with regard to their own 'story' and their reasons for responding as they have so far.

Understands that the aim of Conflict Coaching is to enable and empower the client to achieve self-responsibility for their situation and their responses to that situation so that they do not feel 'trapped' by their difficulties.

If you would like to arrange a Conflict Coaching session or would like to discuss further what it offers and what is involved, as well as charges for this, please contact Alan on 01895 447700 to do this.

Alternatively, please fill in the form below and we will contact you as soon as possible to answer your enquiry.

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