Meet
ELIZABETH
Elizabeth Williamson is a conflict consultant and trainer specialising in workplace and personal conflicts.
She is a therapist, mediator, facilitator conflict coach with over 35-years professional experience. She specialises in building resilient relationship and conflict resolution skills for work and personal life.
Elizabeth has enjoyed a successful career in government, corporate and community organisations, and in private practice.
She is passionate about helping leaders and teams, families and couples develop flexible thinking, successful collaborations and more creative problem-solving skills. Improving mental health means building healthy workplaces and healthy relationships.
Elizabeth has trained extensively with Drs John and Julie Gottman in their world-renowned programs based on the only research-based model for relationship conflicts. She shares how this crucial information can be applied both in private and public life.
Elizabeth has trained in Mediation, CINERGY® Conflict Coaching and with the High Conflict Institute to assist organisations improve their responses to conflicts and elevate attention to positive workplace culture.
In her personal life, Elizabeth has faced many physical challenges. Her most common conflict is now with gravity.
Qualifications
- Master Social Science, Counselling
- Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
- BA Social Work
- Accredited Mediator
- CINERGY® Trained Conflict Coach
- Gottman Couples Method Trained Relationship Therapist Level 3
- EMDR Trained Therapist Level 1
- Collaborative Divorce Relationship Consultant
Resilience : Re-Imagined
A Personal Perspective on Resilience
In 2012 I was struggling with complex pain and a bunch of weird, apparently unrelated symptoms. I could not have imagined how much my my personal and professional life was about to totally change.
Suddenly diagnosed with a rare type of spinal cord tumor and extensive surgery led to living with complicated paralysis. With extensive rehabilitation and hard work, I re-learned to walk and to manage a body that does not always fully cooperate with my intentions.
‘Dis-ability’ is not an easy description to wear. My personal preference is to describe myself as ‘radically-abled’. Every day I have to solve tricky and tedious problems that most people could not even imagine experiencing.
Whether it’s literally tripping over myself, or thriving while surviving a series of unfortunate events, I love sharing how you can create value from adversity and honour your uniqueness.
We can all gain valuable insights from the inevitable downfalls, bruises, failures, and related scars that are part of our life journey.
Photos courtesy ofAndrew Baines.
January 2016, surrealist artist Andrew Baines, invited the public to don suits, hats and bring a teacup to the seaside for one of his many photographic events. This event was for Beyond Blue.At this time I was still reliant on my orange wheelchair and my walking poles. Standing and balancing in shallow water was a marvellous challenge, slightly surreal in itself.
My Approach:
The Conflict ConfidenceMethodâ„¢Â
The Conflict Confidence MethodTM is a unique and simple 6-step strategy to align your executive, leadership and staff teams with positive relationship management and proactive conflict resolution skills.ÂÂ
Managing conflict is no easy task. Mismanaged conflict is very expensive and very common.ÂÂ
The risks to an organisation’s bottom line and reputation, to effective working relationships, damaged morale and motivation at work are costly.Â
The Conflict Confidence MethodTMtraining and resources are a straightforward toolkit for predicting and achieving more success in personal and professional relationships.ÂÂ
A harmonious, inclusive workplace is your most reliable investment strategy to successfully manage inevitable and unexpected workplace conflicts.Â