
Arabella Tresilian
TYPE OF MEDIATION
Civil/Commercial, Workplace
Professional Background
Arabella Tresilian is a CEDR-accredited mediator, and a conflict resolution trainer, specialising in facilitating dispute resolution and employee wellbeing, in health, social care and the workplace. She has twenty years’ experience as a management consultant, leader and educator, combined with lived experience as a patient and carer. Arabella supports service providers, businesses, boards, hospitals, families and individuals in finding effective resolutions to complex disputes and relationship-breakdowns in the workplace, and the health and social care setting.
Workplace & Employment Mediation
Arabella has over 20 years’ experience in management consulting and leadership. She offers mediation, team development and facilitation for a wide variety of workplace and employment issues including:
Boardroom / CEO disputes
Trustee disputes
Employment Exit / Settlements
Grievances and Disciplinaries
Employee / Client disputes
Line manager / Report conflicts
Colleague conflicts or broken relationships
Discrimination / Equality Act 2010 disputes
Employee sickness / mental health
Team performance issues
Civil & Commercial Mediation - specialist in health and social care
Since 1999, Arabella has worked with 100s of social workers, doctors, nurses, community health workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, police officers, teachers and NHS management professionals across the UK as a trainer, management consultant, patient, patient researcher, and kinship carer. Her current mediation, facilitation and team development work includes:
Patient / Professional Mediation (with Medical Mediation Foundation)
Local Authority / Provider / Customer disputes
Clinical Commissioning Group disputes
Court of Protection
Mental Capacity Act / DoLs
Judicial Reviews
Care homes
Lasting Powers of Attorney / Family disputes
End of Life Care / Elder Mediation
Mental Health Act / Care Act
Qualifications
CEDR Accredited Mediator, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (2017)
Mediation Accreditation, OCN (2016)
Post-Graduate Diploma in Education Leadership and Management, University of Bath (2012)
MAHons English Literature, University of Edinburgh (1999)
Affiliations
Medical Mediation Foundation (Associate Mediator and Trainer)
Association of South West Mediators (Committee Member)
Resolve West (Mediator)
CEDR (Associate and Trainer)
St John Ambulance (Associate Adviser in Mental Health)
Bath Mind (Associate)
End of Life Doula UK (Associate)
Speaker/Advocate
Featured for her work in the field of conflict resolution, mental health and social inclusion, by: ITN News, Sky News, BBC Radio 4’s Inside Health, The Kings Fund, BMJ Awards, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Elder Mediation World Summit, Financial Times, Psychologies Magazine, NHS England, Good Housekeeping, The Sun
Testimonials
“Arabella was supportive and understanding, listening with patience. She gave me the confidence to express my ideas in our meeting and I found the process to be productive, focussed and extremely helpful. Working with Arabella has improved my working relationships and I am happier and more settled in the workplace.”
“I highly recommend working with Arabella on team development. Arabella’s warmth and understanding attitude creates an environment where you feel that you can share anything without judgement.”
HE Employee, Workplace Mediation
“I feel a lot more confident to deal with things as they come up now in a calm manner. Thanks for your support – it has made a difference to me and my family.”