Lectures, Keynotes, Engagements and Awards

November 2020

Parenting Coordination training offered (with Cassandra Pullos) as part of Parenting Coordination Australia. See link.

August 2020

Dr Purcell named as winner the Australian Mediator of the Year, in the Australasian Law Awards (2020). See link.

Dr Purcell delivers the first online Parenting Coordination Training (with Cassandra Pullos) for Parenting Coordination Australia. A National cohort of lawyers and scientists were trained as parenting coordinators.

July 2020

First online training for Parenting Coordination offered (with Cassandra Pullos) to delegates across Australia.

May 2020

Dr Purcell named as a finalist for the Australian Mediator of the Year, in Australasian Law Awards (2020). See link.

November 2019

Doyles Guide, 2020. Dr Purcell named as a Recommended Mediator: https://doylesguide.com/leading-family-law-mediators-brisbane-2020/

October 2019

QLD Bar Association Annual Conference

Guest Speaker

September 2019

Legal Aid, QLD, Separate Representative Conference, Keynote Speaker

August 2019

Dr Purcell delivers Parenting Coordination Training (with Cassandra Pullos) in Sydney. This is a 3 day intensive course at which the first NSW cohort of lawyers and social scientists were trained as parenting coordinators.

Presenter (with Cassandra Pullos) Parenting Coordination Training, Gold Coast See link

Forthcoming: Presenter (with Cassandra Pullos) Parenting Coordination 3 day Training, Brisbane

July 2019

Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions, NSW The neuroscience of conflict: New understandings and strategies for those working to manage the conflict

June 2019

Collaborative Professionals Western Australia Implicit Bias - Are you who you really think you are?

May 2019

Dr Purcell named as a finalist for the Australian Mediator of the Year, in the Australasian Law Awards (2019). See link.

Legal Aid Qld Early Career Lawyers Conference - Keynote Speaker It’s all your fault! Working with those who blame everything on others

April 2019

National Mediation Conference, Canberra Parenting Coordination: A new application for your mediation skills. See link

Presenter (with Cassandra Pullos) Parenting Coordination Training, Gold Coast See link

Forthcoming: Presenter (with Cassandra Pullos) Parenting Coordination 3 day Training, Brisbane

March 2019

Legal Aid Qld Civil Law Conference Speaker Working with those who blame everything on others: An introduction to understanding how the brain experiences trauma

February 2019

BT Lawyers Professional Development Breakfast Seminar Invited Speaker Parenting Co-ordination: Bringing this American dispute resolution process to Australia

November 2018

Family Law Pathways, Sanctuary Cove Parenting Coordination: A new dispute resolution of your clients

October 2018

REIWA Connect Conference WA Guest Speaker Personalities, conflict and how to reach a resolution

September 2018

Reykjavik, Iceland Invited Speaker, Learned Friends Conference Difficult clients: What neuroscience can teach us about negotiating with people under pressure (with Judge Kevin Lapthorn)

May 2018

Dr Purcell named as a finalist and Winner or the Australian Mediator of the Year, 2018. See link

March 2018

REIQ Connect Conference WA Guest Speaker The Psychology of Sales: Negotiation strategies to close the gap

October 2017

Dr Purcell Delivers Parenting Coordination training (with Cassandra Pullos). Due to popular demand, this was the second Brisbane training in 2019

The Bar Association Qld

Dr Purcell is an invited speaker at the annual conference on the topic of unconscious bias and how it impacts negotiations