Rosemary Gattuso

Family Court Mediator

Rosemary has been in alternate dispute resolution for over 15 years with a specialisation in family mediation and restorative justice practices.

As a family dispute resolution practitioner, she has helped many families to separate and re-establish in a respectful and child focused way.

She is on various Restorative Justice panels for Commonwealth agencies, including the Defence Force Ombudsman, the National Redress Scheme, and the Territories Stolen Generation Scheme.

Her practice draws on being present with clients as they navigate the changes and challenges that confront them, doing so in a trauma-informed and strengths-based way.

As a facilitator & trainer, she has been able to share her knowledge and experience on a larger scale, assisting mediators and mental health practitioners to work with a strengths-based lens.

Her interest and continued professional development in the area of child development, trauma and neuroscience have added another layer of meaning to the way in which she works and has placed her in a unique position to observe, learn, reflect and share.

Rosemary also holds a strong academic record, which includes undergraduate and postgraduate law, couples and family therapy and family dispute resolution.

Her initial interest in mediation was sparked by her undergraduate studies and led her to further study mediation and negotiation at Harvard University.

Merging her experience as a family mediator with her study of neuroscience and trauma, Rosemary's first book explores trends in managing personal adversity and proposes a strengths-based tool for self-reflection and has been endorsed by leaders in the field of the treatment of trauma.

She offers workshops and information sessions on these concepts, in high schools, businesses and with mental health practitioners.

As a chronic over-thinker, Rosemary experienced first-hand the transformative impact of rewriting overthinking into strengths reflection and is committed to sharing this with the world.