“If you have the courage to say what you need, there are two scenarios: Either you get what you need, or you realize that the other person can’t give it. Both are gifts.”
Oksana Ratushna
Family mediator & counselor
- Graduated from the Faculty of Law, specialization in law, Dnipropetrovsk National University (Ukraine, 2001).
- Acting in international commercial arbitration (Kyiv, Ukraine) in disputes with partners from Italy, Latvia, Russia, Belarus, Germany and the United Kingdom.
- Member of the Association of Ukrainian Family Mediators (2019-2021).
- Trainer at the Higher School of Advocacy of Ukraine for mediation skills (2021-2022).
- Speaker at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry forums for small and micro enterprises.
Mediation focus
- Consultant for family businesses for over 20 years.
- As a family mediator, she specializes in divorce mediation, practices a transformational approach and is qualified as a supervisor for family mediators.
Certifications
- Basic mediation skills course, Ukrainian Mediation Center at Kyiv-Mohyla Business School (kmbs), 2013.
- Basic mediation skills course, Ukrainian Mediation Center at Kyiv-Mohyla Business School (kmbs) and NGO ‘League of Mediators of Ukraine’ (LMU), 2018.
- Course ‘Fundamentals of Family Mediation’, Ukrainian Mediation Center at Kyiv-Mohyla Business School (kmbs) and NGO ‘League of Mediators of Ukraine’ (LMU), 2019.
- Course ‘Family mediation with the participation of minors’, Association of Family Mediators of Ukraine and NGO ‘League of Mediators of Ukraine’ (LMU), 2019.
- Training course ‘Mediation offer: Overcoming resistance’ (Tetyana Bilyk, Ukraine), 2019.
- Workshop ‘Collaborative Practice in Divorce Proceedings’ (Idith Shaham, Israel), 2019.
- Training ‘Supervisor for family mediators’ (Dagmar Lagler, Germany), 2019.
- Training ‘Leadership: a personal journey’ (Ute Bühler, Germany), 2019.
- Training for trainers (Victoria Androsova, Ukraine), 2020.
- Course ‘Online Family Mediation’ (Eugenia Rumble, UK), 2020.
- Course ‘Mediation in Medicine’ (Commercial Mediation Group, Ukraine), February 2022.
Publications
- Author of articles in the magazine ‘Private Entrepreneur’ (Ukraine).
Expert of D1 TV channel (Ukraine) on family partnership.