Victoria von Meding

Mediation - Conflict resolution

I counsel and support you in managing conflicts

between shareholders, partners and colleagues
in family businesses and on questions regarding the succession
in teams
about an inheritance or other family issues

Corporate mediation - resolving partner, shareholder and team conflicts in the workplace

As a rule, workplace conflicts are very stressful:

They take energy and attention away from important projects.
They hinder effective work and cost a lot of time.
Internal conflict is expensive for companies and organisations.

Family and couples' mediation - resolving private conflicts

Mediation is proven to be effective in resolving disputes among siblings and other family members over inheritances and estates, over questions of how to provide care for ageing and sick parents and other types of such conflicts. Well-structured mediation helps the involved parties to

see the big picture
avoid getting lost in detail
stop accusing each other
adopt a different perspective

Making full use of strengths and resources

With me as your mediator, you will get the benefit of my many years of wide-ranging professional experience as a conflict counsellor, systemic supervisor, therapist and as a lawyer. Because of my background in these varied roles, I have an eye for the broader legal and economic contexts of any dispute.

Mediation in family firms - facilitating smooth successions and generational change

Conflicts escalate more often in family firms than in other types of enterprises because

spheres of family, work and ownership overlap
private and professional roles intersect

My own experiences have taught me about the values of family firms and how they differ from those of other businesses. I understand the built-in pitfalls and inherent conflicts of family firms as well as the benefits that external counsel can bring. Observing the particularities of a range of different family firms and working for a spell in my own family's business, I have developed special expertise in this area. One of the focal points of my mediations and consultations is the transfer of ownership and leadership in agricultural businesses under the Höfeordnung, Germany's inheritance law for farms.

Organisational Consulting

Organisational consulting - developing strategies and unlocking potential

My organisational consulting can help you optimize your

corporate structures
internal communications
division of responsibilities

As a professional external observer with an eye for systemic contexts, I am well-placed to provide guidance to you and your team. My questioning techniques and interventions will help prepare you for future developments. Ambiguities, conflicts, and weaknesses are resolved. Motivation and performance improve and joy increases in your organisation, thanks to a clear distribution of tasks, the putting in place of good structures and efficient channels of communication. Drawing on my experience in economic and legal matters and my professional expertise in communication, I can provide optimal support for your organisation.

Coaching

Coaching and systemic counselling customized according to your needs

I support you in

shaping your interactions to be constructive even in difficult situations
continuing to act with self-determination in conflicts
recognizing limits and setting boundariesa

With my systemic background I counsel you on

situations of personal or professional stress
conflicts with your partner
coping with excessive demands
dealing with conflicts and stagnation

Misunderstandings can be resolved, setbacks overcome and stress can be reduced when interconnections are recognized and acknowledged in context, limits are identified self-efficacy is experienced.

My systemic counselling approach prioritizes focussing on problem solving, mutual appreciation and the recognition of often complex interrelationships.

Couples & Family Counselling

Couple & family counselling

The endeavour closest to my heart is counselling couples and families. In most cases, just a few interventions can help to significantly increase well-being and to gain a better understanding of each other. Communication about communication, also known as meta-communication, frequently works wonders, but can only be achieved with external support. Rest assured of my confidentiality, understanding and respectful appreciation.

Victoria von Meding

I am a systemic counsellor, therapist and supervisor (DGSF ), as well as a mediator (BM, DGSF) and lawyer. I am certified by the German Society for Systemic Therapy, Counselling and Family Therapy (DGSF) and by the Federal Association for Mediation (BM). I am also a DGSF-certified teacher of systemic counselling, coaching, supervision and mediation.

I live in Hamburg; I am married and have three children. In addition to my counselling and supervision work, I am active in teaching. Previously, I represented the German Caritas Association and the Diakonisches Werk at the European institutions in Brussels for several years. I also worked for a time in my family's business.

I studied law and did my legal clerkship in Berlin, and completed a Master of Laws in London. I qualified as a systemic consultant, mediator and supervisor (DGSF) and systemic therapist as well as a teacher (DGSF) after successfully completing training at the Hamburg Institute for Systemic Training (HISW).

Clients

Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Large Hamburg family firms in various sectors
Educational and counselling centres
Hanseatic City of Lübeck
District of Stormarn
District of Harburg
Trades and crafts enterprises
Hamburg based enterprises
Family farms in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein
Parishes
Cooperatives
Kindergartens
Primary schools
All day school services agencies
Independent youth welfare agencies
Families
Couples
Individuals

As a systemic counsellor, therapist and mediator licensed by Germany's Federal Association for Mediation (Bundesverband Mediation e.V. - BM) and as a supervisor certified by the German Association for Systemic Therapy, Counseling and Family Therapy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Systemische Therapie, Beratung und Familientherapie - DGSF), I advise families and family businesses, organisations, individual clients, couples, and teams. I am also a certified teacher (DGSF) of systemic counselling, coaching, supervision and mediation.

Every new development, reorientation or handover is challenging and requires good communication and creative ideas and solutions. Often, challenging questions and conflicts arise, which--if they are well resolved--can open the door to something new.

Due to my long and varied experience working as a counsellor, supervisor, mediator and lawyer, I can offer you support in shaping these professional and personal transitions and changes in constructive and fruitful ways. I can also help you in coping with stressful life situations and in overcoming destructive communication patterns.

The underlying basis for my solution-oriented approach to counselling, supervision and mediation is openness, transparency and clearly structured communication, as well as a respectful appreciation of all stakeholders in the process.

Please feel free to contact me. I look forward to getting to know you.

Collaborations

As lecturer and supervisor at the Hamburg Institute for Systemic Training (HISW), I am networked to my colleagues there. I am also a partner at Hamburg-based law firm Wagner Legal Rechtsanwälte. I take pleasure in collaborating with colleagues and other experts. Collaboration is a key element of my approach to any issue.

Contact and Imprint

Contact and Imprint:

Please feel free to call me. I look forward to meeting you and advising you. You can reach me by phone or e-mail:

Victoria von Meding
Hansaplatz 5
20099 Hamburg

Tel. +49 40 8060136 70

meding@vonmeding.eu

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Hansaplatz 5
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