New offer: MEDIATION. Come and make an agreement.

"You speak in great anger. That is not our custom. We discuss matters calmly, quietly, and with deliberation." So spoke my beloved childhood hero Winnetou at Fort Niobara shortly before he gave up his only love, Ribanna, in the interest of lasting peace. The fact that even the wedding of another of my childhood idols, this time the white lieutenant Merril, to the Tah-sha-tung's daughter, was not a sufficient guarantee of the white man's promises, was to be expected, given the treacherous bandits. I do not intend to discuss whether lasting peace is possible, who should arrange it, or who could be compared to the Ponka chief or even to the Apache chief, and who to the bandit boss. I admit that politics is not a hobby of mine. In the interest of preserving my mental health, I hardly follow the news. But I cannot help but feel uneasy about the irreconcilability and powerlessness of some world leaders...

However, the relentless struggle for power or the inability to find common ground does not only destroy world superpowers, states, and small countries—often a small house or apartment or an even smaller thing or matter is a good enough reason to destroy good relationships in a school classroom, workplace, or family. Of course, conflicts are natural and, to a certain extent, healthy. However, it depends on how we approach them. Sometimes it is enough to sit down and talk. When we do not sit opposite each other, but side by side. When we are able to negotiate calmly and with deliberation. Sometimes we can't do that, so we remain silent for years, torturing ourselves this way – but we are in the right, so let them come; when they apologize, when they admit that we are right, then maybe... Sometimes we don't wait and try to make the first step in the end, but it's too late...

And sometimes we can't even wait, we need to come to some kind of agreement, but it doesn't work, we're stuck, we get angry, we insult each other, we complain... Then a third party can help, someone impartial, trustworthy and calm, who doesn't judge us, doesn't push us toward quick compromise solutions, but above all listens patiently, with respect and understanding. Someone who knows that behind every complaint there is a need, an interest, and who will help us find and understand our needs and common interests. Someone who acknowledges our feelings and appreciates our efforts. Someone who helps us communicate by conveying our important needs to the other person, who may have heard our wishes just as constant complaining. That someone, that intermediary in the search for a solution, can be a mediator.

I have personally tried mediation and can recommend it wholeheartedly. It works—better than we might expect. Forgiveness and reconciliation have been my personal half-life-long issues number one. It is a very difficult but also immensely relieving and healing experience. That is why, after a twenty-year career as a translator and interpreter (which is now declining due to technological developments), I decided to become a therapist and mediator. I believe that these are professions of the future, somewhat different and both demanding, but at the same time exciting, fulfilling, and deeply human, with great potential not only for the job market...

Thanks to my accredited training in mediation with Ms. Ing. Kateřina Bělková and my current psychotherapeutic training, as well as my own life experience and the many real stories I have heard (not only) from my clients, I am ready to help you, in a calm and thoughtful way, to reach an agreement with your classmate, colleague, superior or subordinate, current or former (business) partner, neighbor, parent or child... of any age, gender, skin color, religion or belief... in the calm and safe environment of my therapeutic and mediation office in Kladno. Come and try it out. Together, we will look for a solution that suits you, or perhaps "just" a common language that you can then use to communicate with each other on your own. Whatever your dispute and with whomever it may be, let's try peaceful negotiation, and maybe we'll be able to bury the hatchet. Let's talk and grow together—humanely, respectfully, and calmly... I look forward to hearing your stories.