Structure meets Intuition

Finding a way
forward. Together.

Mediation is more than conflict resolution – it creates a space where every voice is heard and sustainable solutions can emerge.

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Areas where we can help

Focus Areas

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Couples

When conflicts become entrenched and communication stalls – mediation helps couples find their way back to dialogue and address hurt feelings. Whether searching for a shared path, navigating separation and divorce, or managing everyday questions involving children.

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Friendships

Hurt feelings, misunderstandings or unfulfilled expectations can put strain on close friendships. Mediation creates a protected space for open conversations and the opportunity to reshape the friendship.

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Families

Child-rearing, care questions, inheritance disputes or conflicts between generations and siblings are often emotionally very stressful. Mediation brings clarity and enables sustainable solutions that all parties can commit to.

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Associations

Leadership conflicts, disputes over statutes or tensions between members can paralyse an association. Mediation brings all parties to the table and helps develop constructive solutions.

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Young People

Disputes among peers, conflicts with parents or tensions in school settings – young people deserve a space where their voice is heard. Mediation gives them the opportunity to resolve conflicts independently and on equal terms.

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Neighbours

Noise, boundary fences, parking disputes or differing ideas about living together – neighbourhood conflicts place enormous strain on everyday life. Mediation enables direct communication and creates the foundation for respectful coexistence.

The Team

Committed to your resolution.

RH stands for Ruzitschka and Häfele – but also for Ratio and Heart. While Katharina listens for the nuances with her pedagogical sensitivity, Stefan uses his analytical structure to ensure the thread is never lost.

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Mediator & Social Worker

Katharina Ruzitschka

Her passion lies in people and their conflicts in all their complexity, within the context of their respective life and relationship systems. As a social worker with experience in youth welfare and complex family systems, she brings a fine instinct for emotions, relationship dynamics and unspoken needs to every mediation process.

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    Social Work (BA)
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    Professional experience in youth welfare, open youth work, project work and teaching
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    Further training: Person-centred counselling
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    Further training: Systemic counselling
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    Training completed April 2026
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Mediator & Product Manager

Stefan Häfele

As a media informatician and product manager, Stefan thinks in systems, processes and solutions. His experience in leading complex teams makes him a reliable anchor in emotional negotiations – structured, clear, always maintaining the overview.

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    Dipl. Media Informatician (FH)
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    Professional experience as Product Manager
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    Strength: Analytical thinking & structure
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    Experience in complex team dynamics
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    Training completed April 2026
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Our Expertise

Tailored mediation formats for complex human dynamics.

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Individual Mediation

A focused session with one mediator. Ideal for smaller conflicts, interpersonal disputes or clearly defined issues where a neutral perspective provides the necessary clarity and orientation.

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Co-Mediation

Katharina and Stefan work together as a duo. This format offers a balanced perspective from both genders as well as double the analytical depth – ideal for complex family conflicts, inheritance disputes or multi-party conflicts.

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In-Person & Online

We welcome you at our premises in Freiburg or Emmendingen – or we meet digitally. Online mediation is particularly suitable for those who face a long journey, or who feel not yet ready to sit in a room with the other party.

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The Process

5 Phases of Mediation

A structured process that guides conflicting parties step by step towards a jointly developed, sustainable solution.

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Foundation

The mediator presents the process and principles – voluntariness, confidentiality, impartiality. A binding working agreement creates the secure framework for everything that follows.

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Topic Collection

Each party describes their perspective. The mediator formulates neutral, open-ended topics from these. Together, the order in which these will be addressed is determined.

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Interests & Needs

Behind rigid positions lie deeper needs. Here the 'why' is made visible – mutual understanding emerges and forms the basis for every workable solution.

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Solution Options

Creative brainstorming without immediate evaluation. The goal is a genuine win-win: options are collected that meet everyone's needs, then evaluated together.

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Agreement

The results are recorded in a memorandum, reviewed legally and finally sealed in a binding closing agreement.

Why It Works

As conflict energy decreases, space for solutions emerges.

In conflicts, each party finds themselves on a plateau: stress, defensive reflexes and accusations dominate the conversation. Agreement seems impossible – because the mind cannot accept an offer while its internal alarm system is running.

Phase 3 of mediation is the turning point. As the mediators make the deeper needs of both sides visible, conflict energy noticeably decreases. The other person becomes someone who – just like oneself – wants to be heard. This moment opens the solution space: an area where it becomes possible to move towards each other again.

Diagram: Conflict energy across the 5 phases of mediation – the drop in Phase 3 opens the solution space
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Contact

Begin your path to
lasting resolution.

We offer a free 30-minute initial consultation to get to know your situation and find the right format for you.

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Email kontakt@rhmediation.de
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Office Friedrich-Mößner-Str. 17a, 79312 Emmendingen Your mediators for Freiburg and the Breisgau region

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