Hi, I’m Ivana.
For the last ten years, I have been offering space for presence, connection and transformation, with the tools of Nonviolent Communication®, a needs-based approach to conflict developed by Marshall Rosenberg, as well as other approaches. I offer training, mediation and consultations for the public and organizations. Since 2018 I am the lead trainer of the accredited “Mediation For Life" training in Czechia. I am a trainer certified with the Center for Nonviolent Communication (2014).
When I work with couples, I combine the Mediate Your Life approach with other modalities, such as Somatic Experiencing and body energetics. I provide online mediation and NVC coaching.
I like to invite the wisdom of our bodies and use the knowledge of our nervous system and regulation, which I find very useful in relationship healing. I am a Somatic Experiencing® practitioner.
“My aim is to provide a safe space for you to open up, improve your communication skills, and learn how to live in harmony with the important people in your life.”
WORK EXPERIENCE
SOMATIC EXPERIENCING® PRACTITIONER (SEP), 2021
LEAD TRAINER OF NVC MEDIATION TRAINING, CZECHIA, 2018 - NOW Accredited 6-month experiential training in the skills of Nonviolent Communication, according to the Mediate Your Life approach. In-person and online.
SOCIOTHERAPIST, PRODIALOG, Z.S., PRAGUE, 2017 - 2018
Working with families in divorce. Mediation for parents and family members. Assisted meetings of parents and children. Individual consultation and couselling. Nonviolent Communication workshops and practice groups for staff and clients.
CERTIFIED NVC TRAINER AND MEDIATOR, 2014 - NOW
Faciilitating trainings and practice groups for the public, schools, organisations and companies. Consulting and counselling. Since 2014 certified as Nonviolent Communication trainer by the Center of Nonviolent Communication. NVC mediation for couples and individuals.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS TRAINER, 2011 - 2014
Facilitating practice groups and workshops of Nonviolent Communication.
ASSISTANT AT EXPERIENTIAL TRAININGS, CZECHIA, 2014 - 2018 Assisting Komala Amorim and Gregor Steinmaurer at Training for Life, Awakened Feminine Training and experiential group trainings with various topics (partnership, sexuality, inner child work, voice work, body energetics, women’s groups).
EDUCATION
CHARLES UNIVERSITY, PRAGUE — SOCIAL and CULTURAL ECOLOGY, M.A. 2009, After my study of the human aspects of sustainability, I have moved on to learn more about human communication and conflict resolution. Because it is all related.
TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATES
SOMATIC EXPERIENCING® TRAINING, CZECHIA, 2018-2021, regular supervision and deepening workshops on different topics
EUROLIFE TRAINING - LIVING COMPASSION, GERMANY, 2015-2017, embodied compassionate communication, dyad practice and direct experiencing
1-YEAR NVC MEDIATION IMMERSION, WARSAW, POLAND, 2014, mediation according to the Mediate Your Life approach
CERTIFIED NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION TRAINER by the CENTER for NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION, USA, 2014
TRAINING FOR LIFE, CZECHIA, 2012-2014, experiential training in body energetics and meditation
HATHA YOGA INSTRUCTOR, YOGA ALLIANCE, CZECHIA, 2010
INSPIRATIONS
Since 2015, I have been following the work of Thomas Huebl and attending trainings both online and in-person. I have attended online trainings with Terry Real, William Ury and others. I am inspired by the work of Esther Perel, Scilla Elworthy, Diane Poole Heller, Peter Levine and Stephen Porges.
LANGUAGES
I find myself at home in English, German, Slovak and Czech. I have a basic knowledge of Polish and French.
“Ivana has helped us tremendously. Without her, we would have been separated, making the same old communication mistakes just with new partners again and again…”
— Joanna Vladescu and Martin Sittek
Let’s work together. Your relationship deserves care.
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My background is in social and cultural ecology. Care for the climate and the environment influences all the choices that I make: how I travel, what I buy, what I eat and what I do. I try my best to reduce my ecological footprint to minimum. And this is part of the service that I offer.