Born into a German-Indian family and raised in Germany, India and the US, I learned to navigate different cultures at an early age.

As a cross-cultural and cross-border family mediator, I specialize in helping parents navigate the complexities of co-parenting across borders. My goal is to support parents in finding sustainable agreements that prioritize the child’s need for connection to both parents.

As a family mentor with personal experience of parental child abduction, I am dedicated to helping parents with the emotional and practical aspects of abduction and reunion.

Inspired by my personal experiences and grounded in extensive professional training in mediation and trauma recovery, I bring expertise, empathy, and compassion to my work.

Before turning my focus to families, I worked for nearly two decades as a project manager for German Films, building bridges between the German film industry and film professionals around the world.

Konstanze Welz in a talk in the TV show SWR Nachtcafé. She sits in an armchair.
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Qualifications

Professional Training in Mediation and Trauma Recovery

  • Intercultural Business Trainer/Moderator Qualification (assist International HR, 2018)
  • Transformative Mediator Qualification (Christian Hartwig/Institute for Transformative Mediation and Conflict Transformation, 2019)
  • Cross-Border-Family-Mediator Qualification (MiKK e. V., 2020)
  • Trauma Recovery Coach Qualification (International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaches, 2022)
  • Child Inclusive Mediation (Lisa Parkinson, 2025)

Online Certification Courses

  • Comprehensive Interpersonal Neurobiology Course (Daniel Siegel/Mindsight Institute, 2023)
  • Traumatic Stress Studies Certificate Program (Bessel van der Kolk/Trauma Research Foundation, 2024)
  • Early Adverse Childhood Experiences: Prevention, Awareness & Interventions (Universitätsklinikum Ulm, 2025)

Academic Education

  • Certified Translator French (SDI Munich, 1988)
  • M.A. in Contemporary History and Romance Studies (LMU Munich, 1994)