Learning outcomes

On this training you will learn the 4 steps of NVC: Observations, Feelings, Needs, Requests
and the 3 modes of NVC: self compassion, listening with empathy & honest expression.
You will have the opportunity to apply the mindset and skills to imaginary scenarios and situations from your own life.

By the end of each session you will have a basic understanding of:

Session 1

  • the purpose, premises and mindset of NVC

  • needs vs strategies (key distinction)

  • what gets in the way of compassionate communication with ourselves and others

  • how to deepen emotional intelligence by translating judgments into feelings and needs

Session 2

  • how we might listen to each other in a way that creates connection

  • empathy skills: presence, recapping, listening for feelings and needs

  • empathy vs other forms of response, e.g. advising, storytelling (key distinction)

  • what our choices are in responding to difficult-to-hear messages

Session 3

  • how to listen to ourselves with empathy when our nervous system gets activated

  • how to prepare for a ‘difficult’ conversation

  • making observations vs evaluating, interpreting, judging (key distinction)

  • making requests vs demands (key distinction)

Session 4

  • what gets in the way of honest self-expression

  • how to ask for what we want without demanding and without holding back

  • vulnerability vs weakness (key distinction)

  • the ‘dance’ of NVC dialogue: asking honestly and vulnerably for what we’d like and empathising with a dreaded response