NVC and Families

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  • Articles: NVC and Families

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  • Empowering Kids Under Current Systems of Domination

    Aya Caspi, Certified NVC Trainer:

    Join Aya Caspi, a Certified NVC Trainer, as she delves into the difficult topic of parenting, childhood trauma, and social status. She discusses the generational impact of being labeled by society as "less than" or subservient. The wounds of childhood trauma can...

  • Rethinking Societal Dynamics: Nurturing Empathy Over Fear

    Aya Caspi, Certified NVC Trainer:

    Aya Caspi delves into the impact of societal structures and parenting approaches on individuals, particularly the prevalence of extrinsic motivation rooted in fear of punishment, desire for rewards, and a sense of obligation. The emphasis is on how these dynami...

  • Baby Giraffes: NVC Parenting of Children Under 5: 3 Session Course

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    Ingrid Bauer, Certified NVC Trainers
    Time Investment: 3 hours 26 minutes, plus PDF handouts

    This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.

    This 3-part NVC Paren...

  • The Basics of Partnership Parenting Using NVC: 6 Session Course

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    Ingrid Bauer, Certified NVC Trainers
    Time Investment: 7 hours 44 minutes, plus PDF handouts
    Recorded 2010

    This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.

    As pare...

  • Peace Starts At Home: 6 Session Course

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    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 6 hours 14 minutes, plus PDF handouts
    Recorded 2011

    This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.

    “I will ...

  • Bridge the Gap: Support for Parents of Grown Children: 4 Session Course

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    Selene Aitken, Certified NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 3 hours 34 minutes, plus PDF handouts

    This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.

    Using the gentle lens...

  • Feedback without Criticism: 5 Session Course

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    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 5 hours 14 minutes, plus PDF handouts
    Recorded 2010

    This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.

    Learn t...

  • Dialogue within Communities: 4 Session Course

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    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 4 hours 20 minutes, plus PDF handouts

    This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.

    Dialogue is a life-ch...

  • Supporting a Culture of Collaboration: 4 Session Course

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    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 4 hours 4 minutes, plus PDF handouts
    Recorded 2016

    This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.

    One perso...

  • Parenting without Obedience: Intergenerational Collaboration: 5 Session Course

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    Arnina Kashtan, Miki Kashtan Certified NVC Trainers and Lisa Rothman,
    Time Investment 8 hours, 9 minutes plus PDF handouts
    Recorded 2018

    This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly ...

  • Nonviolent Facilitation as a Path to the Future: 3 Session Course

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    Miki Kashtan, Certified NVC Trainer
    Time Investment 3 hours, 27 minutes plus pdf handouts
    Recorded 2019

    This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.

    It is als...

  • Helping Small Children Process Difficult or Complex News

    From the Reclaiming Strength and Hope event in 2025, Catherine Cadden shares insights on supporting children through complex and challenging realities. She emphasizes letting children’s questions lead, staying connected to their underlying needs, and building trust through empathy and presence. D...

  • How Today’s World Is Affecting Our Daily Lives

    In the 2025 Reclaiming Strength and Hope event, Catherine Cadden, Duke Duchsherer, Jesse Wiens Chu, Kathleen Macferran, and Mary Mackenzie explore how global events impact daily life, emotional resilience, and self-connection. Through a focus on empathy, grounding, and parenting, they share hones...

  • Supporting NVC Consciousness Especially When Others Don't Know NVC

    In this clip from the Reclaiming Strength and Hope event, Duke Duchscherer explores how to live Nonviolent Communication (NVC) even when others around you are unfamiliar with it. He shares how creating simple, shared systems—especially for conflict—can help families, workplaces, and communities s...

  • Navigating Power Dynamics with NVC: 6 Session Course

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    Yvette Erasmus, NVC Trainer
    Time Investment: 6 hours 33 minutes, plus PDF workbook
    Recorded in 2024

    This course is part of the NVC Library subscription service. The subscription model allows for streaming (no downloads) as long as you maintain your monthly or yearly subscription.

    It is also av...

  • "First Call for Children - the Power of my Dreams" NVC Workshop

    Gitta Zimmermann, Certified NVC Trainer: In October 2016, Gitta held her 5th international workshop for people working with street children in Ruhpolding, Germany. This time most of the participants were already experienced, and we were merging more and more into a family. The workshop focus was ...

  • How Our Behavior Impacts Our Children

    Roxy Manning, Certified NVC Trainer: Children interpret and create meaning from everything they observe. They form a narrative about themselves and their place in the world. Roxy Manning shares how the stories of parents contribute to this narrative. Roxy shares a personal story where she, in an ...

  • NVC Games: A Fun Way to Learn NVC

    Gitta Zimmermann, Certified NVC Trainer: In October 2018, Gitta Zimmerman held her 6th international workshop for people working with children in Ruhpolding, Germany. This workshop video offers NVC learning games, complete with instructions!

    Keywords:

    - children
    - education
    - teaching N...

  • NVC Zen: The Paradox of Responsibility

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    Aya Caspi, Certified NVC Trainer

    How do we not take responsibility for other’s experiences while taking full responsibility for the impact of our choices? Come learn how to support the move from emotional “slavery” to emotional liberation, while still maintaining interdependence. You will come a...

  • NVC for Real: Questions about NVC in Sticky Relationships

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    Roxy Manning, Certified NVC Trainer

    Listen in as Roxy deftly responds to questions from participants about topics relating to conflict and major disagreements between loved ones and other important relationships, even those with power differences.

  • NVC & Domestic Violence

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    Eddie Zacapa, Certified NVC Trainer

    Healthy Intrapersonal Communication Skills for Perpetrators & Victims of Domestic Violence

    This session explores how NVC can transform relationships that have experienced domestic violence. You will come away with an understanding of what constitutes domestic...

  • Sharing Power

    Jim & Jori Manske, Certified NVC Trainer: Jim and Jori discuss sharing power through exploring our experience of having and not having power, how we make choices about our power and examining our relationship to power itself.

  • Everyday Parenting Challenges

    Ingrid Bauer, Certified NVC Trainer

    Ingrid Bauer guides parents to navigate everyday parenting challenges using the NVC model, such as the behavior of a frustrated child, a messy room, transition times and a child who collapses when things don’t work out as she had hoped. When parents integrate ...