Sylvia Haskvitz, Certified NVC Trainer:
In this audio recording, Sylvia Haskvitz, veteran CNVC Certified Trainer, offers an in-depth discussion of the Nonviolent Communication process of empathy. Included is clarity about what empathy is and is not, information about the presence suggested to maintain empathic connection and the healing attributes of empathy, as well as:

- How to know when you have lost empathic connection
- The needs you meet by offering empathy to another
- What blocks empathic connection
- What fosters empathic connection
- How to maintain empathic connection, even when you become triggered or your head begins to take over
- Developing your timing skills at switching from empathy to other forms of communication
- Methods for navigating an “empathy collision” when both parties are in too much pain to hear the other
- Processes for practicing your empathy skills
- Tips on how to give empathy in a more colloquial manner
- Tips for developing your emotional vocabulary

This audio recording is well suited for anyone who is new to learning Nonviolent Communication and intermediate or advanced NVC enthusiasts who want to refresh their understanding of the basics or to refine their empathy skills.