Nonviolent Communication gives us skills to develop internal and external compassion and nonviolence as it helps us:
- Develop honesty and empathy in our communication
- Identify the ways of thinking and speaking that characterize the downward spiral into conflict and disconnection
- Learn ways of thinking and speaking that lead towards connection, nourishment, and continuing growth in relationship
- Recognize and value the needs behind all our actions, seeing them as gifts
- Make requests that meet our need for love, and that invite the joy of giving
- Engage in a healing process for transforming the pain of the past
- Celebrate the beauty of what is alive in ourselves and in each other
Trainings listed here take place in the Maine region. Please note that both certified and non-certified trainers (who are willing to follow certain requirements of the Center for Nonviolent Communication) may be leading the posted trainings. Listing here is not an endorsement of the trainer or the event by the Maine NVC Network.
Special Opportunity
Monthly Empathy Circle
You are invited to participate in a monthly empathy circle. We will gather the first Friday of each month.
at The Start Center, 37 Start Rd, Camden.
You are welcome to come when you can.
FMI or to sign up, contact Linda: Phone 563-6712 / email
Level 1/ Introductory Offerings
A Level 1 workshop typically begins Friday evening with an introductory talk which is free and open to the public. The workshop itself, on the following 2 days, creates a foundational understanding of NVC. Topics include:
- historical background; key foundations and assumptions;
- the 4 Steps: observation, feelings, needs, and requests;
- empathy, the energy that allows the process to work.
This level is for the beginner, as well as those who have read books and seen tapes of the process and now want to have an experience trying it out with others.
Introductory NVC is also offered at various times as an evening course of several weeks duration.
- March 3-4, 2012, Bangor, ME
Bridges of Connection: Peaceful Powerful Communication
a fundraiser for WERU Community radio offered by Peggy Smith, Certified NVC Trainer
 details and registration
- Friday, March 23, 6-9 pm, Portsmouth, NH
Three-hour Basics Training/Workshop presented by Duke Duchscherer, Certified NVC Trainer. Duke will also offer a weekend-long intermediate workshop, see below
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Level 2/ Intermediate Trainings
These workshops are for participants who have completed a Level 1 workshop and want more personalized practice integrating NVC skills into real life situations. These experiential workshops deepen our understanding and use of NVC in our everyday lives. A variety of empathy exercises and role-plays from the participants’ current life situations enrich this process.
- 3rd Saturday of each month, March-June, 2012, Falmouth, ME
AND 3rd Sunday of each month, March-June, 2012, Camden, ME:
Keeping Our NVC Practice Thriving: Intermediate Immersion Group led by Peggy Smith, Certified NVC Trainer
This once a month experience is intended for people with a minimum of 4 days of
NVC training with a certified trainer. A four month commitment is requested to
build a sense of NVC community as we delve deeper into the practices that keep
needs-based consciousness alive in us. This session will run March-June, 2012.
details
- March 24-25, 2012, Falmouth, ME
Deepening Open Communication
Sat., March 24: Transforming Power Dynamics in Relationships
Sun., March 25: The Art of NVC Dialogue
You may register for either or both of these days. Together they constitute a Level 2 training.
offered by Peggy Smith, Certified NVC Trainer
details and registration
- March 24-25, Portsmouth,NH
Intermediate Training with a Focus on Empathy
presented by Duke Duchscherer, Certified NVC Trainer
details
- June 2-3, 2012, Bangor, ME
Expanding Open Communication
Sat., June 2: Transforming Power Dynamics in Relationships
Sun., June3: The Art of NVC Dialogue
You may register for either or both of these days. Together they constitute a Level 2 training.
offered by Peggy Smith, Certified NVC Trainer
details and registration Please note that the dates have been changed, from April to June.
- May 4-7, 2012, Bar Harbor, ME
Living Compassion: Building Practices & Processes
An NVC workshop with Robert Gonzales, Certified NVC Trainer
Because the workshop content will be determined by the skill level and
experience of the participants, we request that applicants have a minimum of 20 hours experience with an NVC trainer, or have been a part of an NVC practice group for a year, or are in an NVC practice group currently.
details and registration
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Other Maine Events:
- Contact the Maine NVC Network to schedule an NVC event for your area!
Examples of Past Offerings
- NVC 3 credit course in UMO Peace Studies Dept.
co-taught by Gina Cenciose & Peggy Smith
Nonviolent Communication and Restorative Circles
Based on the work of Dominic Barter in Brazil, combining the processes of NVC & Restorative Circles,
3 credit course for undergraduate or graduate credit.
- NVC Training Institute 7 day Intensive
with Robert Gonzales, Susan Skye, Wes Taylor, Towe Widstrand
- Empathy Circle Weekend
facilitated by Gina Cenciose, limited to 30 people
- Annual Maine NVC Network Gathering
Summer, different locations
We plan a day of NVC fun and connection to build and strengthen our NVC community in Maine; to provide opportunities for NVC sharing, networking, and community building among all those in our area with an interest in practicing NVC and making it a part of our lives individually, in our families and in our communities.
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