About
Compassionate Communication
Compassionate Communication is based on Nonviolent Communication
(NVC), a set of suggestions and tools for communicating from a place of
peace in our hearts, in a compassionate way. Developed by a
pyschologist who firmly believes
in that human beings have a fundamentally compassionate nature, NVC is
a set of suggestions for using language to help us tap into that
wellspring of compassion.
Starting with an Observation
that creates common ground, the NVC model progresses to identifying the
Feeling
being experienced that is independent of the other person. Next we
identify the life-enriching universal human Need that is or
isn't being met, and finally end with a Request to ourself
or to another person. We find this process usually out the
compassionate nature in people.
Developed by Marshall Rosenberg and administered largely through the
Center for Nonviolent Communication, NVC is taught all over the world
by over 200 certified trainers, as well as informal instruction by
candidate trainers and supporters.
