Empathic communication training (NVC)
A Safe Space to Transform How You Communicate and Experience Relationships
Join our online Empathic Communication (NVC) training, offered in small, live group sessions.
This program is designed for individuals who want to better understand themselves, regulate their emotions, and communicate in ways that support relationships—without compromising their own boundaries.
The online format allows you to participate from anywhere, while maintaining comfort and privacy.
Facilitation
The training is led by a psychologist who works from a framework grounded in empathy, mindfulness, and emotional regulation.
I ensure emotional safety, confidentiality, and a non-judgmental atmosphere throughout the sessions.
What to expect before and after the training?
🔴 Before (automatic dialogue)
– You: “You never listen to me.”
– The other person: “You’re overreacting again.”
Effect: defensiveness, anger, withdrawal, escalation of conflict.
🟢 After (empathic communication)
– You: “When I speak and don’t get a response, I feel frustrated because being heard is important to me. Could we take a moment to talk now?”
Effect: higher chance of connection and a meaningful conversation.
🔴 Before (internal dialogue)
“I shouldn’t feel this way.”
“I’m being too sensitive again.”
🟢 After
“I feel tension and sadness. This tells me that I need more safety and clarity.”
Through the training, you learn to practice empathy not only toward others but also toward yourself.
What can you gain from NVC in Psychological Consultations?
1. Greater clarity of feelings and needs
You gain a better understanding of what is really happening inside you, which helps you make more conscious and intentional decisions.
2. Less tension and conflict
You learn to communicate in ways that reduce misunderstandings, both in your relationships with others and in your relationship with yourself.
3. Greater confidence in expressing yourself
You gain tools to communicate your boundaries and expectations respectfully, without guilt or aggression.
4. Better relationships
By cultivating empathy and understanding both your own and others’ needs, you build more harmonious and supportive connections.
5. More effective stress management
When you recognize the needs underlying your emotions, it becomes easier to choose strategies that truly support you.
6. Greater agency and control over your life
Instead of reacting automatically, you learn to consciously choose how you want to act and communicate in challenging situations.
7. Deeper connection with yourself
NVC helps you pause, acknowledge what matters, and take care of your well-being in a way that does not harm others.
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in couples therapy is one of the most valuable tools because it addresses a fundamental area: communication. Often, the way partners communicate, or fail to communicate, determines the quality of their relationship.
How NVC works in couples therapy?
Separating facts from interpretations
Partners learn to talk about what actually happened without judgment, generalizations, or labeling (e.g., instead of “You always ignore me”, “Yesterday, when I was sharing about my day, you didn’t respond”).
Connecting with your own emotions
Instead of blaming the other person, each partner learns to notice and name their feelings (e.g., “I feel lonely,” “I feel frustrated”) rather than accusing (“I’m unhappy because of you”).
Awareness of needs
NVC helps reveal that every conflict is rooted in unmet needs for example, the need for closeness, recognition, or autonomy. In couples therapy, partners learn to notice and express these needs directly.
Making requests instead of demands
Partners practice asking for specific actions that can improve the relationship (e.g., “Could you put your phone away for half an hour this evening and talk with me?”) instead of demanding or criticizing.
Why NVC is so helpful in couples therapy?
It reduces conflict escalation.
It creates a safe space for conversation, where both partners feel heard.
It replaces the “who’s right” game with a focus on mutual understanding and care.
It strengthens empathy—both toward your partner and yourself.
In practice: couples therapy sessions
During sessions:
I teach partners a conversation structure based on the four steps of NVC (observation → feeling → need → request).
I create a space where each person can speak and be heard without interruption or judgment.
I help “translate” criticism and accusations into the underlying needs and desires.
1. Typical dialogue (full of tension)
She: “You’re not listening to me at all! You’re glued to your phone, and I might as well be talking to a wall.”
He: “You’re overreacting. I’m just tired and need a moment to rest. You’re always nagging.”
She: “Of course, your tiredness is always more important than me!”
He: “That’s exactly why I don’t feel like talking—because you just start fights.”
2. The same dialogue using NVC
She: “Yesterday evening, when I was talking about my day and you were looking at your phone, I felt sad and lonely. I need to feel important and heard in our relationship. Could you put your phone away for half an hour tonight and talk with me?”
He: “I hear that this is important to you. When I come home tired from work, I need a moment to unwind and rest. If we agree that I take 20 minutes to ‘reset’ first, and then put my phone away and talk with you, that works for me.”
She: “That works for me. What matters is that we have some time just for ourselves.”