NVC Solid Foundations
Training Course for beginners
3 September – 17 December 2025
at 18:00-21:00 CEST/CET (Berlin time)
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where others seem not to grasp what you want?
Have you ever had difficulties understanding what others want?
Does this happen regularly with your partner, children or other family members, colleagues at work or friends?
Wouldn’t it be a relief to express yourself easily and to understand others better?
To drop energy-consuming thoughts and stop trying to convince others to do things your way?
To express what you truly want instead of demanding or hiding your wishes?
To see what is behind people’s actions and words?
If this vision appeals to you, take part in our “NVC Solid Foundations” online course (previously called “NVC Intensive Course. Level 1”) introducing you to Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Change how you perceive relationships with others, start speaking slightly differently and observe how meaningful and satisfying your life becomes.
This online training course is for you who:
– want to have smoother, more fulfilling and sustainable interactions with others;
– look for a more relaxing and joyful life;
– want to learn and integrate Nonviolent Communication into your everyday life;
– want to understand emotions and needs better;
– want to be able to express needs clearly, without demands or hurting others;
– long to be able to listen to others without getting defensive or giving up on yourself;
– like meeting people from different countries and would like to build an international network.
During this training course, you will learn:
– the basics of Nonviolent Communication (NVC);
– the way of transforming inner criticism into life-enriching energy;
– how to listen to others with empathy;
– how to express and take responsibility for your needs;
– how to realise what you want;
– how to transform inner jackals;
– how to transform enemy images;
– how to take charge of your happiness.
Program overview:
We will meet on Wednesdays.
There will be 8 workshops (3h long) + 8 practice sessions (1,5h long)
Workshops (18:00-21:00 Berlin time)
Module 1 – 3 September 2025
Introduction
- The NVC model
- Life-alienating versus life-serving language
Module 2 – 17 September 2025
Observations
- Observations versus interpretations
- Finding common ground with others
Module 3 – 1 October 2025
Feelings
- Feelings versus thoughts
- Discovering and expressing your inner life
Module 4 – 15 October 2025
Needs
- Needs versus strategies
- Taking responsibility for your inner life
Module 5 – 29 October 2025
Requests
- Requests versus demands
- Requests versus undoable requests
Module 6 – 12 November 2025
Self-empathy
- How to transform inner jackals
- Finding your life energy behind any judgements
Module 7 – 26 November 2025
Empathy
- How to listen to others
- Transforming enemy images
Module 8 – 10 December 2025
Honesty and gratitude
- How to express what’s important to you
- Vulnerability and integrity
Practice sessions (18:00-19:30 Berlin time)
10 September, 24 September, 8 October, 22 October, 5 November, 19 November, 3 December and 17 December 2025.
What’s included in our training course:
8 workshops (3 hours long)
We will meet on 3 September, 17 September, 1 October, 15 October, 29 October, 12 November, 26 November, and 10 December 2025. These sessions will include theoretical input and exercises. As they will be recorded, you will have an opportunity to rewatch them.
36 hours in total
36 hours to learn and practice a more effective way of communicating with others.
8 video recordings
You will receive access to recorded sessions, so you can go back to them whenever you want.
Empathy Buddies
You will meet a specific person once a week for regular practice of listening with empathy (empathy buddies will be changed every four weeks).
8 practice sessions (1,5 hours long)
Every second week (10 September, 24 September, 8 October, 22 October, 5 November, 19 November, 2 December, and 17 December 2025) you will meet each other and one of the trainers to practice NVC. These sessions will not be recorded.
4 trainers
We are all experienced with sharing NVC in different environments for many years, 3 of us are certified by the Centre for Nonviolent Communication.
PDF booklets
Each module will be accompanied by a PDF file containing theory and exercises.
The certificate of participation
You will receive a certificate confirming that you have taken part in this training course.
An interactive format
Our program contains many different features to satisfy different learning styles and to really support you in integrating the NVC knowledge and experience into your everyday life. Among others, we will use: visuals (both videos and pictures), writing, reading, listening, speaking, observing, acting, role-playing, exercising with made-up examples, working with real-life dilemmas, and taking other peoples’ perspectives.
This will offer you as many opportunities as possible to install a supporting change system on a deeper level.
It’s an intense course, so besides the workshops and practice sessions of 1½-3h a week, make sure you have space for 1-2 h/week for meeting your empathy buddy and self-studies.
How
- Recordings, presentations and handouts will be available on the Empathic Way Europe online platform for at least 1 year.
- The meetings will take place online on Zoom (you will receive the link to the meeting after registration, check your email!). To participate, you need a stable internet connection, your preferred device with a microphone and camera, a pen and a notebook. You also need to be able to communicate well in English.
Price
Regular: 690 Euro
Promotion till 31 July 2025: 545 Euro
If the price is the only thing that stops you from participating, please write to us, and we will do our best to find a solution.
If you have any questions, please, send a message to: contact@empathiceurope.com
What are participants saying?
The NVC Intensive Course unexpectedly brought a great change of awareness to my way of communicating with, and understanding, my surroundings. We were given great communication tools and exercises throughout the course. Communication tools to use even after the course. The group dynamic with fellow peers was beautiful. The professionalism and vast knowledge of the trainers were nothing but impressive. I highly recommend this course.
Nella
This course was an excellent opportunity to further explore the language of NVC through practice. The course trainers are skilled in using NVC and the openness of communication during all course sessions was refreshing and contributed to the sense of connection that was apparent amongst the group.
Catherine
I took this course to teach me how to communicate with my adult daughter. We were becoming more distant with time. Little did I know the course would teach me about myself, how I felt and why and to risk being vulnerable by making a request. To change my language of blame and judgment to one of feelings and needs. I got so much more than I could have hoped for – an understanding of myself and others and a rekindling with my daughter and my grandkids. Thank you so much for such a valuable gift!
Sigrid
In an intimate and authentic space, you can learn and experience possibilities to connect more deeply with life… Those are surprising and touching moments.
Pari
I highly recommend this course, as a beginner-level course. It was very thorough and comprehensive. Thank you!
Sofie
Trainers:
Joachim Berggren
Certified CNVC Trainer
I work with groups and individuals who want to be able to communicate better and build sustainable connections in their family, with their friends, at their workplace and in the bigger community. I am offering lectures, workshops, mediation and individual training online and in person. I came into contact with NVC in 2005 and in 2009/2010 I participated in my first annual program with Friare Liv (Liv Larsson and Kay Rung). I have participated in a wide range of NVC workshops both in Sweden and abroad. Since 2010, I have been sharing and teaching NVC myself. In 2017, I became a certified NVC trainer by CNVC. My main focus within NVC has been to teach the NVC fundamentals, community building and to organize major events, such as the European and the Swedish NVC festivals. What captivates my interest lately is how we humans develop both as individuals and groups and how this evolutionary drive affects our ability to learn and integrate NVC into our lives.
Cori Liebhart
Trainer of empathic communication
I got to know NVC in 2008 and since then I am on the path of practicing, sharing, creating and co-creating. After building an online community (it is more a Gang actually) for 6 years, working in the field of conflict facilitation and as a coach, I am currently working for the Civil Peace Service in Nepal.
NVC for me is peacework, knowledge and wisdom combined, a language of all senses, consciousness-training. It is a tool for me to stay on my path, be open for the challenges of life and be present in every encounter I experience. I am mother of two boys. Being part of the Empathic Way Europe fulfills many needs like co-creation, contribution, adventure, community, peace.
Magdalena Malinowska-Berggren
CNVC Certified Trainer
I am an NVC trainer supporting people in creating satisfying life and relations (personal and professional) through individual trainings and group workshops deepening communication skills. I help in implementing Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in private life, companies and non-governmental organisations. My work is based not only on Nonviolent Communication (NVC) created by Marshall B. Rosenberg, but also on non-formal learning methods and on the Coaching for Transformation approach. I founded Empathic Way and Empathic Way Europe, through which I promote NVC and teach honest and clear self-expression and listening to others with respect and empathy. Empathic Way Europe is a project that I started because I love working in English and want to reach people living in the whole of Europe. Besides, I am the author of the online course “Four steps to a better relationship with others and myself” (at the moment only in Polish). I got to know Nonviolent Communication in 2010 and has been delivering workshops since 2013 for example for: WTW Services, Stanley Black & Decker, Netguru, Interdisciplinary Division for Energy Analyses, McCormick, Fundacja Konsumentów, Empowering Children Foundation, Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH), EY Foundation, etc.
Paulina Orbitowska-Fernandez
CNVC Certified Trainer
I am an NVC trainer supporting families, schools, business and organizations, through workshops, lectures or individually. The way we communicate has an impact on our personal and professional relations. I support people in leveraging the quality of them so they can enjoy more honesty and empathy. I also facilitate systemic transformation through Nonviolent Communication, neurobiology, and 3d-mapping inspired by and following the teachings of Sarah Peyton being in constant awe of how much healing her work brings. The first time I heard the words of Marshall Rosenberg “Connect before correct” I imagined how the world would look like if we could remember them more often. What I do is rooted in that dream. I have finished postgraduate studies in Leadership in Education, Nonviolent Communication according to Marshall Rosenberg and Train the Trainer of Nonviolent Communication studies, at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland. I have also finished Business and Life Coaching at the School of Empathic Trainers in Warsaw. I am a mother of a teenage boy who is my source of love and wisdom.
Empathic Way Europe