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Program Concept and Overview

This program is designed to provide ongoing support and opportunities to teach NVC.  By providing an abundance of experience and support, this program provides an opportunity to integrate the skills involved in being an effective and fulfilled NVC Trainer. 

The Trainer Training Program (TTP) is designed for people who have been studying NVC for (usually) one to five years and hold an intention to be a "Certified Trainer" with CNVC or NYCNVC or an "Independent Trainer" or a "Dedicated Practitioner."  It's ideal for folks who who are leading or intending to lead a practice group (or equivalent) and are interested in gaining deeper, NVC training experience at retreats and intensive trainings.

The program includes:

1) Your own Led Local Practice Group - 1 per week, (2 1/2 hours ea) - This is a program intention (or equivalent)
2) Empathy Sessions - 1 per week (1 hour ea) - with your own Empathy Buddy from the program
3) Certification Status/ Planning and/or Goal Status/Planning - part of coaching sessions
4) Coaching Sessions - 3 per month (1 hour ea) - with Thom Bond
5) 4-day Intensives - 3 per year (Thursday thru Sunday) w/ prep day on (Wednesdays before intensives)

Participants work with trainers, coaches and other participants to integrate NVC skills, practice and consciousness into their own lives while supporting others in their communities.  These skills include expression, empathy, self-empathy, making requests, dialogue, connecting to and having a deeper relationship with feelings and needs and all that goes in to seeing and being in the world as a "Giraffe." For more details you can read about  4-day Intensives.

Teaching and Presentation Skills

Knowing and living NVC is requisite to sharing it.  Developing teaching and presentation skills is the next key. The program includes development in:

• Being present
• Finding your voice
• Diction
• Full use of your body
• Meeting people where they are
• Emotional honesty
• NVC "modeling"
• Teaching through stories, examples and roles plays
• Documentation and exercises
• Training logistics and conventions
• Event planning and marketing

Through a combination of training experiences and opportunities along with coach feedback, peer feedback and troubleshooting, as well as student feedback, participants constantly track and develop training skills.

CNVC Certification Deliverables

This program supports participants from Certification Candidacy through Pre-Assessment to Final Assessment and Certification.  This includes:

• Creating Journals - providing formats and topics

• Video production - At our retreats and intensives, we provide video cameras and tapes, and DVD burning services

• Certification role plays

• Written work including NVC concepts and differentiations

• Training logs and feedback forms

Opportunities

The goal of intensive personal and community development is carried out by providing training knowledge, opportunity and support in the context of the following events and activities. 

The "NVC Discovery Intensive" is an introductory 2 1/2 day training that starts on Friday night and goes through the weekend.  It is designed to "jump start" NVC learning and integration.  Intensive, experiential and transformative, this weekend is a combination of inner work, outer work and fun, to create a profound and uplifting learning experience. These are offered in New York and can also be sponsored anywhere in North America to increase local awareness of NVC and help trainers get "front-of the-room" experience. 

"Practice Groups"  As a prerequisite for the Certification Training Program we ask that participants lead a local weekly practice group (or the equivalent) or set a goal to lead a practice group locally.  Groups generally follow either the Lucy Leu Companion Workbook or the 64 Days curriculum that includes readings, exercises and role plays.  Sessions usually take place in someone's home or a small public meeting room.  They range in size from 4 to 20 people, depending on the group members needs and group leaders needs.  Groups cover the fundamental concepts and skills of NVC including "the model," "empathy," "needs consciousness," and more (see below).  Starting times are usually 6:30 to 7:00 with 2 1/2 hours for the meeting itself.

"Intensives" - Four Intensives per year.  One Friday thru Sunday (non-residential) .Three Thursday thru Sunday (residential).   Intensives are designed to support and encourage different areas of NVC learning and integration. From the beginnings of learning what NVC is and is not, to the deeper integration of empathy skills, self-empathy skills and ultimately to enjoy the awareness that NVC offers in supporting dialogue and a greater ability to make Life-Serving Requests and choices.

Finances

Tuition is typically $200-300* per month plus travel and lodging expenses.  This covers the core of the program which is the 3 1 hour coaching sessions per month with Thom Bond (Certified Trainer) and three 4-Day Intensives (tuition only).  For more about Intensive Food and Lodging costs please CLICK HERE. These include feedback and support sessions and video taping support.

Many participants have been able to cover there costs by leading a practice group in their area.

*If you can’t afford the tuition we encourage you to contact us to see if we can figure something out.  We offer payment plans, work exchange, scholarships or other strategies yet unconsidered.

 What Next?

For more information or to schedule an initial phone interview, please call Thom Bond at 212 496 3111 or email to
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