Self-Empathy Intensive Trainings
ONLINE - STARTS May 6, 2025 - tuesdays, 6PM-8:30PM EDT
New! “expanded” self-empathy intensive online - READ MORE
includes 4-week empathy primer/refresher
starts april 8 , 2025 - tuesdays, 6PM-8:30PM EDT
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Navigating Our Inner World with Compassion and Clarity
“Self-compassion is that spacious simple awareness that allows whatever is in our experience to simply be” – Robert Gonzales
Self-Empathy Intensive Overview
After establishing a foundation in ‘seeing’ feelings and needs in the people around us through the practice of empathy, we turn the attention towards ourselves to develop our self-empathy skills. Self-Empathy is a practice that allows us to disentangle all the components of our inner experience: thoughts, feelings, needs. This creates an experiential clarity, which is the foundation for self-compassion and empowerment.
This intensive training is intended to establish and deepen our ability to self-empathize as a key to being compassionate with ourselves, in our significant relationships and in our professional lives. This will help us embrace our reactivity rather than resisting it, and learning to find a way to restore self-connection and be able to speak from a grounded space, even when powerful emotions arise. Dialogue, mediation, sharing NVC, and perhaps most importantly, knowing what we want to do, versus what we think we should do, are all supported by our skills in self-empathy.
Throughout this training, we will practice the art of slowing down and listen to the wisdom of our life energy (feelings, needs) as a guide in responding to difficult events, making decisions, shaping our beliefs and ultimately living a life of choice vs. habitual judgments and reactivity.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Completing this training fulfills the pre-requisites to attend the Dialogue Intensive Training and the Self-Empathy Labs.
Learning Objectives
Understanding and practicing the key components of self-empathy
Refining our ability to notice and translate our judgments
Refining our ability to connect to our feelings and to our body sensations
Slowing down/interrupting for self-connection
Working with triggers/intensity/anger
Transforming our relationship to pain though mourning
Developing the ability to appreciate and celebrate ourselves and others
Transforming shame/guilt/self-judgments into life-serving energies
Developing self-compassion for our “mistakes”
Making needs-based decisions and working with apparently conflicting needs
Understanding (and sometimes transforming) our beliefs through the lens of needs
Upcoming Trainings
self-empathy intensive ONLINE - STARTS May 6, 2025
8 WEEKS, tuesdays, 6PM-8:30PM EDT
New! “expanded” self-empathy intensive online (READ MORE BELOW)
includes 4-week empathy primer/refresher
starts april 8 , 2025 - tuesdays, 6PM-8:30PM EDT
PREREQUISITES: This program is designed for those who have completed the NYCNVC Empathy Intensive Training, or an equivalent empathy training of at least 16-20 hours. Ongoing empathy practice is also highly recommended.
Haven’t met the requisites yet? Consider attending the Expanded Self-Empathy Intensive! A 12-week program that includes a 4-week Empathy Primer, followed by the 8-week Self-Empathy Intensive. Read More Below.
Self-Empathy Intensive Online
This program will take place entirely online using Zoom software. All sessions are recorded and made available to participants for review/download.
trainer
dates and timeS
8 weekly meetings | 2.5 hours each
Tuesdays, 6:00PM-8.30PM ET - Check your time zone
From May 6 to June 24, 2025
tuition
• First Time Participant - $480
• Reviewer* - $380
*People who have completed a Self-Empathy Intensive Training or The Integration Program - Online or in-person
Contact us to discuss any concerns you have regarding finances, or to request a payment plan.
Expanded Self-Empathy Intensive
This 12-week program includes a 4-week Empathy Primer followed by the 8-week Self-Empathy Intensive. It is designed for those who have not yet taken an Empathy Intensive or equivalent empathy training. This option makes the Self-Empathy accessible to a wider audience, reducing the overall time and cost compared to taking each training individually, while ensuring that everyone has the foundational skills needed to benefit fully from the process.
In these four weeks, you’ll develop a solid foundation in needs-based empathy, learning how to:
Listen beyond words – Recognizing the feelings and needs behind what people say
Hold space with presence and intention – Cultivating curiosity, openness, and non-judgmental awareness
Distinguish empathy from habitual responses – Understanding the difference between empathy and common tendencies like fixing, advising, or dismissing emotions
Navigate empathy challenges – Strengthening your ability to stay present, even in difficult conversations
By the end of these four weeks, you will have a strong grasp of needs-based empathy, allowing you to enter the Self-Empathy Intensive with depth, confidence, and a supportive foundation.
trainer
dates and timeS
12 weekly meetings | 2.5 hours each
Tuesdays, 6:00PM-8.30PM ET - Check your time zone
From April 8 to June 24, 2025
tuition
• First Time Participant - $580
PAYMENT OPTIONS: You can pay the tuition in one solution, or in two installments of $290, the first due upon registration, the second by May 6.
Contact us to discuss any concerns you have regarding finances.
Self-Empathy Intensive In-Person
Trainer
TBD
location
TBD
dates and timeS
TBD
tuition
TBD