Self-Empathy Intensive Trainings

 

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

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

 

Trainer

Clara Moisello, PhD

dates and timeS

8 weekly meetings | 2.5 hours each

program tuition - sliding scale

We offer a sliding scale tuition model to support accessibility and economic diversity, trusting each person to choose the rate that best reflects their financial situation. Contact Clara at clara@nycnvc.org to discuss any concerns you have regarding finances.

• Suggested Tuition - $420

• Reduced Tuition - $360 (For those who need financial flexibility. We trust you to choose this option if it helps make participation possible for you)

• Contributor Tuition - $480 (For those who are able to contribute more. Your generosity helps offset reduced tuition rates and supports broader access to this work.)