Introduction to Nonviolent Communication

Group programme
Organiser · SAILR gUG
Location · At the organiser’s premises
Facilitator · Christoph Richter, social pedagogue (B.A.) and trainer in Nonviolent Communication

Dates in 2025

• 8 February 2025
• 12 April 2025
• 21 June 2025
• 23 August 2025
• 11 October 2025
• 6 December 2025

How can I say what bothers me without a conversation turning into accusations? How can I listen when I am feeling tense myself? And how can I phrase a request so the other person understands what matters to me?

This group programme introduces Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication (NVC). It is intended for people who want to communicate more consciously at work, in volunteering or in their personal lives. No previous knowledge is required.

The group works with the four core elements of NVC: observation, feeling, need and request. Participants practise distinguishing what happened from their own interpretation, using concrete situations. “You never listen to me” can become a description of the situation, connected with the person’s concern and a request to which the other person can respond concretely.

Short theoretical inputs alternate with exercises in pairs and group discussion. Participants can bring their own situations, such as a misunderstanding within a team or a tense everyday conversation. Each session provides an introduction to the foundations and space to deepen them through another example.