NVC Trainers in the Puget Sound Region
CNVC |
Melanie Sears | Sura Hart |
| Holly Eckert | Liv Monroe | |
| Elana Sabajon | Mark J. Goodman | |
| Kathleen Macferran | Marcia Christen |
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Liv MonroeMy secret goal in life has always been to bring peace to the world. Secret because I felt embarrassed expressing such a lofty goal. Meanwhile, I pursued my main interests; studying child development and education at University, teaching (which is one of my favorite ways of learning), traveling to better understand families and interpersonal relationships, mothering (my greatest learning experience), volunteering in schools, and mediating through our local Dispute Resolution Center because I wanted to contribute to others well being (don't we all?). As a mediator wanting to improve my skills I attended a workshop by Marshall Rosenberg in 1998 introducing Nonviolent Communication (NVC), A Language of Compassion. Marshall's radical communication process has become not only the centerpiece of my mediations, but has permeated my whole life. Currently, my passion is teaching NVC to children in their classrooms and to parents and school staff. I also enjoy sharing the process with groups, organizations, businesses and anyone interested in learning along with me. I offer regular public NVC trainings and practice groups. This process for "Communicating to Connect" has offered me concrete steps towards my secret goal. The thrilling part is that I can now imagine a possible way for humans working together to achieve world peace, from the inside out, one heart at a time. |
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Melanie Sears, RN, MBAMel has been a trainer for the Center For Nonviolent Communication since 1992. She works with couples, individuals, groups and trains businesses in NVC. She has also trained hospice groups, home care agencies and hospital managers. Mel is an RN and brings NVC into her current job working in inpatient psychiatry. She has been a speaker at numerous conferences. Mel is currently working on her PHD in psychology. She has two grown kids and is currently single. Mel has been an instructor at The School of Tantra and works with couples, individuals and groups on creating intimacy through communications. She is a published author. Many insurances are accepted. You can reach her at 206-484-1763 |
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Mark J. GoodmanMark J Goodman, MA, did his undergraduate work at Brown University and his graduate work in education at Tufts University. For a number of years he taught middle and high school English. In 1998 he went back to school and got his MA in Systems Counseling from The Leadership Institute of Seattle (LIOS) at Bastyr University. He presently is a psychotherapist in private practice as well as an adjunct faculty member at LIOS. He also teaches workshops on Nonviolent Communication™, meditation and mindfulness and writing and creativity in the community. As a former English teacher, a poet, a published writer and a lover of words, he believes in the power of language and its ability to transform our world. As a Nonviolent Communication™ Certified Trainer he is passionate about finding different ways of meeting differences, whether the differences are between people, communities or nations, or whether the differences and conflicts exist in our very own hearts. His highest aspiration is to find ways of opening his heart as wide as possible and to heal the places within his heart still closed to love. And then to help others do the same. Contact Info: Mark J. Goodman, 2020 NE 65th Street, Seattle, WA 98115, 206-605-3441 e-Mail |
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Holly EckertHolly Eckert adds a magical twist to standard Nonviolent Communication(sm) Training with her experience in the energetic and shamanic arts. While firmly grounded in the traditional NVC process, Holly expands the NVC model with additional options from other modalities--options which guide participants in quickly and reliably shifting their energetic states out of anger and fear, into curiosity and trust. Once in that place of trust, honest yet compassionate words flow magically. Since 2001, Holly has taught NVC workshops to the general public, through the Radiant Relationships Seminar Series. She also offers communication coaching to individuals with HourTalk--finding the resolution or pinpointing the next step, in any tough conversation, in just 60 minutes! SynergySpeak is Holly’s intensive training program for conscious businesses—businesses which value satisfaction in individuals, collaboration in their community and mission accomplishment in the organization. Through SynergySpeak, businesses learn to communicate to create a combined result exponentially more spectacular than the sum of its parts. Holly is a certified trainer with the global Center for Nonviolent Communication (www.cnvc.org) and the online NVC Academy (www.nvcacademy.com/9). Holly’s clients come from a wide diversity of fields, including medical (UW Medical Center, Children’s Hospital), corporate (Microsoft, Conscious Choice magazine), spiritual (Unity Church, Sundust Oracle Institute), families (North Seattle Co-op Preschools, CHANGES parenting network) and social change (Peace Alliance, RESULTS). Holly’s first book, Graduating from Guilt, will be published in 2009 by PuddleDancer Press, the premier publisher of Nonviolent Communication related works. “Holly’s jargon-free approach to teaching NVC helps people make the process their own and use it organically.” --Miriam Dyak, co-founder, The Voice Dialogue Institute Contact information: 115 N 85th St. #202, Seattle, WA 98103 |
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Kathleen MacferranKathleen Macferran is one of approximately250 people worldwide that has been certified as a Trainer for the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC). She has offered Nonviolent Communication (NVC) training to schools, community groups, churches, hospitals, families, correctional officers, and prison inmates. She is one of the trainers for the Freedom Project, an affiliate organization of CNVC that strengthens community safety through supporting the transformation of prisoners into peacemakers. In addition to working with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, Kathleen has been the Music Director of the Rainier Chamber Winds for the past 16 years. She appears with the Rainier Chamber Winds on the MMC Recordings, Ltd. and RCWinds Recording labels. Kathleen views the music ensemble as a wonderful metaphor for social organization since the well being of one individual clearly depends on the well being of all. She offers trainings in concrete skills of nonviolence leading to reconciliation with ourselves, our loved ones and the community. Her work addresses the healing of relationships ruptured by violence and the forging of community founded on genuine safety through connection. (206) 780-1021 (ph and fax) www.StrengthofConnection.com |
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Sura HartI have recently moved to Seattle from Southern California. As well as traveling to provide key note talks and workshops for school communities, I am pleased to offer coaching, consulting and trainings in the Seattle area:* individual sessions, by phone & in person * coaching for parents and families * consultations and trainings for teachers and schools Please email or call me for more information; I would be happy to talk with you: email: surahart1@gmail.com cell: 805.698.3332 Sura Hart has over 25 years experience in the field of education—teaching young people in classrooms and after school programs, as well as teaching teachers, school administrators, and parents. Her vision is a world where everyones’ needs are valued and where people have skills to effectively meet needs for themselves and others and resolve conflicts peacefully. Sura has been a certified trainer with the global Center for Nonviolent Communication since 1999, and has served as project director and contact person for integrating Nonviolent Communication in U.S. Schools since 2000. She gives trainings, school consultations and keynote talks, and also works locally with colleagues in the Northwest Compassionate Communication organization. Sura has co-authored, with Victoria Kindle Hodson, three books: The Compassionate Classroom: Relationship Based Teaching and Learning (PuddleDancer Press 2004); Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids: 7 Keys to Turn Family Conflict into Co-operation (PuddleDancer Press 2006); The No-Fault Classroom: Tools to Resolve Conflict & Foster Relationship Intelligence. A 21-week course for elementary classrooms (PuddleDancer Press 2008) Their latest creation, The No-Fault ZoneTM Game, is a visual, kinesthetic, hands-on tool to support people of all ages to communicate with compassion and resolve conflicts peacefully. The No-Fault ZoneTM Game is being used in families, schools, therapists offices, businesses and everywhere people communicate. The No-Fault ZoneTM Game also complements The No-Fault Classroom curriculum. You can see the Game and order it at the Kindle-Hart Communication website: www.k-hcommunication.com. |
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Elana SabajonSince spring 2002, I have been experiencing daily the transformational power of NVC. Each day is a new beginning to strengthen my communication skills and to deepen my commitment to connect with more compassion to others and myself.I am committed to social change and positive relationships in our families, our workplaces and in our institutions. I am passionate about transforming the world – one dialogue at a time. I dream of a world where cooperation, authenticity, integrity, compassion, care for others, meaning and purpose and a recognition of our interdependence are the natural way we interact with one another across all settings. I truly believe that we have all the resources within ourselves to live life to the fullest. I am the mother of two children, who really inspired me at the beginning of this journey to create the kind of world I want them to live in. I hold a Masters in Counseling and am a Certified Trainer for the global organization the Center for Nonviolent Communication. My work takes place locally as well as internationally. I speak fluent German and English, and have lived in four different countries on two continents. These experiences have helped me understand the universal nature of human relationships and connection regardless of personal, cultural or socio-economic status. I’ve also worked across the States in a variety of settings: orders, schools, churches, prison and university. I work in private practice with individuals, couples, parents and families. I offer mediation. I facilitate and teach trainings in the Foundations of NVC and Deepening NVC consciousness, and hold NVC Parenting series. I am the cofounder of the Vashon Island NVC Family Camp and an active member of the Northwest Compassionate Communication Network as well as the global Center for Nonviolent Communication. Learning and integrating the tools of NVC helps us access our potential and to live the intention to be the change we want to see in the world … by transforming the world – one dialogue at the time. |
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Marcia ChristenI have been interested in personal healing, since I was a teenager growing up in North Seattle. I’ve wanted to discover how to find peace within and how to heal families so that the world may become a more loving, compassionate place. I am so excited to be sharing NVC because it keeps me closer to the consciousness that has become such an important, core part of my life.To follow my interests I received a B.A. in Sociology with a Minor in History in 1988 from the University of New Mexico. I received my teaching certificate for Social Studies 7-12th grade the next year. When my husband and I returned to Washington, I became an Ameri Corps volunteer and worked at Kitsap County Project Family, a non-profit agency for the prevention of child abuse. There I worked with pregnant and parenting teens, and parents of young children. I learned many parenting programs and curricula. I received my most important degree in 1993, when our first child was born. I then got a double degree in 1996 when our twins were born. And all the parent education preparation didn’t help me understand how to navigate my inner landscape, let alone help me teach my children how to self-regulate. Thankfully, I was asked if I might be interested in joining an NVC practice group in 2006 and my life changed. NVC has helped me realize my dream of helping to spread compassion and has greatly benefited my relationship with myself, my children, my husband and my world. Now I want to help others explore this meaningful work. Within the last ten years I have taught 3rd and 4th graders NVC using Sura Hart’s The No Fault Classroom and worked as an aid for 4 years while also serving as the school’s Student Support Coordinator. I have been volunteering at the Women’s prison sharing NVC since 2010 and I have been teaching middle schoolers NVC at the local Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. I have a passion for sharing NVC to anyone who is interested in exploring self-growth and learning a different way of speaking and listening. I especially love to work with parents and teachers. I have attended Family Camp with my family for the past 2 years. I provide community workshops and facilitate practice groups in Kitsap County. I also work with individuals and offer NVC mentoring and coaching. Please email me at mgchristen@aol.com. |
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Janice EngJanice has served organizations such as Women of Wisdom, Evergreen Monthly, Cascade People’s Center, Asian Counseling and Referral Service, schools, diversity groups, parenting groups, as well as prisons through the Freedom Project. She also provides practice groups and private consultations. Janice grew up as one of the youngest in a large traditional Chinese family, in a predominately Caucasian and Hispanic community. As a result, Janice is keenly aware of issues of racism, prejudice, and diversity, and of her desire to build bridges for people to understand and support each other. Her passion is to help others to break free from prisons of fear, resentments, limiting beliefs, and negative habit patterns and create safe, healthy, whole relationships and communities where every person matters and every voice is heard. Janice is a founding member of Northwest Compassionate Communication and the Freedom Project.. The Freedom Project is a non-profit organization that strengthens our community through supporting the transformation of prisoners into peacemakers. For over eight years Janice has worked with individuals and organizations to create empowering conversations. She has a degree in Applied Behavioral Science from the Leadership Institute of Seattle at Bastyr University. She has been in the holistic healing field for over 25 years as a licensed massage practitioner and as a Healing from the Body Level Up (HBLU(sm) practitioner, her skills also include certification in Neurolinguistic Programming, Hypnosis, Energy Psychology, Reiki, and Applied Kinesiology. You can reach Janice at 206-706-1895 by e-mail |
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Moreah Vestan |
Moreah VestanI love connecting with my own and others’ feelings and needs. NVC is my
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Patty Zeitlin  |
Patty ZeitlinMy life journey has taken me into teaching and training early childhood teachers, writing and recording songs for children and adults, writing books, poetry and scripts, and even performing with a puppet troupe. I've always attempted to inspire compassion though my creative work, and to bring about more peace personally, and for others. Teaching and sharing Marshall's work combines my values, many of my skills and my love of working with people. I brings me great joy to see others learn and experience what I have, using NVC, that is..more love, self-worth, and less fear in their lives. I've been teaching and sharing NVC in Workshops and Small Group Classes and Practice Sessions for the past 7 years..two years after I joined the first Core Team here in Seattle that was dedicated to spreading Marshall's work. I am still on that team, and continue to do workshops and lead groups, locally. I've practiced co-counseling for many years, taken Landmark Education courses, and received and M.A. in Human Development and Adult. Ed. from Pacific Oaks College I love to explore new horizons that deepen and enhance my life and practice. Please visit my website at: http://www.pattyzeitlin.com |
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Evan Gorsline |
Evan GorslineIn 2006 I first saw Marshall Rosenberg speak. I immediately saw the power and beauty of this simple but radical way of communicating, and, as a business manager was able to put Nonviolent Communication to work right away and see how the practical human benefits could effect the workplace, and, in some small way, the world. |
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