When it comes to getting out of the door, bedtimes, sharing toys and household chores,  do your good intentions as a parent go out of the window? How do you stay present and grounded with your children, even when the pressure is on?

The six principles of compassionate parenting

1. Getting everybody's needs met
2. The importance of taking a time in
3. Making sense of your own childhood
4. Connection before correction
5. Create a bridge from listening to expressing
6. Demands are an expensive currency

About this NVC Level One Course

• Introduces you to the steps of the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process for listening to your child, connecting with yourself, and self-expression.
• Gives you sufficient information and practice to start using NVC in your family life.
• Is run in an experiential style working with examples from participants’ own lives.
• Is a recognised stepping stone to further NVC training. Once you have attended this course you will be eligible to attend our Level Two/Intermediate courses.

When and Where

Six Fridays: 25 April; 2, 9, 16, 23 May (skip 30 May); 6 June 2025, 10.30 am- 12:45 pm, UK time. This is an online course. We will invite you to six online calls, using a platform called Zoom — instructions to follow. Zoom allows us to break out into 'rooms' for smaller group and couples work.

Trainer

Gesine is a CNVC-certified trainer and a Montessori-certified teacher, living in Bristol, UK. For the past seven years she has been facilitating NVC events in the UK, India, USA and Germany. Gesine is passionate about her work and how it encourages self development, conflict resolution and community building. Find out more about her.

Who is this course for?

Parents who need tools to deal with conflicts with their child(ren). Come on your own or, if you can arrange the babysitting, with your partner. It’s an interactive audio-visual course over six weeks. We ask that you agree to attend at least five of the six sessions. If you are going to miss more than one session, we ask that you book on a later cycle. In order to create a safe space for sharing, we will only be sharing recordings of the sessions with attendees on the course who aren't able to make a particular evening i.e. there isn't a 'watch only' option. To give attention to each person on the course, we are limiting the number of participants to 22.

In the spirit of Gift Culture

We offer this course in the spirit of Gift Culture – see More Information for details.