Session

Headings

1

Pre-test before the session. Getting familiar with the participants; getting familiar with violence and its types; pointing out the uses of NVC in everyday life; simulation of violent communication.

2

Discussing the need for thinking and accuracy; a brief discussion about non-violent communication and its stages; practical exercise.

3

First stage of NVC (observance without judging); practical exercise.

4

Kindness-blocking communication: Ethical Judgment and Comparison; practice and simulation of unsuccessful conversations.

5

Second stage of NVC (express feelings); practical exercise.

6

Accept responsibility for your feelings and needs; understanding and expressing needs and demand for enriching our lives; practical exercise.

7

Training sympathy and kind communication with oneself and others; practical exercise.

8

Reviewing the steps of NVC method and double play; post-test was administered at the end of the session.