About the programme

The Conflict Transformation Programme is designed for advanced participants who want to transform conflict and disagreement through NVC-based approaches. It aims both at developing capacity within your own conflicts and at being able to accompany others through theirs.

NVC-based mediation, third-party empathy, conflict in group dynamics, and systemic disagreements are the programme’s main territory.

Who is it for?

This programme suits those with at least one to two years of NVC practice. It may be particularly valuable for people working in these areas:

Managers and team leaders
Human resources professionals
Teachers, educators and facilitators
Therapists, coaches and counsellors
Community organisers and activists
NVC practitioners and (prospective) trainers

What the programme covers

Module 1 — The anatomy of disagreement

You examine how conflict begins, how it escalates, and which unmet needs feed it. You begin to see conflict as information rather than as threat.

Conflict cycles and triggers
Mechanisms of defence and attack
The unmet needs beneath the disagreement

Module 2 — Working with your own conflict

Before you can help others, you have to work with your own reactivity. In this module:

Working with being triggered, and with reactivity
“Emergency empathy” — the practice of self-empathy
Sitting with mourning and anger in difficult relationships

Module 3 — NVC-based mediation

Step by step, the skills needed to mediate between two people or two groups:

Preparation and creating the space beforehand
Making sure both sides are heard
Building the bridge from needs to solutions
Agreements and next steps

Module 4 — Group and systemic disagreements

Complex conflicts involving several people, or systemic power dynamics:

Awareness of power, privilege and structural inequality
The culture of conflict inside organisations
Disagreements in communities and in public life

Module 5 — Practice and supervision

Working with real situations, case presentations and group supervision:

Participants bring their own cases
Live role play and feedback
Building a personal development plan

Structure

Length: Roughly 4 months
Sessions: 12
Format: Online and in person
Group size: 6–8 people, for a small group and intensive practice
Also: Practice-partner work in pairs between sessions

Registration and enquiries

The programme is not currently open for registration. To hear when a new round opens, join the mailing list or send an email.