Nonviolent Communication Level Two Intermediate Trainings
If you have completed the NVC Level 1 Foundation Training and wish to take your training further, I have combined with five other London-based NVC trainers to create the NVC Level 2 Intermediate Online Training Programme.
I facilitate three of the twelve level two trainings from this programme. These three trainings are the only post-foundation level training that I am currently offering, as I am otherwise focused on supporting individuals with Internal Family Systems and Identity Constellations, two similar processes which help us to explore and heal from the impact of our unmet needs on our development from the commencement of our lives onwards.
What is the NVC Level 2 Intermediate Online Training Programme?
The NVC Level 2 Intermediate Online Training Programme consists of 12 trainings across the course of a year, one training per month. Each training is 6 hours in length, taking place over one day or two half days. We have focused on making the programme as flexible as possible. Each training stands alone, so you can attend as few or as many of the trainings as you wish. The twelve trainings repeat each year, in effect creating a cycle. So, you can start at any point during the year and following the training programme through to completion for yourself the following year. You can also attend any trainings you miss during one year in the following year.
The trainings are facilitated by five certified NVC trainers. Each trainer is facilitating approx two trainings from the programme. So you will be able to enjoy the individual perspective, understanding and specialism of each trainer. We hope you will enjoy the richness of the themes and trainer input that this programme offers.
“I find these trainings so enriching and empowering. They have also given me the opportunity to meet people in other ways, and I am very grateful for this.” – Hannah, March 2023
Intention
To deepen your understanding and experience of NVC in theory and practice. Sustained input over the course of a year will support you to integrate and embody NVC more fully in your life.
Pre-requisite
Participants will be expected to have completed a NVC Level 1 Foundation Training, or equivalent. This will ensure a common foundation for intermediate/level 2 engagement and practice.
Facilitated by five London-based certified NVC trainers
NVC Level 2 Intermediate Online training dates, themes and facilitators for 2026
Below is the full NVC Level 2 Intermediate Online Training Programme for 2026, with links to each of the individual trainings.
| Date | Training | NVC Trainer |
| January Sat 17 & Sun 18 2-5pm | Steady in the Storm: Conflict Resilient Communication Learn the NVC approach to conflict, how to navigate nervous system responses in conflict and practice grounding and communicating without blame, shame or judgement and with more compassionate understanding. | Ceri Buckmaster Info & booking |
| February Sat 7 & Sun 8 10am – 1.30pm | Embodying Self Empathy and Compassion Cultivate self-compassion: befriend your inner critic, transform inner and outer “enemy images,” explore beliefs and needs, and deepen self-connection through movement and compassionate dialogue. | Tracy Seed Info & booking |
| March Sat 7 & Sun 8 9.30am-1pm | Learning from our Mistakes, Mourning & Expressing Regret Learn the NVC approach to apology, forgiveness and saying sorry. Learn to process your mistakes using Marshall Rosenberg’s ‘inner educator-inner chooser’ framework. Practice expressing regret NVC-style. | Daren De Witt Info & booking |
| April Sat 18 & Sun 19 9.30am-1pm | NVC and Trauma Here we’ll explore trauma and its relationship to NVC. We’ll bring awareness to our stress and trauma responses and how they impact our capacity to stay empathic and relational (in NVC consciousness). | Daren De Witt & Tracy Seed Info & booking |
| May Sat 16 9.30am-11.30am & 1pm-3pm. Sun 17 9.30am-11.30am | Embodying Saying No with Courage and Care Learn to say an empowered, compassionate “No” that respects your needs and relationships. Set boundaries and stay in connection when responding to requests or demands. | Cath Burke Info & booking |
| June Sat 13 & Sun 14 9.30am – 1.15pm | Transforming the Pain of Unmet Needs Exploring Robert Gonzales’ transformative approach to unmet needs. You’ll learn to soften judgmental stories, meet painful parts of yourself with kindness, and rediscover the beauty and vitality at the heart of your needs. | Carolyn Davies Info & booking |
| July Sat 18 & Sun 19 2-5pm | Requests to Restore Flow Explore the challenges of requests, how to hear them, and how to restore flow to negotiations and tricky conversation by making more skilled requests. Lots of practice. | Ceri Buckmaster Info & booking |
| August Sat 8 & Sun 9 9.30am -1.00pm | NVC and Anger The NVC approach to anger differs from the basic NVC model, including an extra step! We will clarify what anger is, how to express our anger using NVC, and how to engage safely with others who are angry. | Daren De Witt Info & booking |
| September Sat 26 & Sun 27 9.30am – 1.15pm | The NVC Dyad Process for Deep Contemplation of our Needs Introducing Robert Gonzales’ Dyad Process for contemplative inquiry into needs. We’ll explore protective structures, distinguish between seeking and yearning, and cultivate embodied awareness of the living energy within our needs. | Carolyn Davies Info & booking |
| October Sat 17 & Sun 18 9.30am-1.30pm | Me, Myself & I. Self Empathy for our Inner Critic & Self Saboteur We all criticise ourselves and act against our best interests at times. Learn how to meet self-critical parts with warmth and empathy, so you can feel at ease when you are less than perfect. | Cath Burke Info & booking |
| November Sat 14 & Sun 15 2-5pm | Grounded Power: Understanding Power & NVC Learn how to become more resilient in conversations about power differences, increase somatic self-empathy and explore your own identity in relation to power. All this with the compassionate lens that NVC brings! | Ceri Buckmaster Info & booking |
| December Sat 5 & Sun 6 10am-1.30pm | Practical Tools for Embodying NVC Fluency Practice NVC in challenging moments, deepening embodied awareness, and growing fluency through dialogue. Build flexibility, flow, and authentic connection in communication. | Tracy Seed Info & booking |
Below is more information about the three NVC Level 2 Intermediate Online Trainings that Daren is personally facilitating in 2026.
Learning from our Mistakes, Mourning and Expressing Regret
Date: Sat 7th & Sun 8th March 2026. 9.30am – 1pm UK time on both days.
Location: Online using Zoom.
This workshop is part of the NVC Level 2 Intermediate Online Training Programme (go to the top of this page for more info about the full programme). On this particular training we will explore how to connect with ourselves and others when we mess up! We will explore how we talk to ourselves and what is going on for us internally. We will also look at how we can connect with the people who have been impacted by our actions and how we can express our regret in a connected and connecting way.
Themes covered will include:
– How we connect with ourselves when we make mistakes, exploring and practicing the concepts and dynamics of the ‘inner educator’ and ‘inner chooser’ as defined by Marshall Rosenberg.
– What it means to ‘mourn’ in NVC.
– Judgemental apology vs life-connected apology.
– Expressing our regret in a life-connected way.
The training will be focused on practice, using examples from your own life.
Prerequisite
Participants will be expected to have completed an NVC level 1 Foundation Training, or equivalent. This will ensure a common foundation for intermediate/level 2 engagement and practice.
Comments from Previous Participants
“This training goes to the essence of human connection with self, life and others. It offers a practical and heartful framework for working through what comes alive in moments of regret, mourning of needs that cannot be met at that time, and apology.” – Anna E, March 2023
“I very much enjoyed and valued the training. It was intense and required hard work which I very much value. I have gained some great learnings from these two half day workshops and was offered the tools to use them… Thank you Daren. – T. Tawil, March 2021
Timings:
9.30am till 1pm on both Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th March 2025. There will be a 15 minute tea break mid-morning.
Prices:
Individual rates (If you are paying for the training from your own pocket):
If you earn less than £20,000 before tax: £85
If you earn between £20,000-£30,000 before tax: £130
If you earn between £30,000-£45,000 before tax: £165
If you earn more than £45,000 before tax: £220
Concessions available: Daren is happy to dialogue with you if any of these prices would prevent you from coming.
Organisational rates (If your employer is paying for your place on the training):
Small Charity rate: £135 (If you work for a charity with fewer than 15 employees and they will pay for the training).
Public sector / Large Charity rate: £170 (If you work for a public sector organisation, such as a local council or the NHS, or a charity with more than 15 employees, and they will pay for the training).
Private sector rate: £220 (If you work for a profit making company and they will pay for the training).
Concessions available: Daren is happy to dialogue with you if any of these prices would prevent you from coming.
To book: To book on this training, please email Daren at nvcresolutions[at]gmail.com.
NVC and Trauma
Dates: Sat 18th & Sun 19th April 2026
Co-facilitated by Daren De Witt and Tracy Seed
Location: Online using Zoom.
This workshop is part of the NVC Level 2 Intermediate Online Training Programme (go to the top of this page for more info about the full programme). On this particular training we will explore stress and trauma and its relationship to NVC. The training will include a mixture of theory and carefully supported practice. You will be given some resources to support you to restore to equilibrium during moments of activation.
Themes covered will include:
– Exploring some current theories and models of stress and trauma
– Bringing awareness to our stress and trauma responses and how they impact our capacity to stay empathic and relational (in NVC consciousness)
– Explore key needs that relate to trauma
– Learn some simple techniques and practices for restoring equilibrium, during moments of our own activation
– Understand how to accompany others when they are triggered into a stress or trauma response
The training will be focused on practice, using examples from your own life.
Prerequisite
Participants will be expected to have completed a NVC Level 1 Foundation Training in NVC, or equivalent. This will ensure a common foundation for intermediate/level 2 engagement and practice.
Timings:
9.30am till 1pm on both Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th April 2025. There will be a 15 minute tea break mid-morning.
Prices:
Individual rates (If you are paying for the training from your own pocket):
If you earn less than £20,000 before tax: £85
If you earn between £20,000-£30,000 before tax: £130
If you earn between £30,000-£45,000 before tax: £165
If you earn more than £45,000 before tax: £220
Concessions available: Daren is happy to dialogue with you if any of these prices would prevent you from coming.
Organisational rates (If your employer is paying for your place on the training):
Small Charity rate: £135 (If you work for a charity with fewer than 15 employees and they will pay for the training).
Public sector / Large Charity rate: £170 (If you work for a public sector organisation, such as a local council or the NHS, or a charity with more than 15 employees, and they will pay for the training).
Private sector rate: £220 (If you work for a profit making company and they will pay for the training).
Concessions available: Daren is happy to dialogue with you if any of these prices would prevent you from coming.
To book: Tracy Seed is managing the bookings for this training. To book on this training, please visit the following page: NVC and Trauma
NVC and Anger
Date: Sat 8th & Sun 9th August 2026. 9.30am-1pm UK time on both days.
Location: Online using Zoom.
Go to the top of this page for an overview of the full NVC Level 2 Intermediate Online Training Programme.
Anger is a powerful and widespread emotion in our culture and NVC has a unique approach to it. In NVC we define it as a ‘life-alienated emotion’. The NVC approach to anger differs from the basic NVC model, including an extra step!
On this particular training we will explore how to connect with our anger and ensure that it is expressed in a life affirming way. We will understand the range of feelings that often underlie anger. Finally, we will look at how we can connect with other people when they are angry, either with us or with someone else.
The day will be focused on practice, using examples from your own life.
Prerequisite
Participants will be expected to have completed a NVC Level 1 Foundation Training, or equivalent. This will ensure a common foundation for intermediate/level 2 engagement and practice.
Comments from previous participants on this training
“This training with Daren has enabled me to stay present and empathic in some highly charged situations. It has considerably deepened my understanding and practice of NVC. I enjoyed the format, where we were able to discuss our experiences and bring examples. And I enjoyed having time for long roleplays.” – LW, Aug 2025
“Daren, thank you for all you gave to this NVC and Anger workshop. I’m giving gratitude for the sense I felt of having been in a space held and shaped by care, focus, listening, expertise, warmth, patience, acceptance and for the invitation I felt was offered to engage, explore, grow and connect.” – A Edgar, Aug 2023
Prices:
Individual rates (If you are paying for the training from your own pocket):
If you earn less than £20,000 before tax: £85
If you earn between £20,000-£30,000 before tax: £130
If you earn between £30,000-£45,000 before tax: £165
If you earn more than £45,000 before tax: £220
Concessions available: Daren is happy to dialogue with you if any of these prices would prevent you from coming.
Organisational rates (If your employer is paying for your place on the training):
Small Charity rate: £135 (If you work for a charity with fewer than 15 employees and they will pay for the training).
Public sector / Large Charity rate: £170 (If you work for a public sector organisation, such as a local council or the NHS, or a charity with more than 15 employees, and they will pay for the training).
Private sector rate: £220 (If you work for a profit making company and they will pay for the training).
Concessions available: Daren is happy to dialogue with you if any of these prices would prevent you from coming.
To book: To book on this training, please email Daren at nvcresolutions[at]gmail.com.