Empathy Intensive Trainings
empathy intensive online - starting july 23, 2025 - euro-friendly track!
Creating an Empathic Support System to Sustain You through Your Learning Journey
“Empathy is the exploration of our human experience - our feelings - our needs - our life energy emerging and guiding us” - THOm bond
This intensive is designed to help participants establish a solid empathy practice and create the kind of empathic support network that sustains long-term growth in NVC. Throughout the training, you'll receive guidance and practice in integrating empathy, not just as a skill but as a way of seeing and relating to the world.
We’ll explore how to “listen beyond words,” increase our capacity to be present with others, and focus our awareness on feelings and needs. You'll also learn to cultivate an intention rooted in curiosity, understanding, and connection, distinct from the habitual impulse to fix, advise, or rescue.
Because feelings and needs are the focus of empathy, our relationship to them directly shapes the quality of our presence. Through guided exercises and partner work, we’ll deepen our connection to these core human experiences - what we often refer to as “life energy” - and expand our capacity to offer meaningful, attuned empathy to others.
Learning Objectives
Understanding what empathy is and the role it can play in our lives
Understanding the difference between empathy and habitual “non-empathic” responses
Understanding and practicing being present while listening to one another
Strengthening our connection to and ability focus on feelings & needs
Cultivating an intention of curiosity and openness
Practicing skills for ‘expressing empathy’
Practicing empathy for met needs and unmet needs
Practicing empathy when we “disagree”
Learning to navigate the challenges that emerge while listening empathically
Creating sustainable “empathy buddy” relationships
Upcoming Trainings
empathy intensive online - starts wednesday, july 23 - euro friendly track!
PREREQUISITES: This is an intermediate level training. It is designed for people who have completed an introductory NVC program of at least 14-18 hours, which includes (but is not limited to) the completion of one or more of the following programs:
• NYCNVC Discovery Weekend
• NYCNVC Discovery Program Online
• The Compassion Course Online
Empathy Intensive Online
This program will take place entirely online using Zoom software. All sessions are recorded and made available to participants for review/download.
workshop Trainer
dates and times
6 weekly meetings | 2.5 hours
Wednesdays, 12:00PM - 2.30PM ET - Check your time zone
From July 23 to August 27, 2025
tuition - sliding scale
We offer a sliding scale tuition model to support accessibility and economic diversity, trusting each person to choose the rate that best reflects their financial situation. Contact Clara at clara@nycnvc.org to discuss any concerns you have regarding finances.
• Suggested Tuition - $360
• Reduced Tuition - $300 (For those who need financial flexibility. We trust you to choose this option if it helps make participation possible for you)
• Contributor Tuition - $420 (For those who are able to contribute more. Your generosity helps offset reduced tuition rates and supports broader access to this work.)
Contact us to discuss any concerns you have regarding finances.
Empathy Intensive
In-Person
trainer
TBD
location - new york city - midtown
TBD
dates and time
TBD
tuition*
• First Time Participant - $425
• Reviewer - $325 (People who have completed an Empathy Intensive Training - Online or in-person)
*Contact us to discuss any concerns you have regarding finances.