Practice Groups

NVC Practice and Integration

North Pembrokeshire, Wales

Monthly Tuesday and Wednesday Groups

 
 

Have you learned the basics of NVC and now want to deepen your integration of the skills?

Would you like to do this in a small group with others dedicated to learning and living NVC?

Are you wanting to feel less judged and alone with the challenges you face in life? And wanting support to help you bring the greater compassionate honesty you have seen is possible into your communication with yourself and others?

Would you love to spent time with others where you can just be yourself with the intention to meet each other with compassion and curiosity rather than judgment and criticism?

Integrating NVC with Practice Groups

If you are interested in being a part of a small group NVC community meeting monthly to live and practice and be in company with others committed to meeting each other with compassion, listening with empathy, requesting support and presence with difficult situations in your own life, I offer two groups - one that meets monthly on a Tuesday evening and one on a Wednesday evening.

These practice groups are to help you integrate and deepen what you have learned in your Foundation/Level 1 NVC training.

Once we have a group of people for a particular evening, I will keep the same people in the group for at least 3 sessions (quarterly) to help build connection and trust.

If you are interested in joining and live within reach of Boncath, Pembrokeshire and have done the equivalent of a Foundation/Level 1 NVC training with me or someone else, please let me know by clicking on the button below

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What happens in a Practice Group?

We start with a few minutes of silence to attune together then a check in round where we can say how we are feeling and share any NVC insights or challenges we have had that week. This helps create connection together.

After that we decide together what we will do based on the challenges or scenarios the group brings.

Here are some options

  • We hold an empathic space for someone - practicing listening (and maybe responding) with empathy to support new clarity, insights or next steps to emerge

  • We explore together how to look at a challenge afresh from an NVC perspective

  • We set up an experiment where one or more people practice speaking using NVC

  • We set up a role play where one person plays the person who they have been triggered by so they get a sense of what their feelings and needs might be

  • We have a group discussion about a particular aspect of NVC

  • We use one of the NVC "dance Floors" to practice the steps of NVC

  • We set up and practice with 4 chairs - representing ways of responding to a trigger (2 Jackal and 2 Giraffe)


Practical Information

Next Dates 2025

Tuesday group (7-9pm)

  • 30 Sept

  • 4 Nov

  • 2 Dec

Wednesday group (7-9pm)

  • 17 Sept

  • 15 Oct

  • 19 Nov

  • 11 Dec

Location

Boncath, N Pembrokeshire.

Cost

£20 per session or £36 for 2; £45 for 3, £50 for 4 when booked in advance

If you would like to join and these prices are out of reach, please contact me to discuss whether there would still be a way for you to join.

Numbers

There are a maximum of 8 places

NVC experience needed to join

Level 1 / foundation training. Please contact me to discuss if you are not sure whether you would fit this criteria

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Testimonials

 

“ I want to acknowledge the big part you have played in my growth Penny.  You provided a safe “holding” space I could lean into, and gave me trust, until I developed enough trust in myself.  I could not have achieved this on my own.  Thank you for believing in me, seeing past / through the spikiness! ”

— Therese B, Retired school teacher

It is very powerful to observe how Penny enables people to get in touch with themselves - staying with them in a truly empathic, supportive way”

— Jan, Retired Accountant

“ Thank you Penny, I hugely appreciated your presence, calmness, skill, persistence, integrity, warmth and and and...  I really was blown away by how the call unfolded, and it felt such a privilege to see where we had all come to by the end of the call. ”

— Alice S, Author

“ I found Penny just as I was deciding to leave my marriage of twenty years. I was so sad and lacking confidence in myself. The clarity and relfection that she helped give me has helped me build a new life and learn much about myself on my way. I now trust my values and live by them. This has given me huge strength and courage.

I recommend Penny from the bottom of my heart and have nothing but huge praise, gratitude and admiration for her ability to empathise and guide one on one's way.

— Amy, Mother and Humanitarian

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Group Facilitator

I’m Penny Spawforth

Penny is a CNVC certified trainer and mediator. She has been running NVC practice groups for over 12 years.

FAQs

  • Boncath, North Pembrokeshire

  • Yes, there is a ground floor toilet and no stairs needed to be negotiated.

  • There is no pressure for anyone to say anything they feel uncomfortable about sharing in the group. Sometimes people they feel they get enough by witnessing others speaking. That said, anything you chose to share will be welcomed and heard with compassion and respect

  • Please fill out the booking form here

  • If you are needing to pay in instalments, please discuss this with me.

  • I welcome any questions you may have. Please contact me here