NVC trainers & facilitators

With the support of our talented team of trainers and facilitators, we’re able to offer a wider variety of programs and partnerships, expanding our impact and building a stronger, more connected community.

  • Certified NVC Trainer

    Susanna Warren is a Certified Trainer and Assessor with the International Center for Nonviolent Communication, and a Certified NVC Consultant for the Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio (CCCO). She has a B.A. in Organizational Communication and a minor in Organizational Leadership Development and Executive Coaching. Susanna has traveled the globe teaching Compassionate Communication, sharing the work in Vietnam, Peru, Greece, Turkey, Uganda, and Ghana. She provides coaching and training for individuals, families, groups, and organizations throughout Ohio & beyond.

    Contact: susanna.susannawarren@gmail.com

  • Certified NVC Trainer

    Tom Carlisi is a Certified Nonviolent Communication Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication. He is also a founding member of Compassionate Communication Center of Ohio (CCCO). Tom has conducted counseling, coach, and training workshops - focusing on Relationships - for 35 years. Additionally, Tom is a graduate of the Family Therapy Institute.

    Contact: carlisiandassociates@gmail.com

  • Coach, Facilitator

    Zach is based in Columbus, Ohio, and offers coaching and workshops combining Nonviolent Communication with somatic/embodiment practices. He attended his first training with Marshall Rosenberg nearly 20 years ago. Continuing to study NVC under a variety of trainers, Zach has been teaching and facilitating workshops and practice groups since 2017. Zach strives to share processes that have been deeply impactful in his own life and to offer skills with real-life applicability.

    Contact: enhancingharmony@gmail.com

  • Certifited Trainer

    Elke Haggerty is a mother of 4 children ages 12 through 20. She has been on the communication track for over 20 years, focusing on facilitation, interest-based negotiation and problem-solving, organizational behavior, and Nonviolent Communication (NVC). She recently completed her requirements for certification and has offered training in the USA, Canada, Egypt, and Ukraine. NVC has transformed her parenting and has given her peace of mind and a strong connection with her kids and spouse. Her vision for transforming relationships is to “Create Change, One Conversation at a Time” through compassionate non-judgment.

    Contact:elke@process-works.ca

  • Certified NVC Trainer

    Relationships can be sources of our deepest meaning and support.  They also touch our most vulnerable places. I coach people in their most important relationships, to show up with self-compassion & compassion for others, honesty, and integrity.

    For me, Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is not a set of communication skills - it’s a way of living and relating.  At its heart, NVC supports us in understanding our feelings, connecting to what’s most important for us & others, and sharing & deciding to promote our foundational needs for connection & interdependence.

    As a CNVC Certified Trainer and Relationship Coach, I work primarily with couples and individuals who want to communicate more honestly, understand themselves and each other more deeply, and create relationships with greater connection, compassion, and vitality.

    NVC is at the heart of my approach.  My work also draws from Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), mindfulness, and practical relationship skills.  Special areas of focus for me include:

    • welcoming our emotional experiences with the resilience of regulation & co-regulation strategies, 

    • healing together in relationships, growing in the core skills of compassionate communication,

    • being a regular warm, loving presence when we connect with ourselves (through self-empathy & self-compassion), and

    • grounding in the key distinction between what happened and our responses through the skills of observing & noticing patterns in our elaborations.

    Through Couples Focus, I offer relationship coaching for couples and individuals. I also lead virtual and in-person workshops and practice groups, with in-person programs primarily in the Greater Philadelphia area. Upcoming offerings are listed on my events calendar.

    For those who wish to learn & practice whenever and wherever there’s an internet connection, I offer on-demand courses through Relational Academy.

    To connect with me about coaching or learning opportunities, please contact me.