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Rodger Sorrow

Rodger Sorrow is a certified trainer for The Center for Nonviolent Communication and he brings an abundance of knowledge and skills from education, training and experience combined with enthusiasm and compassion. His leadership experience includes: Director of Treatment for the Drug Rehabilitation Program for the Thirteenth Naval District of the United States Navy, Asst Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation of the State California, Consultant to Western Washington University's Multi Ethnic Cross Cultural Awareness training of staff for the Dept of Social Health Services for the State of Washington, and District Executive for the Boy Scouts of America where he taught consensus and community building leadership skills. Rodger is authorized to offer CEUs to LCSWs, MFTs and RNs for training in NVC. His style combines humor, laughter and play with learning. He shares his love of the outdoors through a Santa Barbara City College Continuing Education class, 'Nature, Hiking and Self-Healing', a true adventure in self-discovery.

 

Kathi Aichner

Greetings, I am pleased and delighted that you have found your way here. I would like to share something of myself so that you may have a clearer sense of who I am. I am primarily of Irish descent, a 3rd generation native of Southern California, mother of two, and grandmother of one. Favorite things to do when not sharing NVC with others are long, slow walks on the beach, taking in the salt air; creating beauty via gardening; flower arranging, sunrises, and traveling in Ireland.

I believe my whole life has been a journey towards this powerful process called Compassionate Communication (aka Nonviolent Communication or NVC). It was introduced to me about three years ago. Once I read the first five pages of Marshall Rosenberg's book, Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Compassion, I knew I had found what I had long sought, a way in which I could share what was alive in me without suggesting anyone else was responsible. Additionally, I now have a way to discover if I've been heard accurately. And then there is empathy. My ability to listen to others and truly hear what is alive in them has given me new understanding and clarity. I know we can all get our needs met and love the tools NVC has given me for going there. For all of this I am truly grateful.

Since that introduction, I have immersed myself in aggressive study and learning of the process. I have attended two IITs (10-day International Intensive Training) lead by Marshall and other Certified Trainers, an advanced training, and many practice groups. I have co-facilitated in many basics series of classes at Santa Barbara City College, specific full- and half-day workshops topic (i.e. - Self Empathy, Anger, and Conflict Resolution to name a few), and introductions to NVC. I am now living my life's dream in that I am sharing NVC with others, working daily staying centered within myself and listening for what is alive in others.

Rodger and I created Communication from the Heart, as our way to offer to others this beautiful process developed by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. For me, learning to listen from the heart (putting on those giraffe ears and keeping them on) as well as learning to express myself through feelings and needs has brought me back to where I began, Love.

I look forward to meeting you and if you choose, to working with you on your journey from judgment and self-criticism to empathy and Love.