A Model for Nonviolent Communication

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

I'm writing this manual to make available some communication skills that I believe empower us to exchange resources and resolve differences nonviolently. The skills to be described are those necessary to offer and receive empowering evaluations. In contrast to evaluations which influence people to act on the basis of fear and guilt, empowering evaluations provide opportunities for people to nurture, educate, and protect one another and are the nucleus of communication necessary to exchange resources and resolve differences nonviolently. Empowering evaluations What we are observing (the subject of Chapter 2); - What we are feeling (the subject of Chapter 3); - What we are valuing (the subject of Chapter 4); - What we are requesting ( the subject of Chapter 5); - Receiving empowering evaluations will be the subject of Chapter 6.

36 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Marshall Rosenberg was an American psychologist and the creator of Nonviolent Communication, a communication process that helps people to exchange the information necessary to resolve conflicts and differences peacefully. He was the founder and Director of Educational Services for the Center for Nonviolent Communication, an international non-profit organization.

In 1961, Rosenberg received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and in 1966 was awarded Diplomate status in clinical psychology from the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology. He lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the Center for Nonviolent Communication's office is located.