Certified Compassionate Communication Facilitator · Orlando, FL
Nonviolent Communication training in Orlando.
Train as a Certified Compassionate Communication Facilitator (CCCF) with Harmonika Institute in Orlando, FL. Train as a Compassionate Communication Facilitator — observation, feeling, need, request, with extensive role-play hours.
Orlando cohort at a glance
- Tuition
- $2,500
- Format
- 100% in person
- In-person teaching
- 6 days · 48h
- Personal study
- ~38h
- Cohort size
- 10 students
- Credential
- CCCF
Same tuition in every city
In Orlando, FL
8-hour days, two 4-hour half-days
Between sessions, on average
Fixed cohort, start to finish
Private certification, not a state license
PDF — modules, hours, faculty notes, and a typical week's schedule.
Oct 8 – Nov 7, 2027
Fri–Sun · 9 am–6 pm · 6 teaching days in 2 monthly modules · 10 seats per cohort
- Module 1Oct 8–10
- Module 2Nov 5–7
Every teaching day runs 9 am to 6 pm, in two four-hour half-days. You receive the Orlando venue and the full timetable with your enrolment agreement.
Seats
10 students
Enrolment closes
September 17, 2027
Two minutes, no payment today. Our admissions team contacts you within two business days.
Why Nonviolent Communication in Orlando?
Orlando's wellness market is shaped by the tourism and hospitality industries (Walt Disney World, Universal, the broader theme-park economy), and increasingly by the residential population growth that has made Central Florida one of the fastest-growing U.S. regions. Note: Florida prohibits non-licensed naturopathy practice, so the Holistic Naturopathy program is excluded from Orlando.
For students of Nonviolent Communication specifically, Orlando's scene is a particularly good match: tourism and hospitality stress profiles. The local cohort runs in venue partners around Mills 50, Thornton Park, Winter Park, with public transit and parking accessible from across the metro.
Orlando students are often 30-50, with backgrounds in hospitality and tourism (Disney, Universal, hotels), healthcare, education, and the growing tech-and-simulation industry centered around UCF. The cohorts are unusually evenly split between transplants and lifelong Floridians.
What you'll be training in.
For a deeper introduction to Nonviolent Communication as a practice tradition, see the full program page.
Nonviolent Communication (NVC), also called Compassionate Communication, is a framework for honest expression and empathic listening developed by the American clinical psychologist Marshall Rosenberg from the 1960s onward. Rosenberg's central insight is that almost all human conflict — from family arguments to workplace dysfunction to international war — has a similar internal structure, and that a specific four-step communication pattern can interrupt that structure in real time.
The four steps are: Observation (specifically what happened, without evaluation), Feeling (what is alive in me right now, distinguished from thoughts about others), Need (the underlying universal human need that is or isn't being met), and Request (a specific, doable, present-tense action — not a demand). Stated this way it sounds simple. In practice, separating observation from evaluation, distinguishing feelings from thoughts, identifying needs accurately, and making clean requests rather than demands all require sustained practice. Rosenberg used to say that NVC is not difficult to understand and not easy to practice.
The Nonviolent Communication curriculum in Orlando: 6 in-person days.
Six days to speak, listen and lead groups with Nonviolent Communication.
- Teaching days
- 6
- Teaching hours
- 48h
- Cohort size
- 10
days, 7h each
in the room
in your Orlando cohort
| Day | Theme |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 · Days 1–2Foundations | |
| 01 | The four components and the heart of NVC |
| 02 | Precise observation and empathic listening |
| Chapter 2 · Days 3–4Inner work | |
| 03 | Feelings, needs and self-empathy |
| 04 | Clear requests and difficult conversations |
| Chapter 3 · Days 5–6Facilitation | |
| 05 | Mediation between two people and within a group |
| 06 | Leading workshops and your CCCF |
Signature moment of the program
When Nonviolent Communication cohorts run in Orlando.
Orlando cohorts adjust around hurricane season and summer heat. October-May cohorts are full; June-September cohorts are reduced.
Who this Orlando cohort is for.
Coaches, mediators, HR professionals, parents, and community leaders who want a deep, embodied communication practice.
Where your Orlando training leads.
- Lead NVC workshops as a CCCF
- Offer NVC-informed mediation and coaching
- Add NVC to a coaching, HR, or leadership practice
- Specialize in family, couple, or workplace communication
$2,500 for the full 6-day Nonviolent Communication program in Orlando.
Same tuition whether you study in Orlando or any of our other U.S. cities. Monthly payment plans without interest. A 25% deposit confirms your spot in the Orlando cohort.
Tuition and financing details$2,500
48h of teaching · 6 in-person days
Nonviolent Communication: questions students ask first.
- NVC Feelings and Needs List: The Vocabulary and How to Use ItThe NVC needs list and feelings list in tables: feelings when needs are met or unmet, 7 need categories, the pseudo-feelings trap, a worked example.9 min read
- Nonviolent Communication Training: From Practice to FacilitationThe two routes into teaching NVC, why the official certification takes years, what facilitators actually get paid to do, and where the legal line sits.10 min read
Nonviolent Communication certification in other Harmonika cities.
Next step
Become a Certified Compassionate Communication Facilitator in Orlando.
Talk with our admissions team about the next Nonviolent Communication cohort starting in Orlando, FL. Free, online, one hour.