Paige Ahead Healthcare Education & Consulting, LLC
I was introduced to (NVC) in the summer of 2020. As a professional social worker, I was part of a grant project based in nursing homes. A colleague and I were discussing a care plan for a woman who lived in a nursing home community. My colleague commented that the care plan was “violent” and I distinctly recall feeling shocked by her words and asked what she meant. She told me about NVC and sparked something in me that day. I immediately bought Marshall Rosenberg’s book, Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life and started learning.
A couple of years before I was introduced to NVC, I had started working with local and national groups to integrate PCTI care in nursing home settings. PCTI care recognizes the pervasive nature of trauma and integrates principles and practices to promote healing and recovery.
PCTI care and NVC align beautifully on principles including trust, transparency, safety, choice, collaboration, and culturally responsive care that accounts for historical and gender issues.
NVC provides strategies to bring PCTI care to life at the bedside and throughout the organization.
All healthcare settings will have integrated and sustainable person-centered trauma-informed care guided by the principles and practices of Nonviolent Communication.
I want to ignite a sustainable change movement that inspires people with the power and simplicity of NVC. I offer practical skills-based workshops to transform complex workplace situations and bring more ease and joy for everyone. I also support people in 1:1 coaching sessions to explore individual growth and strategies to bring NVC and PCTI care into the workplace.
A key principle is that everything a person does is an attempt to meet a need. It's really quite simple. Scroll down for Feelings and Needs lists you can download and NVC resources to explore.
Paige Hector