Certified Trainer Profiles

Contact Martha by telephone (250) 598-4255 - Victoria BC
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Martha Henry has been passionate about Nonviolent Communication since March of 1999, when she attended her first workshop with Marshall Rosenberg. It was the phrase "Language of the Heart" which initially attracted her attention because at the time she was consciously practicing living from an open heart as she was healing from a bout of breast cancer.
By September, Martha had decided that NVC could greatly benefit the students she worked with in a local high school. She with the assistance of Penny Wassman started the first practice group for Victoria High School students in November 1999. There were 15 students who practiced weekly for the remainder of that school year. There have been NVC practice groups in the school ever since. In June of 2003, the students developed an introductory presentation for elementary and middle school students. It had incredible reception from both staff and students in those schools.
Martha's passion for sharing NVC inspired her to become a Certified Trainer. She was certified by Lucy Leu in December of 2001. She also holds a BA in Child and Youth Care from the University of Victoria and has worked as a school-based Youth and Family Counsellor for the past 24 years in both alternative and regular schools.
Martha has shared NVC in a variety of settings. In 2003 she presented at International and National conferences for educators, community leaders, youth care professionals, parents, police, health care and social workers. She also facilitated an NVC practice group for government workers. In addition she facilitated and co-facilitated many workshops for the general public. She delights in co-facilitating workshops with trainer buddies Rachelle Lamb and Penny Wassman.
Martha is committed to strengthening and building peaceful and harmonious communities. In recognition of those efforts she was honoured in 2002 with a "Women of Distinction" nomination for Community Leadership. She continues to strive to create communities where everyone can have their needs met and where authentic empathy will be commonplace. She is deeply inspired by this Buddist proverb:
"If there is light in the soul
There will be beauty in the person
If there is beauty in the person
There will be harmony in the house
If there is harmony in the house
There will be order in the nation
If there is order in the nation
There will be peace in the world."

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"When we understand the needs that motivate our own and others' behaviour, we have no enemies."
-- Marshall Rosenberg