Mediation Program — a hands-on adventure in how to reconnect people with Liv Larsson, Kay Rung & Ricardo Guillén

Starts 21 August 2024.

This is a year-long program of practical skills training for those who want to dedicate their time and energy to becoming a professional mediator. The program is given in English by Liv Larsson, Kay Rung and me, Ricardo Guillén, and partly builds on the book A Helping Hand by Liv Larsson.

Three parts

1. Skill training, maps and theory — 72h × 2 trainer-led (offered in two timezones — Stockholm 18-21 evening and Stockholm 9-12 morning).
2. Structured mediation practice in smaller groups, with video feedback (70+ h).
3. A common forum for reflection, questions, films, etc.

About the program

In this program you will have a chance to learn, experience and practise mediation skills. We will practise informal mediation as well as formal mediation, reconciliation as well as mediation around a certain dilemma. We will form a group that supports the learning from inside out. Welcome to a year-long practical training based on learning mediation skills with the approach of Nonviolent Communication (NVC).

First part: navigation with maps, skills training, creating clarity through key differentiations and literature. We touch on areas such as how shame influences conflict, trust-building in mediation, perspective taking, group developmental processes, etc.

Second part consists of mediation practice, feedback with video recordings, and Q&A with the trainers. Learning mediation is similar to learning a musical instrument. It might help to have a theoretical understanding, and at the same time it is from the skills practice that your ability comes. Our advice is to apply to this training only if you are ready to dive into this.

We start out in August with leader-led sessions to get everybody going. After this, small mediation groups will be formed and you will get a structure for your practice. The practice is central if you want to really integrate mediation. Then follows periods of practice and periods of presentations of new parts of how to approach mediation. The last part of the training, summer of 2025, has a long structured practice period that you in your smaller groups can plan as it fits you best. During this period you can film sessions where you mediate and share them, get feedback and suggestions on what to work on.

We will have a group forum where you can post questions, reflections, learnings, and where we trainers will take part and answer with words or small films or recordings.

Trainers

Liv Larsson is a Certified Trainer with CNVC since 2002. She has worked as a coach, mediator and workshop leader since 1992. Liv has written 20 books on the theme of NVC, for adults and children, translated into different languages — including Anger, Guilt and Shame – Reclaiming Power and Choice, A Helping Hand – Mediation with Nonviolent Communication and Cracking the NVC Code.

Kay Rung has been working with Nonviolent Communication since 1997. He has developed a specific pedagogical model for teaching mediation with NVC as an approach. He is in charge of Friare Liv’s longer training programs.

Ricardo Guillén is a Malmö-based trainer with 10 years of experience in NVC. He has carried out around 70 mediations in company teams, families, groups, between groups, and in criminal cases.

Price

You pay monthly from August — €189/month for 12 months — or a one-off payment in August of €2,148.