Acting as a Mediator: A Unique Opportunity
Serving as a third party in conflict is an opportunity to lend your communication skills to others during challenging moments. Being a mediator is both meaningful and demanding, as it involves fostering peace, compassion, and care between people.
Taking on the role of a mediator challenges your communication skills, enhances your ability to understand others‘ perspectives, deepens your awareness of your inner dialogue, and helps you grow in empathy and self-expression.
In this program, you’ll have the chance to learn, experience, and practice mediation skills. We will explore both informal and formal mediation, reconciliation, and addressing specific dilemmas. Together, we will form a supportive group that encourages learning from the inside out. Welcome to a year-long practical training program grounded in the principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC).
Program Structure
The program is designed to build your mediation skills progressively:
24 Trainer-Led Sessions:
We start by introducing and demonstrating specific, concrete skills. These sessions lay the foundation for your practice and integration. As the program advances, these skills will be applied with increased mediator awareness and flexibility. All trainer-Led Sessions will be offered twice and as recordings if you for any reason can’t join a session.
24 Integration Group sessions:
In small groups of 3-5 participants, you will regularly practice skills in realistic scenarios. These cases will increase in complexity and duration, starting with brief 1-minute exercises and progressing to comprehensive situations. You’ll apply multiple skills and navigate the 5-step mediation map.
Additional Topics:
We’ll explore key areas to deepen mediator awareness, including:
- Mediator self-care
- Key differentiations
- The impact of shame on conflict
- Building trust
- Perspective-taking
- Adult developmental processes
As the program evolves, your practice will shift from concrete actions to more subtle, nuanced awareness in your role as a mediator. Dates for the sessions you find below
Training Structure
Start: The program kicks off with trainer-led sessions to establish a solid foundation.
Practice Groups: You’ll join small integration groups for structured practice, a central element for integrating mediation skills.
Ongoing Learning: The training alternates between practice periods and presentations of advanced mediation concepts.
Final Phase (Summer 2026): During this period, your small groups will design their own practice schedules. You can film mediation sessions for feedback and receive guidance on areas for improvement.
Recommended Reading
The training is partly based on the book by Liv Larsson A Helping Hand Mediation with Nonviolent Communication (available in Swedish, German, English, Dari, Dutch, Polish and Finnish). We recommend you to read the book as part of your preparation for the training.
Included Resources
Workbook (PDF): A structured guide to support learning and practice. 2025⁄26 edition
E-Book: A Helping Hand, Mediation with NVC by Liv Larsson.
E-Book: Cracking the Communication Code by Katarina Hoffmann & Liv Larsson.
Our Approach
This program is most effective for those who are willing to embrace the process of learning through trial, error, and feedback. Progress requires effort, persistence, and a growth mindset. Perfection is an moving target, but with commitment, most people can master these skills.
Who Can Register?
We ask that participants have at least 10 days of prior NVC training before joining this program. Additionally, we recommend reading
A Helping Hand: Mediation with Nonviolent Communication
by Liv Larsson. The book is available in Swedish, German, Dari, Korean, Chinese, English, Dutch, Polish, and Finnish.
If you believe you can benefit from this training without the recommended 10 days of NVC experience—for instance, if you work as a mediator or have relevant experience—please contact us before applying. Together, we’ll determine if this program is the right fit for you.
Dates and sessions
- Trainer-Led Dates and Practice Times
- All sessions are trainer led
- Integration group practice takes place in small, self-organized groups. Trainers lead the initial sessions to provide guidance and ensure a strong start.
- Every session is recorded, and you’ll have access to the recordings throughout the program.
Teacher led session 1: 6 October 17:00 - 21:00
Integration Group 1: 13 October 17:00 - 20:00
Teacher led session 2: 20 October 17:00 - 21:00
Integration Group 2: 27 October 17:00 - 20:00
Teacher led session 3: 3 November 17:00 - 21:00
Integration Group 3: 10 November 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 4: 17 November 17:00 - 20:00
Teacher led session 4: 24 November 17:00 - 21:00
Teacher led session 5: 1 December 17:00 - 21:00
Teacher led session 6: 8 December 17:00 - 21:00
Teacher led session 7: 15 December 17:00 - 21:00
Integration Group 5: 22 December 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 6: 5 Januari 17:00 - 20:00
Teacher led session 8: 12 January 17:00 - 21:00
Teacher led session 9: 19 January 17:00 - 21:00
Teacher led session 10: 26 January 17:00 - 21:00
Integration Group 7: 2 February 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 8: 9 February 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 9: 16 February 17:00 - 20:00
Teacher led session 11: 23 February 17:00 - 21:00
Teacher led session 12: 2 March 17:00 - 21:00
Teacher led session 13: 9 March 17:00 - 21:00
Teacher led session 14: 16 March 17:00 - 21:00
Integration Group 10: 23 March 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 11: 30 March 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 12: 6 April 17:00 - 20:00
Teacher led session 15: 13 April 17:00 - 21:00
Integration Group 13: 20 April 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 14: 27 April 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 15: 4 May 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 16: 11 May 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 17: 18 May 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 18: 25 May 17:00 - 20:00
Teacher led session 16: 1 June 17:00 - 21:00
Teacher led session 17: 8 June 17:00 - 21:00
Integration Group 19: 15 June 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 20: 22 June 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 21: 29 June 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 22: 6 July 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 23: 3 August 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 24: 10 August 17:00 - 20:00
Integration Group 25: 17 August 17:00 - 20:00
Teacher led session 18: 24 August 17:00 - 21:00
Last Teacher led session 19: 31 August 17:00 - 21:00