Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Marshall Bertram Rosenberg (born October 6, 1934 in Canton , Ohio , † February 7, 2015 in Albuquerque , New Mexico ) was an American psychologist . Rosenberg was the founder of the non-profit Center for Nonviolent Communication and an internationally active mediator . He has the concept of Nonviolent Communication (GRP), English Nonviolent Communication (NVC) developed. Rosenberg lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

Life

In 1961 he received his PhD as a clinical psychologist from the University of Wisconsin – Madison . In 1966 he was appointed the official examiner in clinical psychology by the American examination board for clinical psychologists.

In 1984 Rosenberg founded the Center for Nonviolent Communication in Sherman , Texas , in order to make his ideas and approaches accessible to all interested parties. This establishment emerged from years of work he did with civil rights activists in the early 1960s. He had conducted mediation programs and communication skills training with them to support communities that wanted to overcome racial segregation in schools and other public institutions.

He was a member of the honorary protection committee of the International Coordination for the Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World (2001-2010).

Services

Marshall Rosenberg at a workshop on nonviolent communication, Israel (1990)

Rosenberg understood nonviolent communication as a method to improve interpersonal relationships. Successful communication and lasting peaceful relationships are only possible with genuine empathic contact. He believed that the way we speak played a crucial role in our ability to remain empathetic.

His work was influenced u. a. from the insights of his teacher Carl Rogers ( humanistic psychology ) from client-centered talk therapy and Gandhi's thoughts on non-violence . He himself said that there was nothing new in his concept, “everything that has been integrated into the NVC has been known for centuries. So it's about remembering something that we already know - namely, how our interpersonal communication was originally intended. "

For more than three decades he offered his seminars all over the world, his concept is now used in families , schools , in therapy , psychotherapy and counseling , organizations and companies and in diplomatic and business negotiations. Even in crisis and war areas, Rosenberg is used to promote non-violent communication, even between hostile ethnic groups (e.g. in Israel & Palestine). In 1994, for example, Serbian educators and psychologists, supported by UNICEF , developed a three-volume work on learning non-violent communication according to Rosenberg's method for kindergartens and schools.

Rosenberg's goals were:

  • Dismantling our old patterns of defense, retreat and attack;
  • Reducing resistance, defenses and violent responses;
  • Promote appreciation, attention and empathy and the desire to give from the heart;
  • Directing attention in a direction that increases the likelihood of getting what we are looking for;
  • Discovering the potential of our empathy through the clarification of observation, feeling and need - instead of diagnosis and judgment.

Fonts

  • Solve conflicts through non-violent communication. A conversation with Gabriele Seils. Herder, Freiburg 2004, ISBN 3-451-05447-7 .
  • The heart of social change. How you can transform your world decisively . Junfermann, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 978-3-87387-567-8 .
  • Overcome the pain that stands between us . Junfermann, Paderborn 2005, ISBN 978-3-87387-576-0 .
  • Teaching children empathetically. Success through mutual understanding . Junfermann, Paderborn 2005, ISBN 978-3-87387-575-3 .
  • Lively spirituality . Junfermann, Paderborn 2005, ISBN 978-3-87387-600-2 .
  • How can I love you when I love myself . Junfermann, Paderborn 2006, ISBN 978-3-87387-624-8 .
  • Speak the language of peace. Junfermann, Paderborn 2006, ISBN 978-3-87387-640-8 .
  • Education that enriches life. Non-violent communication in everyday school life . Junfermann, 3rd edition, Paderborn 2007, ISBN 978-3-87387-566-1 .
  • Accompany children with empathy in life . Junfermann, 2nd edition, Paderborn 2007, ISBN 978-3-87387-573-9 .
  • What your anger is trying to tell you: surprising insights . Junfermann, 2nd edition, Paderborn 2007, ISBN 978-3-87387-625-5 .
  • We can sort that out! Junfermann, 2nd edition, Paderborn 2007, ISBN 978-3-87387-568-5 .
  • Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life . Junfermann, 8th change Edition, Paderborn 2009, ISBN 978-3-87387-454-1 .
  • Nonviolent Communication, A Language of Life, 3rd Edition , PuddleDancer Press, Encinitas CA 2015, ISBN 978-1892005281 .

Audio books

  • Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life . steinbach speaking books, Schwäbisch Hall 2007, ISBN 978-3-88698-382-7 .
  • Solve conflicts through non-violent communication. A conversation with Gabriele Seils . steinbach speaking books, Schwäbisch Hall 2007, ISBN 978-3-88698-923-2 .
  • What your anger is trying to tell you: surprising insights . steinbach speaking books, Schwäbisch Hall 2010, ISBN 978-3-86974-032-4 .
  • How can I love you when I love myself . steinbach speaking books, Schwäbisch Hall 2010, ISBN 978-3-86974-086-7 .
  • We can sort that out! How to resolve conflicts peacefully and effectively . steinbach speaking books, Schwäbisch Hall 2014, ISBN 978-3-86974-179-6 .

Web links

Wikiquote: Marshall B. Rosenberg  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Autori> Marshall Bertram Rosenberg , macro librarsi.it. 
  2. ↑ Nonviolent Communication, p. 18
  3. ↑ Nonviolent Communication, p. 19
personal data
SURNAME Rosenberg, Marshall B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosenberg, Marshall Bertram
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist, developer of the concept of nonviolent communication
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Canton , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 2015
Place of death Albuquerque , New Mexico