Nonviolent Communication
Judy’s work is focused on building and supporting environments where “words are windows” that support individuals’ capacity to engage in empathic connection and collaboration.
If you are interested in learning communication skills that improve wellbeing, bring awareness to core values and empower individuals to communicate in ways that strengthen relationships and enrich lives, let’s work together!
Longing to contribute to more care, connection and understanding in the world, Judy offers workshops and sessions to help people identify needs and build communication skills so that they can start to bring down walls and open windows.
Judy is passionate about learning and sharing communication skills that improve wellbeing, bring awareness to core values and empower individuals to communicate in ways that strengthen relationships and enrich lives, especially in education and parenting. She is a Certified Trainer for the International Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC) based in the USA. She is a supporter of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) globally and offers Introduction Sessions and Communication Workshops to individual groups, organizations and school communities. She also offers private one-on-one Empathy Sessions or Empathic Coaching to individuals who are looking for support, clarity, self-connection and concrete ways to make progress towards what matters to them most.
Judy has had the opportunity to experience the universality of NVC by working with and learning from trainers and participants from approximately 45 countries. She is 1 of 11 CNVC Certified Trainers in Turkey. She is a founding Board Member of the Nonviolent Communication Association (Şiddetsiz Iletişim Derneği) in Turkey and currently holds the position of Board Secretary and is focused on bringing NVC to the field of Education.
She has worked in schools in the USA and in Turkey and has held official positions on the Parent Teacher Association and Board of Directors at Istanbul International Community School.
The facilitators did an excellent job crafting this program to the individual and personal needs of the participants. There was a nice balance of theoretical and practical conversations. I believe everyone benefited from the practice sessions.
John D’Arcy
Istanbul International Community School
I definitely feel like I have more tools/ways to communicate with myself and others in a more efficient way. From this training I want to remember that I need to understand and express my own needs and understand and have empathy for the needs of others. Both Gizem and Judy were warm and empathetic and explained things very clearly. I think the program was facilitated well and it was great to work with colleagues who I didn’t know very well.
Kathryn Bourgeois
Robert College
Through this workshop I think I have refreshed and improved my communication knowledge. It was a great experience especially in terms of understanding another person’s feelings and needs, being empathic and deciding how to communicate based on this. I believe this training is going to improve both my professional and my private life. In particular, as I separate feelings and thoughts and be empathic, my ability to make requests and my communication with others will continue to develop.
Kudret Ates
Robert College
At the beginning of the training I was nervous, however within a few hours my nervousness turned into curiosity. I began wondering, what more can I learn. At this point it is hard to say what the effect of this training is but you can be sure that I am going to work on developing these ‘muscles.’ 🙂 Somehow I have the feeling that I’ve known Judy and Gizem for a long time and I’m really thankful for their warmth. There was no place of violence in my life but I thank you for helping me to remove it from my communication.
Kenan Kara
Robert College
I enjoyed spending time considering communicating in an alternative way. From the workshop, I want to remember to reflect before communicating; to consider what others’ needs may be. I feel positively about these things but I am still unsure what my needs are in relation to Nonviolent Communication. I enjoyed the workshop and thought Judy was great.
Anonymous
Koç Schools
Anonymous
Momo Preschool
I think this was a beneficial workshop. It provided a way for me to get to know the people that I work with better. The effectiveness of this workshop will be greater if we are able to continue learning. I found Judy and Hulya to be warm and empathic.
Olgun Hayat
Final Schools (Gebze)
This was a productive session. From now on I am going to try to use “me” and “I” language when communicating so that others can put themselves in my position. I want to remember to use the empathy concept in every area of my life. Thank you for sharing openly and for your warm energy.
Handan
Final Schools (Gebze)
This program helped me so much with transforming conflict with my child into cooperation, with finding my own needs and with creating balance in my family.
NVC has transformed my life and by looking at it specifically from the perspective of family relationships, it has enriched my life again. The authentic connection I was longing for with my adult son is now closer to me than the hope of having it.
