About Us

We come from different backgrounds - Jill's professional career has been in medical care, Richard's in management - but discovered a shared desire to deepen understanding and harmony in our own relationship, and in relationship to others.  

We have pursued our interests in relationship through various teachings including Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication (NVC).  We have both trained with Marshall, and Jill is a certified trainer in NVC with the Centre for Nonviolent Communication (www.cnvc.com).

For the past seven years, we have been studying primarily in the US with Robert Gonzales (www.living-compassion.org) sharing his exploration of how, by bringing compassion and understanding to ourselves and others, we can bring new life and meaning to relationships.  Currently we are working with Robert on his LIFE Project which aims to articulate the core principles and practices of his work. 

We created the Centre for Compassionate Communication to provide courses and support in Compassionate Communication in the UK.  We offer regular courses ranging from introductory to more intensive practice catering for all levels of experience as well as practice groups to offer support to those who have joined one of our courses.

We attach importance to maintaining a consistent presence over time, with regular follow-up courses and practice groups to support course participants.