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A reflective learning tool, not couples therapy or an assessment of another person. Safety and personal boundaries come first.
Original prompts for reflection, not quotations or evidence that the person would answer in a particular way.
These prepared research notes distinguish a public idea from a possible new coaching application. Source references and qualifications travel with the ideas.
Rosenberg separates a concrete observation from a diagnosis of another person. Describing what was said or done gives both people a shared starting point. A label such as inconsiderate mixes the event with an evaluation that the listener may immediately dispute.
In a conversation: Name one action, time or sentence.
Keep in view: Observation does not erase harm.
A request names an action someone could actually take, rather than asking them to become a different kind of person. Linking that action to a feeling and need explains its purpose while giving the listener a clear opportunity to respond.
In a conversation: Ask for one observable next step.
Keep in view: Agreement must remain voluntary.
The CNVC inventory offers language for experiences when needs are satisfied and when they are not. Greater specificity can turn a vague declaration of feeling bad into something another person can understand, without making the vocabulary a test of emotional correctness.
In a conversation: Choose a word that fits today.
Keep in view: Official inventory, not a diagnostic scale.
Curated primary workshop transcripts, authorized book excerpts, and official CNVC process materials. Covers observation, feelings, needs, requests, empathy, autonomy, anger, appreciation, responsibility and protective boundaries. This finite educational library excludes complete books and private clinical history. Later CNVC inventories are identified as organizational materials; coaching exercises are original adaptations.
Library version: 2026-10-14 · 20 documented ideas · 9 source references
This is selective coverage, not an exhaustive public corpus or a trained replica. It cannot reveal private beliefs, invent memories or establish what Marshall Rosenberg would think about an undocumented event.
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