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Robert Gonzales

CNVC Certified Trainer from Portland, Oregon, USA (1949-2021)

Robert's passion was in the spirituality of the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process. He saw NVC both as a process that helps people connect more authentically with themselves and others, and as a spiritual practice and way of living.

Robert Gonzales received a PhD in Clinical Psychology in 1989. He met Marshall Rosenberg and was introduced to NVC in 1985, and offered NVC training in some form from 1986-2021. His original professional background and training was as a licensed psychotherapist.

Robert worked with the Center for Nonviolent Communication in a number of capacities, including: past President of the Board, CNVC Certified Trainer, International Intensive Training (IIT) trainer and North American Assessor.

Listen to Leo Sofer speak with Robert Gonzales about NVC & spirituality in this 2010 interview:


The worldwide NVC community mourned when Robert died in 2021. He is greatly missed and his work is dearly appreciated.

Library resources with Robert Gonzales

Living the Self-in-Life

6 Session Course

Awaken your soul force and live from compassion and clarity while grounded in human needs.

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The Embodied Spirituality of Nonviolent Communication

5 Session Course

Experience the roots of NVC with this remastered introduction to embodied spiritual practice.

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Embracing Impermanence

Finding Comfort in Life's Moments

Robert Gonzales shares how embracing impermanence involves continually growing in his ability to accept unmet needs, to be comfortable with discomfort and unwanted experiences. Robert shares a quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about letting it rain, emphasizing the simplicity and wisdom in accepting life's experiences as they come.

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In Robert's Words, A Journey of Gratitude

Robert's passion was in the spirituality of the Nonviolent Communication (NVC) process. He saw NVC both as a process that helps people connect more authentically with themselves and others, and as a spiritual practice and way of living. The worldwide NVC community mourned when Robert died in 2021. He left behind a legacy of work that emerged from a lifetime of inquiry into the intersection between spirituality and human communication.

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Living Compassion in an Ever-Changing World

10 Session Course

Deepen your connection to life, nurture inner healing, and live more compassionately.

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Downloadable Courses with Robert Gonzales

Letting Go and Being Free

  • Focus on living from the inside out
  • Bring a field of inner kindness to your inner distress
  • Attend to your inner experience with compassion
  • Cultivate an inner spaciousness of freedom
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A Worldwide Field of Compassion

  • Learn how to cultivate a consciousness of compassion
  • Embark on a journey of compassion-based self-discovery
  • Become more alive and present with yourself and others
  • Liberate yourself by meeting your fears and distress with an open heart
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The Embodied Spirituality of Nonviolent Communication

  • Explore the spiritual foundations of NVC
  • Witness transformational and healing processes led by Robert Gonzales
  • Learn from the questions proposed by participants
  • Gain processes that support a consciousness of the “Beauty of Needs”
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Living the Self-in-Life

  • Deepen your capacity for self-acceptance and self-compassion
  • Bring greater compassion to your relationships
  • Increase your capacity for vulnerability and mourning
  • Enhance your sense of trusting your own place in life, as well as your purpose
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Living Compassion in Challenging Times

Building Skills in Resilience and Connection

  • Strengthen embodied awareness
  • Integrate inner and outer worlds to create a connecting "corridor" 
  • Identify projected images that prevent connecting 
  • Embrace fear and transform reactivity
  • Create a support network where you can express and be heard 
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