Beginner's Mind
Our NVR 'Beginner's Mind Programme
From troubled and troubling tots to teens - from violent, destructive behaviours to anxiety-based controlling and self-injurious behaviours, we’ll equip you with strategies and techniques proven to help where traditional approaches don’t seem to work.
Nonviolent Resistance (NVR) is a powerful (yet gentle), ethically-sound philosophy and skills-set that can help anyone living with and/ or supporting children and young people who might present in violent, aggressive, controlling, destructive and/or self-destructive ways.
NVR - Beginner's Mind Programme
During the first lockdown in 2020, we developed our comprehensive NVR - ‘Beginner’s Mind’ programme sessions which have proved incredibly popular, attracting attendees from all over the UK, the UAE and the USA.
NVR is a systemic, parent-centred, child-focussed approach which concerns itself with the raising of parental presence in the household and in the broader family and social systems.
Our comprehensive NVR - 'Beginner's Mind' Group consists of regular online meetings for collaborative information-sharing and discussion about the fundamentals of NVR. No prior knowledge of NVR is necessary, just curiosity and a willingness to explore a new way of approaching troubling behaviours.
Groups consist of a mix of NVR professionals and parents/ carers which has always made for really interesting discussions and some great learning opportunities (you can read some recent feedback below).
To join the waiting list for our next group please follow the link below to register your interest. And in the meantime, please join our Weekly NVR Support Group.
Waiting Lists
Weekly Support
Our Weekly Online NVR Support Groups
Earlier this year we introduced our weekly 1-hour Lunchtime NVR - ‘Beginner’s Mind’ Online Support Group on a Tuesday, providing affordable, accessible support for self-funding families, as well as a valuable interim option for those awaiting assessments and funded services. Each gathering also offers the opportunity for those who have completed a full NVR parent training to refresh their grasp of the approach.
This group is not our comprehensive parent/ carer coaching programme but it does offer interim support for those unable to attend an NVR group, or waiting to join our next full programme. The low-cost, flexible format and rolling nature of the group was our way of ensuring that no-one should have to wait any longer than a week to access support.
We also run a weekly Evening NVR - 'Beginner's Mind' for Parental Alienation Support Group as part of our 'Parental Alienation' Service' specifically for parents navigating resistance and rejection dynamics.
To join our Tuesday group, please follow the link below:
