We moved into a new office space in Columbus! 

In July 2010, we moved into our new offices at 2350 Indianola Ave. (inside the Maynard Avenue United Methodist Church), Columbus, OH 43202 in the North Campus/South Clintonville area.

Our new home inside the Maynard Avenue United Methodist Church

We celebrate this development in CCCO's history as an organization, and are pleased to be sharing space and resources with Simply Living, one of our partner organizations in the community.

We are grateful to many volunteers who cleaned, painted and helped us to move both from Simply Living and CCCO.  Special thanks to volunteers from the CCCO community who helped us:

Emelyn Lybarger, Amy Diener, Karyn Deibel, Kevin Lyons, Susanna Warren, Nancy Hill, Ja'nette Hill, Art Yoho, Suzanne Tayal, Lisa Kreischer, Mattie Reitman, Bill Carpenter, Claude Geeroms, Turiya Gearhart, and anyone else who helped.

Thank you for your support!

Welcome to a world where everyone's needs matter.

Compassionate Communication (formally known as Nonviolent Communication or "NVC") is a world where communication skills become life-enriching tools, emotional intelligence is valued over intellectual analysis, and our published self-help books and booklets deliver practical, real-world outcomes for readers like you.  Welcome to the world of Nonviolent Communication.

Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, founder of NVCNVC is a life-changing way of interacting that facilitates the flow of communication needed to exchange information and resolve differences peacefully.  With its focus on human feelings and needs, the practice of NVC emphasizes emotional intelligence over intellectual analysis in expressing what’s going on in people.

With its reliance on objective observations rather than evaluations NVC avoids making people defend themselves from value-laden judgments.  And finally, by employing clear requests in place of demands, NVC raises the bar for communication skills by allowing everyone to get their needs met on their own terms, without coercion, fear of retribution, or loss of self-esteem.

Pictured in this section:  Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, founder of Nonviolent Communication.  Marshall is a clinical psychologist and international peacemaker, and has visited Columbus, OH twice for public trainings (March 2006 and January 2007), events that galvanized the local NVC movement.