Mary Ellen McNaughton (Kelowna)

As a person centered counselor, Mary Ellen has been incorporating the frame of NVC into her practice since her introduction to it in 1999. As an adjunct professor at UBCO she recently taught it in the context of Relational Practice to nursing students. It is also a helpful frame to align with the attachment theory and Sue Johnson’s model of Emotionally Focused Therapy, which is now a large part of her practice.
Now as a trainer and facilitator in the Okanagan, she truly enjoys creating space for teaching and learning NVC in a monthly practice group that she runs in Kelowna as well as contributing to the BCNCC Board. In the context of family as well as work and play, the tools and consciousness of NVC continues to inform her thinking and be the place she turn to for self-connection and support
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