Nonviolent Communication Clinic
Transform Your Workplace Conversations with NVC
Workplace culture is shaped by how we communicate.
Explore the practical tools of NVC with Anita Melin, a registered clinical counsellor with the BC Association of clinical counselors,
who has been operating a private practice counselling business in the Nelson BC area for more than 20 years at Open Door Communications.
She had the good fortune to meet and train with the developer of NVC, Marshall Rosenberg, when working in India supporting communication clinics for grassroots organizations.
Our Communication Clinic introduces practical tools from Nonviolent Communication (NVC), a proven framework that helps leaders and employees express concerns clearly, listen with intention, and navigate conflict without blame.
NVC shifts conversations from reaction to understanding — building trust, psychological safety, and stronger collaboration across teams.
Discover how NVC can transform the way your organization works — one conversation at a time.
NVC provides practical tools to:
- Express concerns clearly without blame
- Listen in ways that reduce tension
- Understand underlying needs behind behavior
- Respond rather than react under pressure
Local man fights to get covered bus shelter outside Nelson hospital
'It can be pretty brutal' – Phil Mader tells KCR News about what hospital commuters can be forced to deal with
A Nelson man says the lack of an enclosed bus shelter outside Kootenay Lake Hospital is leaving patients and Uphill commuters with no protection against chilly winds.
"When people who are unwell leave the hospital and need to use the bus, if there is sub-zero temperatures, it can be pretty brutal," Phil Mader said. "Especially some people don't always dress properly for winter, so that is pretty evident."
Mader, who lives near the hospital and often commutes from the bus stop outside the hospital, said he has been working to get the attention of local stakeholders such as the hospital foundation and MLA Brittny Anderson for over a year, and while his voice is being heard, little is happening. He has also approached the city, which he thinks should do more to give commuters some shelter from the cold.
"I have to say that the city is now embarking on projects to improve public transit. My hat is off to them, but my hope is that they are going to put more effort into it."
City councillor Rik Logtenberg confirmed that the city has been approached about the issue, and that there 'is an intention' to go through with the plans, but that the grant application which would be used for the purpose of installing a covered bus shelter was complicated over jurisdictional issues on who can, and should install a shelter.
