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La Shelle Charde
La Shelle Charde, masters in Psychology, is a counselor and Compassionate Non-Violent Communication (NVC) certified trainer. LaShelle teaches tools to connect with yourself, so you can effectively connect and communicate with others. She has helped thousands of people gain the skills and understanding they need to create honest caring relationships with their partners, family, friends, co-workers, and clients.
You need tools to find and express the compassion, connection, and clarity you long for in your relationships. Living and speaking from authenticity and peace is possible, and doesn’t take years of therapy. Compassionate Communication (also called Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and Mindfulness practice provide clarity about why things don’t work and practical tools that naturally open the heart. Working from this new framework, relationships with yourself and others become easier, more fulfilling and connected on a deeper level.
It all starts inside of you. It’s about discovering what goes on in you from the moment you perceive something to the moment you respond. Though it might be just a split second, you cycle through a river of thoughts, feelings, and needs. Shedding light on this river helps you to connect to your heart and respond to what you and others need most. You get free from the trap of making decisions based on habits, assumptions, or what you think you “should” do. Confusion clears and you find yourself connected to your heart. When you’re connected to yourself, you can connect to others.
When I found Compassionate/Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and began training with Marshall Rosenberg and other internationally known NVC trainers, I immediately knew that Compassionate Communication was the missing piece which offers a deep and broad yet simple understanding of human nature along with a concrete set of tools to help us act and live from a place of clarity and compassion. For me, Compassionate Communication is the hands and feet of spirituality. I enjoy sharing its gifts in both private counseling and classes.
I am grateful to be able to offer the empowering and healing practices of mindfulness and compassionate communication. It is joy for me to work with couples and individuals privately as well as in classes and workshops.
La Shelle worked in public schools as a school psychologist for nine years, spent several years facilitating group healing work for adolescent youth labeled “at-risk", counsels couples and individuals privately as well as in classes and workshops, and leads leadership and teamwork trainings for businesses and organizations around Portland.
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