Willamette Valley NVC is (at this moment) an informal organization to promote the study and practice of NVC in Marion and Polk counties of Oregon.
We welcome other NVC practitioners in our area, new and experienced, to reach out and offer your strengths and skills to help WVNVC fulfill this purpose. This is a voluntary effort, without proprietary intentions.
Tim Buckley
Tim began a study of NVC in 2003 after he and his wife, Elaine, saw Marshall Rosenberg speak. Practice of NVC together helped sustain their marriage, 25 years old by then. After many hundreds of hours of subsequent training from Rosenberg and other CNVC certified trainers, he and Elaine began to teach others and to facilitate NVC practice groups. They were part of the Oregon Prison Project for almost 10 years, bringing intensive NVC to those whose lives were marked by violence, poverty, and trauma. For that work, the couple won the 2015 Salem Peacemaker of the Year award.
In this decade, Tim has worked with couples, high school and university classes, nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies, adding NVC to a menu of other things meant to build culture, expand empathy, reduce conflict and the emotional impacts of past traumatic events. He prefers a “train the trainer” model by which NVC is shared widely at little or no cost to students.
Tim’s career as an award-winning journalist, freelance writer, and author blended in later life with his NVC practice.
Mathew Hudson
Mathew was first introduced to NVC by a friend several years ago and it took a few more for the ideas to sink in and amaze him with the connections it has to other ways he has been helping people develop. He began studying and practicing NVC in 2021 and most recently joined with Tim Buckley to set up the WVNVC organization.
Through coaching, educating, and facilitating Mathew has been helping people with their personal and interpersonal growth for decades. He specializes in applying principles of positive psychology to help individuals, groups, and organizations improve their experience of life through his private practice at Mediterra Thrive. You can read more about Mathew here.
Mathew manages the website, contacts and communications for Willamette Valley NVC, as well as co-teaches with Tim, facilitates learning and practice groups, and loves to write and teach.