What if the way you perceive and communicate could change everything?

Not just the words you choose — but the awareness that guides those words. The ability to say what you actually mean. To hear what someone else is really saying. To move through conflict without shutting down or blowing up. To fully express love and appreciation. To show up in your relationships, your work, and your inner life with more clarity, more presence. In short, more of your true, best self.

That's what this series is about.

Over three Saturday mornings this spring, licensed psychotherapist David B. Alexander brings together two of the most powerful frameworks for human transformation available today: Nonviolent Communication and Zen Buddhist wisdom. Separately, each is profound. Together, they form something rare — a thorough understanding and principles for how to live and relate with authenticity, compassion, and true inner freedom.

The Series:

Session 1 — Introduction to Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Saturday, May 2 The practical foundation. Learn how to move from judgment and defensiveness to genuine expression and empathetic listening — in your closest relationships, at work, and in the conversation you have with yourself.

Session 2 — Modern Zen and Buddhism 101 Saturday, May 30 The deeper ground. Explore the core teachings of Zen and Buddhism — the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, the Middle Way — and what they actually mean for your everyday life, your suffering, and your search for something more.

Session 3 — Our Family, Our Inner World, and the World We Are Shaping Together Saturday, June 13 Our inborn temperament and our early family life affect dramatically how we perceive and act in the world. This includes the way we handle differences or conflict, how we express affection and love, and more. And through the messages we carry with us, we contribute to the nature of the society and world in which we live.

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Each session stands on its own. Together, they start to build something larger: a living understanding of how to communicate from your heart, from your wisdom, and not just from your surface.

Each session includes:

• Engaging presentation of core concepts
• Guided interactive exercises
• Live discussion and Q&A throughout
• Practical tools you can apply in your daily life

About David

David B. Alexander is a licensed psychotherapist based in Roslyn Heights, NY, with a practice that draws on principles of gestalt therapy, existential therapy, and Nonviolent Communication, as well as drawing on decades of Zen Buddhist and Tai Chi Chuan practice and teaching.

He has guided individuals, couples, and leaders through the challenges that we all face in experiencing a better life despite what are felt as external setbacks or our own mental blocks. He brings to this work not just clinical expertise, but the kind of depth that only comes from a lifetime of practice and a life fully lived.

Psychotherapy sessions are available online across New York State, and in person in Roslyn Heights, NY. A free 15-minute consultation is available for those curious about individual therapy. All inquiries are confidential.