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Process Work Centres on the Web

Australia

Process Oriented Psychology Australia
Dr Max Schupbach introduced process work to Australia in 1988 at a Transpersonal Psychology Conference in Brisbane, Queensland. Process oriented psychology learning communities were developed following the conference, and Process Oriented Psychology Australia was established as a training centre. Students are situated in all Australian states, and are able to undertake both the Diploma and the Certificate programs. A Training Committee is responsible for development of a Training Schedule which includes supervision, seminars, workshops and intensives.

Denmark

Process Work Danmark
The website of Process Work in Denmark. In Danish. Provides information on Process Work, training, workshops and seminars, and contacts.

Greece

Process Work Greece
The web site of Process Work in Greece provides information on community activities, seminars, bibliography, and links to other Process Work communities around the world. Note : Unfortunately only monitors set at 1024x768 or above are able to navigate this site beyond the first two pages.

India

Process Work Institute of India
The Process Work Institute of India (PWII) is based in Mumbai. PWII was founded in 1997 to create awareness about the Process Work approach and provide training in its use. The institute currently has one certified Process Work Therapist and students from Mumbai who are currently enrolled in the diploma program. A group of people interested in Process Work has been meeting regularly in Mumbai for the last 5 years to study together.

Ireland

Process Oriented Psychology Ireland
Information on the training, seminars and workshops and process work community in Ireland.

Israel

Process Oriented Psychology - Israel
To view this site you'll need to have installed the relevant font set. If you need to locate fonts, Hebrew on the Net provides a range of resources.

Japan

Process Work Training Japan
Process Work Japan offers as of late 2004 and in cooperation of faculty members of Process Work, Portland, the Certificate and Diploma in Process Work.

New Zealand

Process Work Aotearoa New Zealand
PWA is a group of people in Aotearoa/NZ committed to following the principles of Process Work and attempting to live these ideas in everyday life and when we come together as a community. We value the emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, creative and dreaming dimensions of life and are interested in multiple ways of learning and teaching. We are committed to social diversity, dealing with minority issues and inclusiveness within community life.

Poland

Polskiego Towarzstwa Psychologii Zorientowanejna Na Proces
Polskie Towarzystwo Psychologii Zorientowanej na Proces zostało powołane w listopadzie 1991 roku przez grupę polskich psychologów, którzy od 1988 roku szkolili się w ramach intensywnego programu, prowadzonego przez szwajcarskich i amerykańskich psychoterapeutów pracujących z procesem.

Process Work Poland
Osrodek POZA CENTRUM afiliowany przy Polskim Towarzystwie Psychologii Zorientowanej na proces powstal w czerwcu 2000 roku

Slovakia

POPI-Slovensko
POPI-Slovensko je vzdelávací inštitút zaoberajúci sa uplatňovaním a rozširovaním procesorientovaného psychologického prístupu (POP) k človeku, ako ho rozpracoval a naďalej rozvíja jeho zakladateľ Dr. Arnold Mindell a ďalší odborníci, ktorí pôsobia v duchu daného smeru.

Switzerland

Prozessorientierte Psychologie (POP) in der Schweiz
Swiss process work site.

United Kingdom

Research Society for Process Oriented Psychology in the UK
Information on training in process oriented psychology in the UK and the Research Society for Process Oriented Psychology in the UK.

United States

Lava Rock Clinic
An Annual Seminar applying Process Work to body symptoms.

Process Work Center of Portland
The Process Work Center of Portland is one of the many centers worldwide dedicated to research and education in Process Work. The Center fills a need for a gathering place where people can come together in a spirit of support and cooperation to study and research fundamental problems facing our world today.

Process Work Midwest
Process Work Midwest is a website for three independent Process Work communities, located in the Midwestern US. The website lists workshops and events as well as providing a range of interactive user functions such as forums, poetry, art, and writings.

Process Work North East

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Process Work People on the Web

Australia

Silvia Camastral
Silvia Camastral is a process-oriented psychotherapist in private practice in Australia. She has 20 years of experience and is a senior faculty member of Process Oriented Psychology Australia. She trains and supervises students of the training program as well as therapists and counsellors from other backgrounds.

Susan Hatch
Susan is an internationally certified Process Oriented Psychotherapist and a founding member of Process Oriented Psychology Australia. She has been training others in Process Work for over16 years. She also works as a psychotherapist in private practice, supervises other health practitioners in various settings and works with organisations on their change processes.

Trevor Edmond
Trevor is a member of the Training Faculty of Process Oriented Psychology Australia. He has an eclectic combination of skills and knowledge providing him with the capability to facilitate the processes of both personal and organisational change. He offers consultancy services in group development and facilitation with a special focus on managing diversity.

Canada

Stan Tomadl and Ann Jacob
This site has many resources on working with people in comatose states.

Japan

Hitomi Sakamoto
Japanese language site.

New Zealand

Kay Ryan
Kay Ryan is a psychotherapist, group facilitator, teacher, supervisor working in private practice in New Zealand. She is particularly interested in working with issues relating to dreams, body symptoms, altered states, relationship difficulties, group and organizational conflict, women in mid-life.

United Kingdom

Conor McKenna and Clare McKenna-Hill
Conor McKena is a founding member of RSPOPUK, the body that has developed Process Work training in Britain since 1989. Clare is a process work practitioner with qualifications as a speech and language therapist. Conor and Clare are based in Scotland and deliver training courses and seminars at their centre, the Ellemford Centre.

Jean-Claude Audergon and Arlene Audergon
Jean-Claude Audergon has been involved with the development of Process Work since its beginnings and with Dr. Arnold Mindell is a co-founder and faculty member of Centers for Process Work in Zurich/Switzerland, Portland/USA and London/UK. Arlene Audergon facilitates groups and communities in conflict resolution and community building. Jean-Claude and Arlene are based in Portland, Oregon.

United States

Amy and Arny Mindell
Drs. Amy and Arny Mindell are part of the original group that founded process oriented psychology. They work on community and conflict problems for many groups worldwide, teach process work and give personal therapy and classes in Portland Oregon. Amy is known for her work on Metaskills, the spiritual art of therapy, and Arny for having written Dreambody, Shaman's Body, and Sitting In The Fire amongst others. They are based in Portland, Oregon and travel extensively throughout the world giving workshops and seminars.

Gary Reiss
Gary is a licensed clinical social worker and certified trainer in process-oriented psychology. Gary is on the faculty of the Process Work Center of Portland, and sits on the Board of the Global Process Institute. One of his special interests in process-oriented psychology lies in facilitating conflict work, which he has done in Israel, India, Australia, and other hot spots around the world. Gary is based in Oregon, USA.

Grady Gray
Grady Gray is a process worker, psychotherapist, artist, athlete, and workshop leader.

Jan Dworkin
Jan Dworkin, PhD is a certified Process Worker living in Portland Oregon. One of Arny Mindell’s original students, Jan is a pioneer and co-creator of Process Work theory and practice. She has been developing, researching and refining process work for over twenty years.

Jiro Isetani
Jiro manages a range of international and Portland process work listservs. He has a website with links and information about process work.

Julie Diamond
Dr. Julie Diamond is based in Portland, Oregon where she is a faculty member of the Process Work Center of Portland Graduate School. Julie is one of the original founders of the Process Work organization worldwide and travels extensively, conducting public seminars and workshops, teaching in international centers and universities, and working with various groups and organizations. Julie is based in Portland, Oregon and regularly visits Australia to conduct training and workshops.

Jytte Vikkelsoe
Dr. Jytte Vikkelsoe has been an integral part of the development of Process Work in Australia. Her doctoral dissertation 'Beyond Guilt and Innocence : Towards a Process Oriented Criminology' researched the effect moral judgement has on awareness and conceptualized the work she and Max Schupbach conducted in prisons worldwide, including the Long Bay prison complex in Sydney, into a process oriented criminology. Jytte has been involved in facilitating process work intensives in Australia as well as workshops, training and supervision.

Kate Jobe
Kate Jobe is based in Portland, Oregon. She has a private practice in Process Work and supervision. She is a co-creator of the Process Work Institute in Portland and the diploma and Master's programme there as well as the Certificate and Diploma programs at Process-Oriented Psychology, Ireland.

Lane Arye
Lane Arye, Ph.D. teaches Process Work, Unintentional Music and Art, and Process Oriented Conflict Resolution throughout the US and around the world. Lane has a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the Balkans, he co-leads a UN funded project that brings together mixed groups of Croats, Serbs and Muslims to work on ethnic tension, reconciliation, community building, and human rights. He developed Unintentional Music, a way of using Process Work with musicians (and non-musicians) as they play or sing to help them transform their music and themselves.

Max Schupbach
Process Work was first introduced into Australia by Dr. Max Schupbach in 1988. He originated the Process Work training program in Australia and consequently the development of the Australian process work community with led to the present day Australian faculty of Process Work Diplomates which he is part of as a member and mentor. He conducts training, supervision, workshops, town meetings, and intensives throughout the world, including intensives in Australia at the end of each year, many of which have been co-facilitated with Jytte Vikkelsoe. Max works with Aboriginal communities all over Australia. Check out his schedule for more information. Dr Max Schupbach is a long time associate of Dr. Arnold Mindell, and a co-founder of the Process Work centers in Zurich, Switzerland and Portland, Oregon. Max is the originator and director of the Lava Rock Clinic, which he co-leads with Dr Mindell on the Oregon coast. The Lava Rock Clinic is a network that merges Process Work with body symptoms, medicine and the healing power of community in new and creative ways. Max is based in Portland, Oregon and travels extensively throughout Europe, Asia and Australia giving workshops and seminars.

Max and Ellen Schupbach
The joint website of Max and Ellen Schupbach.

Pierre Morin and Kara Wilde
Process Work counseling for individuals, couples, families & children and Process Work facilitation for groups & organizations.

Reini Hauser
In addition to process work links, this site provides papers and articles written by Reini. Reini is based in Portland, Oregon.

Stephen Schuitevoerder
Dr. Stephen Schuitevoerder trained as a psychologist in South Africa and lived and practiced in Australia for 8 years before moving to the United States. He has a private practice in Portland, Oregon and has worked with individuals, couples, groups and organizations for the last 20 plus years. He is an international lecturer, consultant and facilitator and has presented seminar, lectures and workshops throughout the world including Africa, Australia, Russia, South America and the United States. He is on the faculty of the Process Work Center of Portland and is certified as a Process Worker.

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Global Contacts and Organisations

Contacts

The Process Work Center in Portland has compiled a list of contact people in Process Work around the world including a detailed list of people in Portland, Oregon. Some of the contacts are Certified Process Work Therapists, also known as "Diplomates", others are students in Process Work and yet others are seminar organisers.

International Association of Process Oriented Psychology

IAPOP is an international Association of practitioners of Process Oriented Psychology, who associate out of their shared values, vision and goals, as well as support for diversity, creativity, relationship and the exciting range of research and practice within our professional community. The Association supports collaboration and sharing research, experience and ideas in the evolving field of Process Oriented Psychology, and its relationship to a wide range of fields from psychotherapy and psychiatry to mind-body medicine, conflict resolution and organizational development.It also supports continuing education, giving and receiving feedback among practitioners, and promoting diversity and shared standards among our training programs in Process Oriented Psychology internationally.

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Worldwork and Deep Democracy websites

Deep Democracy Institute
Leadership and facilitation training in emerging regions and constituencies.

Deep Democracy Movement
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This website is available for the Deep Democracy Movement. It is meant as a canvas for anyone who feels moved to help paint a new picture of our democratic future on this planet. It is also meant as a hub for the Deep Democracy Network, connecting people and ideas."

Global Process Institute
The Global Process Institute is an international consortium of conflict facilitators, peacebuilders, organizational consultants, therapists, trauma healers, and Certified Process Workers

WorldWork
Worldwork is a biennial experiential training seminar in conflict work and community building. The seminar provides a unique opportunity for people from all over the world to come together in a powerful forum for focusing on and working with social, environmental, and political issues using group process skills. Between two and three hundred people from over thirty countries and all walks of life participate in these 7-10 day gatherings. The large staff facilitates a diversity of learning experiences that include large group focus and interaction, small group meetings, one-to-one sessions and networking groups. The first worldwork seminar took place in 1991 on the Oregon coast, and was facilitated by Drs. Arny and Amy Mindell with the assistance of a staff of certified process workers. Since then worldwork seminars have been held in Switzerland, Slovakia, India, Greece and the United States, facilitated by a large international staff. The latest worldwork seminar was held in Sydney, Australia in April/May 2006. The next Worldwork is to be held 24-29 April 2008 in London.

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Wikis and Blogs

Deep Democracy Movement Blog
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This website is available for the Deep Democracy Movement. It is meant as a canvas for anyone who feels moved to help paint a new picture of our democratic future on this planet. It is also meant as a hub for the Deep Democracy Network, connecting people and ideas."

Process Work International
Process Work International is a collaborative wiki for Process Work and WorldWork practitioners, faculties and groups around the world. It is a place where:

  • Ideas and research can be shared online;
    Online meetings can be held;
    People sharing the same research and practice interests can be found;
    Training faculty members can collaboratively develop resources at-a-distance;
    Process Work International is a shared space on the world wide web designed to hold an ongoing virtual space for the global Process Work community.

 

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