Training Programs in Australia
Becoming a Student
Diploma Program in Australia
The diploma program is designed to create an open and exciting atmosphere in which you can discover more about yourself and Process Oriented Psychology, also called Process Work.
It takes more than a conscious choice to complete the formal training. Your decision to enter the program needs to be supported by events, synchronicities, and dreams indicating this direction. Following this process supports you in a way which is unique to your personal learning style.
The Australian Diploma Program enables students to study Process Oriented Psychology with only temporary attendance at the Process Work Center of Portland.
Diploma Structure
The Diploma Program is, at minimum, a four year program which is built on three pillars: personal work (that is. awareness of one's own process), the theoretical curriculum, and training in the practical application of knowledge. The Diploma Program is the qualification required for recognition as a certified process oriented therapist.
For detailed information download the formal Overview of the Diploma in Process Oriented Psychology of ANZPOP Inc. (85Kb Word document).
Admission and enrolment
It is recommended that you get some experience with Process Work through attending a seminar or series of classes etc. Upcoming workshops and seminars are notified through the What's On page of this website as well as through the PW_ Australia mailing list. You need to be a subscriber to the mailing list to receive emailed notices.
The formal admission procedure consists of three steps:
1. Processing your Student Dream
2. Formal Application Procedure
3. Admissions Committee Interview and Final Decision
For further information please contact Shar Edmunds.
Two Year Certificate Program
This is a synthesis of experiential work and theoretical training in the basics of Process Work. The program provides students with a wide range of learning opportunities and encourages each student, in collaboration with an advisor, to design a program tailored to his or her individual needs and interests. Standard requirements include participation in seminars. training, supervision and personal therapy. In addition to these basic requirements, each student formulates a learning agreement which includes his or her individual needs and areas of interest. Upon completion of this program, a certificate of study is awarded, certifying that the student has studied and acquired a beginning knowledge of process work and is ready, should he or she wish to undertake intermediate and advance studies leading to a diploma in process work.
Admission
For further information please contact Shar Edmunds
Training Faculty Australia
The current training faculty for Australia is:
Lynne Baker (Wollongong, NSW)
Andrew Lindsay (Brisbane, Qld.)
Claus Bargmann (New Zealand) Sherry Marshall (Sydney, NSW) Silvia Camastral (Brisbane, Qld.)
Jane Martin (Wollongong, NSW)
Julie Diamond (USA)
Gerald McLaurin (New Zealand)
Shar Edmunds (Brisbane, Qld.)
Alan Richardson (Brisbane, Qld)
Susan Hatch (Gold Coast, Qld.)
Kay Ryan (New Zealand)
Max Schupbach (USA)
We are proud to have had Maurie Shaw as a member of the Training Faculty Australia.
Find a Training Faculty member by Australian location
Click a state to find Training Faculty members located in Australia. Note : Some states do not yet have certified Process Oriented Therapists.
Australian Seminars and Workshops
Seminars and workshops are held in various locations throughout Australia. Process work facilitators and trainers conduct the programs with seminars and workshops on a range of topics including introduction to process work and worldwork and supervision, varying in duration from one day to ten days. Attendance at process work seminars and workshops is a requirement for formally enrolled process work students.
Descriptions of current process work supervision sessions, seminars and workshops available in Australia, or highly relevant to people living in Australia, are available on the What's On page.
Global Training Opportunities
Process Work and Worldwork training in other countries
The Process Work Center in Portland, Oregon lists and continually updates Process Work and Worldwork training programs offered across the world. Training programs listed include those offered by:
The Deep Democracy Institute
Process Work Center, Portland
The Process Work Center in Portland, Oregon in the United States provides an extensive range of training programs open to US and non-US participants including :
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 off a staff of certified process workers. Since then worldwork seminars have been held in Switzerland, Slovakia, India, and Greece, 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.