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PROCESS ORIENTED PSYCHOLOGY
method develops vigorously, also with the help of an international community of processworkers (psychotherapists, mediators and facilitators), which are involved in process work and in various studies worldwide.
Now Process Oriented Psychology is one of the most dynamic developing psychotherapeutic methods, e.g. in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Russia, Greece, Croatia, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, England and Ireland, but also in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.
It was one of Mindell's goals to enable a processworker to work with any human experience and with any person, no matter from what part of the world she / he comes from. Process work extends the overall adaptation of psychotherapy. Beside of working with individual clients, relationships, couples, families and groups processworkers work also with world issues.
They do not only work with conflicts and traumas, with dreams, with physical symptoms and diseases, with addictions, altered and extreme states of consciousness, with people near death and in coma, with spiritual experiences, with artists, musicians and actors , but also with politicians, companies and organizations and with marginalized groups such as LGBTQ persons, homeless people and ethnic minorities.
HISTORY OF POP
also from the psychology of C.G. Jung, quantum physics and communication and information theory.
Process work assumes that everything that happens to us is meaningful. Problems do not only disrupt our lives, but carry some information for us. They even contain their own solutions. Problems push us in a certain direction. If we open ourselves to their unknown and secret aspects and go a little in the direction they indicate, we can discover their messages. Instead of feeling like the victim of our problems, we can use them to improve the quality of our lives, our relationships and support our personal development.
In process work therapy sessions, you learn to follow your experiences with openness and curiosity and amplify them with mindfulness and respect, until you get a deeper understanding and discover the message they have for you. The therapist supports you on your path of inner discovery and follows your process.
PARADIGM
that guides you. Have you ever had the experience to feel that you are in the right place, at the right time? Right at this moment, you swim in the middle of the process river. Things work out easily, your relationships go well, you act without much effort and flow in the right direction. As you follow your process, your deep nature, you can feel joy, peace and a sense of meaning.
Sometimes, however, life prepares various turns, surprises and challenges for us, and our process blows in a direction where we do not necessarily want to go.
We tend to ignore and reject various experiences and parts of ourselves, we don’t like or want. This often happens unconsciously, and we do not notice that we are losing contact with ourselves and our process.
If you find yourself in a situation where you struggle with problems or things don't sort out as you would like, then your process is knocking on your door.
Relationship conflicts, problems at work, dreams and illnesses are signposts that bring you again in contact with your path of heart. They also remind you of the deeper process that is going on in the background and that shows itself through you.
Process work psychotherapy helps you to connect with your process and follow it. Gaining awareness of your process often carries surprising insights and helps you find your way even in very difficult situations.
WHAT DOES PROCESS MEAN?
WORLD WORK
constantly have to adapt to new situations.
What value has working on yourself in this context?Process work offers theoretical and practical concepts that connect individual work with worldwork and help to understand and support global change. POP understands the world as an information channel for us, and we are a channel for the world, through which it expresses itself.
What does that mean? All world conflicts are, on a certain level, also our internal conflicts. For example, bodily symptoms and illness are often not only related to our own lifestyle, but also connected to the field, in which we live, to our relationships and our environment.
The world, similar to a human, is full of inconsistencies which strive towards integration and development.
When the world expresses itself through us, e.g. in form of diseases, problems and conflicts such as racism, xenophobia or homophobia, we can follow this experience in us, raise our consciousness and get new insights and ideas about it. Working on ourselves and global problems, we do not only change ourselves, but also the field, where we live in, the world. We can also discover, what role do we have in this world and what might be our contribution to it. Some of us may write, study, paint or sing. Others might get involved politically, socially or chose to meditate. There is no one way for everyone. Each person has their own individual place in this universe.
better community and care for the rights of others, we are doing worldwork.
Process work methods of working with the world are used in urban debates (open forums), in international conflicts, in business and in organizations dealing with education and spiritual practice.
Worldwork is also the name of international gatherings that take place every other year in various places around the world (in 2014 in Warsaw). For several days, hundreds of people with diverse ethnic and national backgrounds work together on hot global topics such as racism, sexism and homophobia, climate change and ecology, abuse and rank, war and the need for revenge, but also on aspects such as improving communication flow, building community and opportunities for further cooperation.
These meetings are held in the spirit of deep democracy and facilitated by Arny and Amy Mindell with the help of an international team of processworkers and process work teachers.
Process Oriented Psychology, also known as Process Psychology or Process Work. POP, translated from Process Work or Process Oriented Psychology ..
Dr. Arnold Mindell, a Jungian physicist and analyst, created this field of psychotherapy in the 1970s. Since then, his method has been developing more rapidly, also with the help of the international community of processworkers (psychotherapists, mediators and facilitators working with the process), which is involved in his work all over the world and in various research. Now Process Psychology is one of the most dynamically developing psychotherapeutic methods, e.g. in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Russia, Greece, Croatia, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, England and Ireland, but also in the United States, Canada , Japan, Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.
One of Mindell's goals is to work with every human experience and with every person, no matter what corner of the world he comes from. Working with the process extends the general application of psychotherapy as well as working with individual clients, relationships, couples, families and groups to work with the world.
Psychotherapists also work with problems, conflicts and traumas, with dreams, with physical symptoms and diseases, with addictions, with different and extreme states of consciousness, with people close to death and in coma, also with peak and spiritual experiences, with artists, musicians and actors, with politicians, companies and organizations, and with marginalized groups such as LGBTQ people, with the homeless and with ethnic minorities.
Process work is a humanistic and transpersonal approach and its roots go deep into ancient philosophical concepts such as Taoism and shamanism, using the wisdom of indigenous cultures, but also the psychology of C.G. Jung, in quantum physics and in the theory of communication and information.
One of the assumptions of Process Psychology is that everything that happens makes sense. Problems not only interfere with our lives, but also bring us information and even contain their solutions. Problems are pushing us in a certain direction. If we open up to their unknown and mysterious aspects and go a little in the direction they show us, we can discover their messages. Instead of feeling like a victim of our problems, we can take advantage of them to improve the quality of our lives and our relationships.
In Process Psychology, you learn to follow your experiences with openness and curiosity and develop them with mindfulness and respect until you understand their meaning and the message they convey to you. The therapist supports you in this and follows you and your process.
Process is the force that flows under all your experiences and that moves you and your whole world. The process is like a wind in sails that pushes your boat in a certain direction. You can feel it as a current that guides you.
Maybe you know that sometimes you feel that you are in the right place at the right time? Then you are swimming in the middle of the process river. Relationships and things are going well, you act without much effort and you are going in the right direction for you. When you follow the process, with your deep nature, you can feel joy, peace and a sense of meaning.
Sometimes, however, life cooks up turbulence, surprises and challenges for us, and our process blows in a direction where we don't necessarily intend to go.
We tend to ignore and dismiss various events and parts of us that we don't want or dislike. This often happens unconsciously and we fail to notice that we are losing touch with ourselves and our process.
If you find yourself in a situation where problems are bothering you and things are not going your way, the process is knocking on your door.
Relationship conflicts, problems at work, dreams and diseases are the guideposts that show you the direction of your heart path again. They also remind you of a deeper process that runs in the background and comes through you.
Working with a process helps you connect with and follow your process. Becoming aware of your process often brings surprising insights and helps you find your way even in very difficult situations.
DEEP DEMOCRACY
can co-decide on the direction in which the whole goes. This awareness attitude is adapted in psychotherapeutic sessions, in working with groups, with the world and in group processes.
As a processworker, we try to take all parts of a given situation into account, paying attention to the main and marginalized voices and feelings of the individual or group and the atmosphere present in the background, and help to express them fully. This means that we appreciate every experience, every person, every minority and learn from them for the development of the whole and the common good.
"Deep democracy is based on the belief that the world helps us to become fully ourselves, and we help the world to become a whole."
Arnold Mindell
GROUP PROCESS
only relate to your personal affairs.
Many people are afraid to discuss controversial topics because they are afraid of conflicts, quarrels and stormy emotions associated with it. In general, we tend to avoid conflicts, and yet the world is full of wars and conflicts.
Group processes can help us deal with very controversial topics and world conflicts.
The best way to prevent conflicts and wars is to get into conflict - but with awareness, says Arnold Mindell, the inventor of this tool. What exactly does this mean?
While working with various groups around the world, Mindell noticed that people often do not express their positions fully and, above all, their emotions and values connected to them. This is why people go on to defend their point of view and cannot listen to other parties. He helped people express their opinions, fears and feelings in full, and brought awareness to what was happening in the group as a whole.
Group processes are held in the spirit of deep democracy and with the help of facilitators.
At the beginning, each person can suggest different topics that interest him / her. The topics are written down, and then one topic will be chosen by voting. The topic with the most votes wins.
During a discussion we often encounter two sides that polarize the given topic. Using the awareness attitude of deep democracy, we try to embody and express all positions and feelings associated with them. Participants can change sides and try out the arguments and values of the other side. Especially expressing what is difficult and unacceptable, strange and contradictory leads to greater insight and a better understanding of the whole. When we go back and forth and try different places, we increase our awareness around the topic and discover that each place has its specific energy, its truth. If we get to know the values, which are hidden on both sides, we can integrate and use them with consciousness in our lives.
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