My Approach

I am trained in Process Work from the Process Work Institute’s Diploma and Master of Arts program in Portland, Oregon. This rigorous awareness training program educates students from all over the world to work with individuals, couples, and families; working with physical illness, death, and dying; dreams; inner work or self-therapy; art and creativity; addictions; altered and extreme states of consciousness; and conflict facilitation for groups and organizations.

What is Process Work?

Process Work is an innovative approach to individual and collective change that brings psychology, group dynamics, spirituality, and creative expression together in a single paradigm. An offshoot of Jungian psychology, Process Work was developed by Jungian analyst Arnold Mindell in the 1970s when Mindell began to research illness as a meaningful expression of the unconscious mind. He discovered that the unconscious manifests not only in nighttime dreams but also in physical symptoms, relationship difficulties, addictions, and social tensions. Drawing from his background as a quantum physicist, as well as from Taoist principles, shamanism, Zen Buddhism, aboriginal wisdom, and communication science, Mindell formulated the idea of the "dreaming process," a coherent and meaningful flow of experiences that underlies all life events.

Over the last thirty years of application and research by Dr.’s Arny and Amy Mindell and their colleagues, Process Work has developed into a comprehensive interdisciplinary system designed for working with the full spectrum of human experience.

- from the Process Work Institute
  www.processwork.org

What does it mean to be process-oriented?

Process Work believes that the solution to a problem is contained within the problem itself. By following your own perceptions in detail and the innate wisdom of nature’s unfolding, we will uncover parts of you that are constantly changing and evolving. In Process Work, the river of natural flow and meaningful experience is referred to as the “dreaming process.” In it, we find a greater awareness of and insight into your experiences, and oftentimes discover unexpected answers to the problems and challenges you face.