Human and organizational change is about process, awareness and identity. My method is deeply rooted in Process Work, or process-oriented psychology, a framework and method for using awareness to facilitate change, develop consciousness, and find creative solutions to psychological and sociological challenges.

Process Work is part of the cutting-edge trend in psychology and social science that views intelligence as far more than rational or analytical thinking. Emotions, fantasies, dreams, and other so-called non-rational states of consciousness play a key role in our physical health, creative thinking, problem solving, emotional stability, and psychological well-being.

Developed in the 1970s by Jungian analyst and author Arnold Mindell as a psychotherapy method, Process Work today encompasses a broad range of applications, from self-therapy to counseling individuals, couples and families. Process Work also has a group and organizational application called Worldwork, which applies the tools and concepts of process and dreaming to groups, organizations, communities, teams and social issues. Read more about Process Work and Worldwork here.

CASE STUDIES

The Process approach is client-centered and adapts to the context in which it is applied. These stories, interviews case studies offer a close-up feel for the variety of ways Process Work and Worldwork are applied across disciplines.

CASE STUDY 1 Teamwork Under Fire Conflict and power struggles can hinder a group's effectiveness. In jobs where life and death are on the line, they can also be deadly. This case study on conflict and team building in a mountaineering	CASE STUDY 2 Police Work and Crisis Intervention. Crisis Intervention lies at the intersection of human rights, community mental health, city politics, health care funding, homelessness, stereotype and stigma, and conflict resolution. This case study (coming soon) describes my work on a cross functional team, designing and delivering Crisis Intervention Training for the Portland Police Bureau.	CASE STUDY 3 How Does Change Happen? Is change inherent in human and organizational systems, the result of interactions with the environment, or a mixture of both? This case study on change illustrates methods for working with the fear, resistance and identity clash that are inevitable when
CASE STUDY 4 Community conflict and transformation. From a systems perspective, disturbance is an evolutionary chance, an opportunity for the community to discover new directions, growth, and realign itself with its deepest values and sense of purpose. Coming soon.	CASE STUDY 5 Improvisational Theatre Process Work's multi-channeled methods make it an intrinsically creative means of exploring the unknown, and thus, has always been enthusiastically embraced by artists, musicians, dancers, and performers. Arlene Audergon's application of Process Work methods to improvisational theater has produced plays that have met international, critical acclaim.	CASE STUDY 6 Deep Democracy and Leadership Creating sustainable social change requires congruence between means and ends - the methods for creating change must model the change being promoted. Carole Christopher discusses how her work in city politics in Vancouver, B.C., is enhanced
CASE STUDY 7 Juvenile Offenders: Locked Up and Learning The Taoist principle underlying Process Work - what happens holds the seeds for creative transformation - is nowhere more challenged than in cases concerning perpetrators and criminal offenders. Read how Gene Hansen uses Worldwork	CASE STUDY 8 On the City Streets The Worldwork principle of deep democracy holds that people living on the margins of society have a special message and meaning for the mainstream. Lukas Hohler describes his work facilitating the relationship between street people, shop keepers and citizens in the City of Zurich.