International certification program ISPWR “Process-Oriented Psychology. process therapy. What is this

International Institute for Process Work (Russia) IIPW

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PROCESS WORK IN RUSSIA

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Certificate Program in Process Oriented Psychology and Psychotherapy.

Training according to IAPOP standards.

Dear Colleagues! Enrollment for 2018-2020 is ongoing.

Seminar schedule:

Seminar 1 - December 8-9, 2018 - Introduction to Process Work. Theory and practice. Working with motion. Serbina Ludmila.

This program is unique, as it allows you to master a new psychotherapeutic method at a professional level and gain in-depth knowledge in the field of process-oriented psychology and psychotherapy. The program includes both theoretical and practical training. Training is conducted within the framework of IAPOP standards using the theoretical and methodological arsenal of its teachers, who have unique and versatile skills and meta-skills and personal deep many years of professional psychological experience and bring it into the learning process. All teachers have their own practice of conducting personal therapy and teaching in various schools and areas of therapy. Many teachers are the elders of process education in Russia, the founders and founders of the Process Society in Russia.

Many teachers are now members and leaders of professional psychotherapeutic organizations and communities: the European Association of Psychotherapists (EAR) Professional Psychotherapeutic League, the European Association of Body Oriented Therapists, the International Association of Process Oriented Psychology (IAPOP), the International Association of Facilitators (IAF).

Certificate Program Teachers:

Rector of MIPSIT, President of PSIRP, international graduate and trainer in process psychology, member of IAPOP, member of the European Association of Body-Oriented Therapists, author and presenter of training programs on working with shock and developmental trauma.

PhD, EAP psychotherapist, PW Diploma, head of the modality for Process-Oriented Psychology and Psychotherapy at PPL, member of IAPOP.

Biophysicist (Diploma of Russian State Medical University named after Pirogov), Psychotherapist (Diploma of MMA named after Sechenov), Psychologist (Diploma of Moscow Moscow State University), Process Therapist - certificate of the 3-year program of the Process Work Center in Portland, USA (Process Work Center of Portland ,USA), gestalt therapist.

Ph.D. Process Therapist, Leading the course "Introduction to Process Therapy". Member of the Professional Society of Integrative Working Psychologists. Lecturer and member of the Board of the Moscow Psychological Laboratory 12.

MA degree in Organizational Change and Conflict Facilitation (Process Work Institute (PWI), Portland, USA), certified process worker (PWI, USA), business coach, certified management consultant (SMC, Russia), coach (CTI , Amsterdam, Netherlands) with 14 years of experience.

The principle of our work is to give a quality education, where in the process of learning you can study deeply and interestingly and get a new tool and a new methodology to use it in your professional activities, as well as learn how to work with your personal problems and complexes.

The peculiarity of our program is that our teachers have extensive experience in other approaches, then in the learning process the connection will be considered. In the course program, you will get acquainted with the main philosophical, theoretical and practical (applied) aspects of process work. The relationship of Process Work with the main academic areas of psychotherapy (Jungian analysis, Gestalt therapy, body-oriented therapy, work with post-traumatic disorders, systemic family therapy) will be considered. You will get an idea of ​​the views of Process Work on the organization as a living system. Master innovative tools for organizational development and counseling and will be able to put them into practice.

The program is implemented in cooperation with members of the International Association for Process Oriented Psychology. This allows you to deeply and consciously master the method of Process Work, which was founded by Arnold Mindell, and it works with a wide range of problems. The process approach uses the methods of all modern psychological schools, as well as bodily and spiritual practices, and proceeds from the position that the solution to the problem lies in the very violation that it causes.

Process psychology has developed into a comprehensive psychotherapeutic system, and is applied in a variety of contexts, including individual therapy and working with groups and organizations. Particular attention is paid to work with dreams and bodily symptoms, including work with seriously ill patients, with altered and extremely extreme states of consciousness, with addictions, to resolve personal and family conflicts with large and small groups in a business environment.

Who is this program for?

The certification program of the International Institute for Process Work (Russia) (IIPW) is intended for psychotherapists, counseling psychologists, health and education professionals, educators, social workers and coaches, people involved in organizational development, business consultants, as well as all those who are interested in the procedural approach for self-education, self-knowledge and self-development.

What is the result

As a result of passing the IIPW International Certification Program, you will master and acquire the theoretical practical knowledge of Process Work, which is necessary in individual work with clients, as well as in work with small and large groups, business organizations.

In the course program you will get acquainted with the main philosophical, theoretical and practical (applied) aspects of process work. The relationship of Process Therapy with major academic areas of psychotherapy (Jungian Analysis, Gestalt Therapy, Body Oriented Therapy, PTSD, Systemic Family Therapy) will be considered. advice and be able to put them into practice.

Structure of the certification program:

The terms of participation:

To join the International Certification Program, you must:

Fill out and submit an application.

Complete an introductory session with a certification course instructor.

Application Form

• Address, email, phone, skype
• CV (date of birth, gender, age, education, place of work, etc.)
• Previous experience in process work. What seminars did you attend, what programs, experience in personal therapy?
• What other psychological and psychotherapeutic approaches have you studied? What programs did you participate in?
• Briefly write why you want to study the Process Approach.

Documentation:

Upon successful completion of the International Certification Program International Institute for Process Work (Russia) IIPW (International Institute for Process Work in Russia) is issued:

• International Certificate in Process Work.
• Cumulative certificate of the Professional Psychotherapeutic League. (on request)
• Certificate of advanced training from the completion of the advanced training program of the standard established by the state; (on request)
• You can also get a Diploma of professional retraining: "PROCESS-ORIENTED PSYCHOLOGY" (in the amount of 980 hours), (on request)

About the format.

• 12 seminars for 2 days (weekends)
• Personal therapy for at least 20 hours;
• Supervision group and personal 20 hours;
• Intervisor groups at least 4 times a year;
• Sessions with an adviser (personal curator) 4 sessions and one final session based on the results of training;
• Maintaining a student record book;
• Keeping a personal diary;
• Writing the final work (abstract)

• The number of hours of seminars is 12 seminars, on weekends.
• Supervision 20 hours. (Different formats: group, individual) This can be either face-to-face work with a client, or it can also be any student of the program, as well as analysis of Cases from personal practice or from work in intervisor groups.
• intervisor groups. Independent work in small groups. Group of 3-5 people. Following the meeting, students draw up protocols on the structure of the process and interventions. (Each of the students at the meeting is a Psychotherapist, Client, Observer) The protocols are checked by the adviser in personal sessions with him.
• Personal therapy minimum 20 sessions. Personal therapy is an important part of the educational process.
• Sessions with an adviser, a personal curator in the learning process - 5 sessions (2 sessions per year, consultations on writing a final work, and a final (final) session)
• It is recommended to decide on your Advisor within two months from the moment of joining the program. With his participation, a student agreement is concluded and the focus of personal interests is selected in the learning process in the certification program. For those students who are simultaneously studying in both the certification and the diploma program, the advisor is one and the same person.
• Student record book. Information about the passage of seminars, supervisions, meetings with an advisor is recorded here. Keeping a diary is required throughout the certification course and thereafter if the student continues their studies in the diploma program.
• Keeping a student diary. During the course of study, the student is encouraged to keep a similar diary, where personal experience is recorded from seminars, personal sessions, supervisions, intervisions and internal work.
• Writing the final work (abstract). The total volume of 10 or more pages. In this work, students demonstrate their theoretical and practical knowledge in writing. And demonstrates knowledge of texts and books on Process Work available both in Russian and in English.
• A certificate of completion of the program is issued after fulfilling all the above requirements of the program and passing the final session with the advisor. The teaching staff of the certification program reserves the right to decide on the issuance of a certificate to the student, as well as on the passage of additional hours for the development of unfinished topics.

Seminar topics:

Seminars of the program:

(Seminar topics are subject to change and additions)

Process work. Introduction: Theory and practice. Sources and history of creation. Basic definitions and provisions (primary, secondary process, edge). The dreaming body and the dreaming process. Levels of work in the process approach (consensus, dreaming, essential). Working with channels of perception.

Working with symptoms. Somatic diseases. Work with somatic diseases, symptoms in the process approach. Message of symptoms. The Spirit of Symptom. Working with various chronic and acute symptoms. Body-oriented work with symptoms.

Relationship work. Basic principles of relationships. Communicative aspects in the primary and secondary processes of relationships. Methods of working with a couple and interpersonal relationships. Myths in relationships Working with family systems High and low relationship sleep. Conflicts, public attacks

Theory of conflict from the point of view of process-oriented psychology. World Work (World Work) and the concept of Deep Democracy. Fundamentals of conflict facilitation. Conflict escalation and de-escalation signals. Dealing with accusations. The concept of ranks and their role in conflict resolution. Types of ranks and the degree of their awareness. Signals of high and low ranks.

Working with Addictions: Chemical and Behavioral Addictions. Process work (therapy) with addictions. Types and mechanisms of dependence formation. Gaining access to the individual, deep root cause of addiction. Authenticity and addiction, relationship and addiction, peace and addiction. Features of working with chemical dependencies. Various ways manifestations of the message in dependencies: primary and secondary process, edges. Features of body-oriented work with addictions.

Dreams, dreams, dream work. Process paradigm of dream work. Definition of different levels of dream work. Myths in dreams. Working with early childhood dreams and their relationship to chronic symptoms and lifestyle life scenarios. The study of dreams and subtle pre-signals (Flirts) that appear on the verge of a state of sleep and wakefulness.

Altered states of consciousness, psychopathology, depression. The structure of altered states of consciousness in process psychology. Connection with cultural and social myths and lands. Features of procedural work with extreme and altered states of consciousness, psychoses. Process-oriented interventions in psychiatry and ASC. Process work (therapy) with various types depressions.

Working with trauma. Formation of resources. Features of somatic work with post-traumatic disorders. The unfolding of a person's personal myth through childhood dreams, early traumas, somatic diseases and relationship patterns. Primary and secondary processes in PTSD, Working with trauma as working with extreme and altered states of consciousness. The edge and what happens with injuries at the edge. Features of edge figures. Features of work in the channels when working with injuries. Roles. A look at roles in trauma work. Primary identity and roles from the primary process (the role of the victim of the traumatized inner child).
Secondary identity and roles (aggressor, demon (internal oppressor), witness, protector)
Formation of roles, work with them. Features of working with roles in PTSD.
Working with roles at all three levels (consensus, dream and essence).

Dissociation as the beginning of the process of detachment and awareness,

Dissociation and Parallel Universes (Mindell)
High and low sleep when dealing with trauma. Stuck in low sleep. working methods,
Restoration of the axis of the ego Self. Working at the essential level (big "U")
Trauma transformation. Working with trauma on a symbolic and mythological level.
Awareness of the life myth, the opportunity to look at one's life as the path of individuation and meeting on this path with a traumatic event as an initiation. Trauma as a transformative force on the path of individuation. eldership. Trauma is a challenge to our spirit. Encounter with numinous, transpersonal experience. Wisdom, spirituality and experience of eldership in the transformation of trauma.

World work. Principles of world work (World Work). Group process facilitation methods. Facilitation of group work at meetings, meetings, strategic sessions. "Hot" moments in group work (Hot spots). Difficult members in a group.

Geopsychology. Vector work. The vector method of awareness, the study of ASCs associated not only with feelings and various internal states, but also with the nature of space, the connection of our bodies with the planet Earth. The concept of a large "U" and a small "u", the summation of vectors. An exploration of deep states and the ability to find direction, both personal and collective. The concept of short-term and long-term awareness.

Inner work. Process-oriented classic inner work. Why and when to do the inner work? Awareness of signals / levels of perception. Channel-oriented signal amplification methods. Skills of disclosure of the “Forward” process (from signals to a figure). The skills of revealing the "Back" process (from the figure to its essence). Dealing with barriers in inner work. Working with the Inner Critic.

Process-oriented coaching. Process-oriented coaching. Similarities and differences between therapy and coaching. Goals and principles of process-oriented coaching. Disclosure and realization of human potential. Process-oriented executive coaching. Connection personal development leadership and development of the organization as a whole. How personal barriers of the leader form organizational barriers.

Start of training - autumn 2018. Education in Moscow.

Additional Information.

procedural oriented psychology or process work- a fairly young and at the same time already an authoritative direction in psychology. It was founded in the late 1970s .
Process work focuses on the perception of the flow of events - and respect for him, as well as on the conviction that even in the most difficult problem originally contained the seed of her permission.
Process work means following the path of nature. Everything that happens in the body, in the soul, in dreams, in relationships, in the space of a person - even what he perceives as a problem, is one of the ways in which his unconscious seeks to explain what exactly he needs in order to live in harmony with yourself and the world around you. Like that in simple words one can convey the main idea of ​​this psychological school.

In this section you can get acquainted with the basics of theory, practice and the structure of the international.

If you are interested in the materials you read, you can join the program on any of the proposed modules or become one, where students of the program practice in mastering the methods received.

Features of process-oriented psychology make the range of its application very wide. Its methods are effective throughout a person's life - from the perinatal period of development to near-death states. They are applicable for personal growth, work with relationships, teams, organizations, business structures and world problems. These methods are effective when working with bodily and mental illness. Particular attention is paid to .

The concept of "therapist" in process psychology is giving way to the concept of a specialist who observes and reveals the client's work in a way that makes the results of this observation directly available to the one being observed so that they become part of the world he is aware of. At the same time, the facilitator strives to remain “transparent” without bringing anything of himself into the process. A more multifaceted, three-dimensional perception of oneself and reality, which is achieved as a result, leads to the solution of personal problems, the resolution of interpersonal contradictions and the cure of physical diseases.

The deep “non-dual” or transpersonal state of consciousness that becomes available at the same time is akin to spiritual and religious experiences that give sensations of “omnipresence”, “omniscience”, “enlightenment”. Here, process-oriented psychology merges with the legacy of the world's spiritual and religious schools, as well as the postulates of quantum physics.

The key concept of the psychological school of A. Mindell - In fact, this is any phenomenon that is already happening.

Processes are divided into primary and secondary. Primary processes are those that a person does not separate from his own person. The secondary process is usually somewhat opposite to the primary. It is perceived by a person as something alien.

Process psychology considers the secondary process as a manifestation of that hypostasis of a person, which he displaces in himself or does not allow in everyday life. It is for this reason that he encounters it in dreams, in the actions of others, and in bodily symptoms. For example, a person may feel like a victim, but an aggressor lives inside him, with whom he is not very familiar.

On the "edge" - the edge that separates the primary process from the secondary - one or more "edge figures" can often be found. Their judgments and actions in a rigid form prevent a person from accepting the secondary process as part of himself.

One of the first tasks of the facilitator during process work is to be aware of the primary and secondary processes of the client (group) that separate their edges and edge figures. Enrichment of the client's personal experience is then supported by amplifying and expanding the secondary process experiences so that they become part of the client's conscious world.

This kind of work reveals a deeper level of consciousness that unifies experiences that conflict at the level of reality familiar to us (OR). This state of consciousness is called "process mind" by A. Mindell.

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Process Therapy was born in Portland, USA in the 1970s. Its author is the quantum physicist and psychologist Arnold Mindell, who, in addition to his knowledge in the field of physics and classical psychology, added observations of Australian shamans and the study of Tibetan spiritual practices. This is how the direction of psychology came about, combining the discoveries of the science of the Universe, ancient ideas about man, play and imagination, sensations in the body and emotional experiences.

In Russia, they learned about the procedural approach in the 1990s. Since then, its adherents have created a website about the philosophy and practice of this trend.

The everyday reality around us is full of dualism: good-bad, happiness-grief, presence-absence, etc. However, this system of dual oppositions does not exist by itself, it is built by our mind. The human mind is critical, distrustful, strives for complete control, and for this it creates dual oppositions.

Mindell teaches that this is just the top layer of being. That the world is richer than our system of rational ideas about it. There is a deeper, irrational level of reality that manifests itself in everyday life in dreams. And below it is the basis of existence, Tao, God, infinity, emptiness or absolute mind - something that is impossible or extremely difficult to describe.

According to process psychologists, our soul is closely connected with these deep levels. The body as the receptacle of the soul is also indirectly connected with them, therefore physical ailments, especially chronic ones (asthma, allergies, gastrointestinal disorders), are considered by process therapists as the same message of the essence, filled with vital meaning, like dreams.

The great one guessed that dreams refer to something more than personal experience. Mindell, after graduating from the Jung Institute in Zurich, after a long practice noticed that the body and dreams are talking about the same thing. He suggested not interpreting dreams and not getting rid of disturbing sensations, but re-experiencing them, feeling and realizing them as much as possible.

To do this, during a session of processual therapy, a person plunges into a state close to, in which the same images appear as in a dream, but at the same time, control over oneself and what is happening is maintained. In this state, a dream or bodily sensation that tormented us suddenly acquires an obvious meaning, a “voice” that helps us understand ourselves and the world around us very fully, clearly and deeply. Time after time this understanding can become deeper and deeper.

Since the soul is closely related to the irrational in a person, process therapy works with it directly. That is, unlike, this story is not about “talking”, but primarily about “feeling”.

In practice, it looks like this. Work (individually, in pairs or in a group) begins with sitting comfortably, closing your eyes and focusing on the most disturbing sensation or the most exciting part of the dream. Imagine how this feeling becomes more intense, completely captures you and turns into an image. Further, this image will lead you along. It is important to simultaneously participate in the process and be aware of this movement, succumb to the leading force in a trance and project its message onto your life situation. Turn on simultaneously, imagination, attention and consciousness. This work requires openness, fearlessness and inspiration. Only in this case will she bring fast results in the form of insights, new experiences, a new understanding of the world and oneself.

In this method, the features of other psychotherapeutic directions are clearly discerned. For example, from - role-playing the process, exchanging roles with the therapist, voicing internal characters. From - close attention to the body, its signals and symptoms. From - an appeal to the impersonal dimension. But only in the procedural approach there is a developed methodology for the conscious transfer of this experience into life. The therapist here is not someone who has some kind of super knowledge compared to the client, not a doctor or a teacher, but a companion. The process workers themselves prefer to call themselves a “facilitator” - one who facilitates the journey to oneself, a stalker, a guide. He does not advise the client. In the process, the person himself discovers the source of the problem that tormented him, as well as the resource for its solution, and not in the therapist, but in himself. Therefore, the problem of transference is irrelevant here and there is no “addiction” effect to therapy, as in some classical approaches, where you can go to sessions for years without visible changes.

Process therapy considers a person as a whole with a (divine) essence, on the one hand, and with the outside world, on the other. Everything that happens in the body and soul, in relationships with people and in space - these are ways of essence to draw our attention to key points and the purpose of our existence and indicate the personal path to harmony. You can turn to it throughout your life, because, as you know, there is no limit on the path to perfection.

"Process Mind"

International School of Process Work Certificate Program
International School of Processwork Russia (ISPWR), IAPOP standard.

Process work is following the path of nature

What is process work?

Process work or process-oriented psychology is an interdisciplinary direction in modern psychology. The main emphasis in process work is on the perception of the flow of life events - the "process", as well as on the belief that even the most difficult problem initially contained the seed of its solution.

What a person perceives as a problem (problems in relationships, chronic diseases, depression, addiction, nightmares, etc.) is actually a manifestation of the unconscious, which seeks to explain that we live in something that is not our own life and somewhere we go against our deep Essence. For example, in a person chronic symptom- migraine. Living through this symptom, the understanding may come that a headache occurs at a time when a person feels depressed and cannot protect his interests. But in the migraine itself there are already resources that only need to be discovered and brought into life and relationships. But often some aspects of the personality (where strength, aggression, sexuality, love of freedom, etc. are manifested) are suppressed. We can say to ourselves "you can't be like that, it's not accepted." But the moment a person begins to behave differently, and if necessary shows that he can be strong and stand up for himself, the bodily symptom goes away. So, in repetitive situations in relationships, in nightmares, in bodily symptoms and other areas of life, our subconscious manifests itself, which points us to our inner strength and resources.

By doing process work, we learn to be different and flexible, depending on the situation. Lightness appears and anxieties go away, as previously rejected parts of ourselves are integrated.

The main thing in process work is to be in the flow of continuous multi-level practice of awareness, to notice the slightest changes in the surrounding space and in the body - all this can be the key to deploying a "process" that will lead a person to a more holistic and harmonious perception of himself and the world. Process workers try to follow their own own process and processes of the individual and the group.

Theories and methods of process work can be personally tested and verified by any person and convinced of their universality. Process work is used in individual therapy, for independent work, as well as for resolving family conflicts, conflicts in various groups and organizations.

Arnie and Amy Mindell in Moscow, 04/29/13. The history of the emergence of a process-oriented approach, the basics of the theory and work with clients. Meeting with MIP students.

I. Zingerman, "Three levels of the state of consciousness in the process approach of Arnold Mindell when working with dreams"

Arnold Mindell and process psychology

The main ideas of process-oriented psychology were developed in the late 1970s by Arnold Mindell, Ph.D., psychotherapist, author of 20 books translated into 20 languages.

Arnold Mindell studied physics at the University of Technology Cambridge and then psychology at the Swiss Jung Institute in Zurich and became a Jungian psychoanalyst. Mindell added to his knowledge of physics and Western psychology by observing Australian shamans, healers, and studied ancient spiritual practices, including Taoism and Buddhism. Of these, it would seem different areas, process-oriented psychology emerged. She combined the discoveries of science, ancient ideas about man, dance and imagination, sensations in the body and dreams.

Arnold Mindell

Founder of the process approach

The process approach is interesting because you have to change your normal condition consciousness or, to put it metaphorically, you need to sit on the horse backwards. In one of the tribes of American aborigines there was a funny, somewhat strange buffoon figure. He was allowed to be in the tribe as long as he was "the other way around", that is, he did everything differently than everyone else. His horse moved forward, but he sat on it in reverse, facing the tail.

To ride a horse backwards is to say to life: "Yes, it's impossible" and at the same time: "How interesting this disease can be." You walk backwards. Usually you think that death is terrible, but if you think from the point of view of a heretic, death can teach you something. You might even like it! Say "no" to the pain, and if nothing else helps, try saying "yes" to it. When trouble turns into something interesting, you will just jump for joy. It's like a divine revelation or the ability to be completely different. In the procedural paradigm, the all-encompassing “yes” to the world is presented as a potentiality, as if the seed of that which seeks to express itself.

I used to have to think before I act. Now I trust the natural course of events and think much less. Instead, I follow my feelings. My path at present is to follow the unpredictable. I act now and think later. There are many things about the process that I don't understand. I can explain a few things, but there is still a lot that I would like to study. The business of helping human processes is a boundless field, as old as Taoism and as new as the theories of the holodinamics of the universe.

- "Jump Backward", Arnold Mindell

Key Ideas

The understanding of process work is built on several basic concepts: The main ideas that can help to understand what process work is is an understanding of what the three levels of consciousness are, the concepts of primary and secondary processes, the "edge", as well as the meta-skills of the facilitator (therapist).

Three levels of consciousness

Three levels of consciousness

In his observations, Arnold Mindell came to the conclusion that dreams and bodily symptoms "talk" about the same thing, that is, they reflect a certain life process of a person. He realized that if the message of the dream is correctly revealed, then it is possible to get around some unpleasant life situation, a tendency that is already “ripening” in everyday reality, for example, an illness or even an accident. And then Mindell began to investigate where dreams come from with the same tenacity with which he studied the origin of the universe as a student of physics. Turning to various sources Studying ancient texts, talking with the shamans of Australia, Mindell realized that people have always known about this source of dreams. Someone called it Tao (Taoism), someone called it the Supreme God, someone called it the Foundation of the Universe, etc.

This is how the theory of three levels of consciousness was formed.

Usually we are aware of ourselves in the so-called consensus reality. The reality of consensus (common reality) is a term denoting such a description of reality, in respect of which a common (conscious or unconscious) agreement has been reached between people. In the consensus reality there is a dual perception, here everything is divided into plus and minus, good and bad, good and evil, day and night, man and woman, subject and object. This is our usual level of perception of reality. What shapes it and creates a consensus reality? In order for something to happen in life, there must be a tendency - to get sick, you need to get your feet wet. For addiction to appear, there must be a great need for relaxation, and an inability to receive it. The question arises, where does the reality of consensus come from? You can get different answers to this question: psychologists will tell you that the source of the formation of our daily life is the unconscious, shamans will call it a dream, quantum physicists will call it a wave function ... In any case, they will describe a second, deeper level of perception of reality, which and forms scenarios and options for our lives. Arnold Mindell suggested calling this second level of consciousness Dream Land (English "dream land") - the land of dreams, or the land of dreams. There is a space in our mind that shapes dreams and the future. That is why prophetic dreams are possible, predictions are possible. And Dreaming is that state of mind from which our habitual consensus reality emerges later.

Dreams can be terrible, they can be beautiful. But their duality may not be clearly expressed. For example, in a dream you can kill others and this will not cause you horror or rejection, it is possible to walk on water, fly through the air or drink tea on the top of Everest in a swimsuit or slippers. In dreams it is possible to do the most unthinkable things in terms of the reality of consensus. The second and third levels of consciousness come from a non-dual state of consciousness that is beyond our usual, and even dreamlike, perception.

The country of dreams, the country of dreams (Dream Land) is not only night images. These include any other visions. At the Dreamland level, process work deals with dreams, deep feelings, unspoken truths, "double" or unintentional cues, "ghosts" (not represented figures), and ghostly roles in stories and myths of individuals and organizations. Great importance have history, myths, and events that affect more than one generation. Here you can also feel the impact of the future on the present.

The third level of consciousness is characterized by a non-dual state, where there is no interaction at the level of subject and object. It is from this source that the formation of the space of the second level occurs - the space of dreams.

At the deepest non-dual level, or the level of "essence," the Ground, the Tao, process work deals with the sense of tendencies. Their guiding influence on us can be felt, but not yet easily put into words. Here you notice deep experiences, feelings that you usually do not pay attention to, and sensations that have not yet been expressed in the form of meaningful images, sounds, etc.

primary process, edge, secondary process

"Primary Process", "Secondary Process" and "Edge"

Next key concept procedural approach - "primary process" and "secondary process". Primary processes are those that a person does not separate from his own person. The secondary process is usually somewhat opposite to the primary. It is perceived by a person as something alien.
Process psychology considers the secondary process as a manifestation of a person's identity, which he displaces in himself or does not allow into everyday life. It is for this reason that he encounters it in dreams, in the actions of others, and in bodily symptoms.

For example, a person may feel like a victim, but an aggressor lives inside him, with whom he is not very familiar.

Between the primary and secondary processes is the "edge", that is, the experience of experiencing the inability to do something, the experience of a limitation or obstacle. This edge can be represented by various "edge figures". Their judgments and actions in a rigid form prevent a person from accepting the secondary process as part of himself.

In general, all process work skills are awareness skills.

Metaskills of the therapist

In process work, the concept of a “facilitator” (together a therapist) is used - a specialist who observes and reveals the client’s work in such a way that makes the results of this observation directly available to the one being observed so that they become part of the world he is aware of. The facilitator needs to have some key skills that will help him lead the process of a group or one person.

One of the first tasks facilitator during the process work - to be aware of the primary and secondary processes of the client (group), separating their edges and edge figures.

This kind of work reveals a deeper level of consciousness, in which a non-dual perception of the world manifests itself, where a problem can become a source of strength and resources.

Second skill- “following” oneself and the feeling of Tao, that is, events that are observable and / or intuitively comprehended. The mystical aspect of process work attempts to follow what is not quite expressible, while its concrete and realistic part deals with observable signals and their unfolding, allowing these signals to tell us what they mean.

Third skill- "transparency". The facilitator strives to remain "transparent" without bringing anything of himself into the process. A more multifaceted, three-dimensional perception of oneself and reality, which is achieved as a result, leads to the solution of personal problems, the resolution of interpersonal contradictions and the cure of physical diseases.

Fourth Habit- awareness of oneself at three levels of reality. First, to be aware and feel at the level of conditioned reality; secondly, to live at the level of a dream: when talking with a person, fall into a light trance. This helps to expand the process even deeper. And, thirdly, we can simultaneously have a sense of ourselves and this person in a single, primordial space. From this state, we are able to make any problem our Teacher, and learn by living the source where this message comes from, where the essence of this problem of consensus reality is. Thus, we find ourselves whole.

4. ROOTS OF PROCESS PSYCHOLOGY

To understand the examples below, you need to know something about the roots and history of process-oriented psychology (process work).

History and roots

When I arrived in Zurich in 1981, there was no “process-oriented psychology” yet. Then Arnie enthusiastically engaged in "work with the dreaming body" (dreambodywork).

Arnie is a Jungian analyst by training. One of Jung's main principles is the teleological concept; i.e., each event tends to a meaningful goal. Jung used the image of a medieval alchemist who is trying to prepare prima materia - raw material - to be turned into gold, to describe the process of uncovering and evaluating the contents of the unconscious as it appears in dreams.

Jung applied this teleological concept mainly to dreams; Arnie applied it to bodily experiences in the 1960s. Working with dying patients, he discovered that the physical symptoms, when exacerbated and unfolded, reflected dream images. The body and the image taken from the dream are two channels of the same deep process that is trying to draw our attention to itself. Hence the term "dreaming body".

This discovery makes it clear that we not only dream at night when we sleep, but also dream during the day with the help of our spontaneous and unintentional cues. IN spontaneous manifestations nature, we find solutions to our problems and a source of creativity. In order to describe the "process of dreaming" step by step, Arnie looked for an impartial language, independent of such terms as body, matter or soul, but explaining events in a neutral way. He used information theory to define phenomena in terms of process, sense-oriented experiences, signals, and channels. Therefore, the term “process” arose, indicating the continuous flow of a signal through various perceptual channels.

In practice, we most often encounter the following channels: visual, auditory (hearing), proprioceptive (pertaining to intra-body sensations), kinesthetic or motor, relationship channel (when we experience the process of relationship) and world channel (when we perceive our process as part of the process happening in the environment). In addition, there are many more channels, for example, olfactory and spiritual. The therapist seeks to discover and uncover the dreaming process as it manifests in these channels. And each therapist has his own “favorite” channel.

In 1981, in Zurich, a group of students organized a research society for process-oriented psychology. The terms “process-oriented psychology” and “process work” have become entrenched in everyday life, as they give more Full description work that emphasizes following the natural flow of the process, wherever it manifests itself - in movement, bodily sensations, in interaction with others (relationships) or in groups. A training program has been created and the process approach is now widely used in working with individuals, couples, families and groups, in working with various states of consciousness, including comatose, extreme and psychotic, as well as conflict situations in large groups. Process work is based on the principles of Taoism, Zen philosophy, alchemy, the works of K.G. Jung, shamanism, Native American traditions and modern physics. Process work is common throughout the world and is applicable to people of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Process work centers have now been established in many countries, including Australia, Russia, Poland, Japan, and England.

Process work has pushed the boundaries of individual therapy because it believes in connection individual work with politics, ecology and group work. It does not support discrimination based on gender, race or class, nor does it require everyone to be clear-headed. Most likely, people who are considered “sick” by society do not feel “sick” and do not seek help. They - the "shadow of the city" - carry a certain message to society. Process work does not maintain the status quo or revolutionary spirit within ourselves or within our groups and communities, but focuses more on presenting all the internal parts of the whole and explaining the relationships that exist between them. It does not focus only on healing, but on improving life in general.

Process work explores our knowledge of the world and reveals previously unknown, supernatural and inexplicable aspects of it that contain the seeds of new life and creativity. It seeks to discover the spiritual in the most mundane manifestations of reality, in habitual but spontaneous movements, in the greatest suffering, by addressing bodily symptoms or relationship problems, to the core of intense group conflicts or the mysteries of our dreams.

Process work and Taoism

Taoism is a kind of foundation stone for the building of process-oriented psychology.

The Chinese Taoist believed important matter observation of natural phenomena, its movements and adapted to these changes. He was caught up in the "endless flow" of nature, tuned in to its changing course or "Tao" and tried to live in harmony with its movements without asking or demanding explanations.

The process worker, like the ancient Chinese Taoist, tries to notice spontaneous changes in nature and help the client and himself to tune in to this changing movement. He has no program of action, he turns to nature for advice. He tries to follow the Tao even when he cannot know about his true origin or when he may follow him to a mysterious and unknown place. Like the Taoist, he believes that whatever the therapist or client needs is already present in the spontaneous manifestations of nature. He can only tune in, interact with nature and follow it.

Therefore, Arnie distinguishes a process worker from a traditional psychotherapist in the following way:

"In my opinion, process work is a natural science. The process-oriented psychologist learns about nature and follows it, while the psychotherapist programs what, in his opinion, should happen. I don't believe in psychotherapy, because I don't know anymore what is right for other people... I just observe what exactly is happening to them and what is happening to me in response to their reaction. I let the dream body processes tell me what can happen and what to do next. I follow. I don't pressure people. Their bodies and souls know more than I do."

In this sense, the process worker is a modern Taoist, fascinated by the "endless flow" of nature. The process-oriented therapist tries to uncover the spontaneous phenomena of nature, while at the same time knowing that they should not be rushed and manipulated, but should be treated with care, allowing them to manifest only in their own special way and at their chosen time.

As process work adapts itself to changes in nature, it itself becomes very fluid. It emphasizes the variability of nature and therefore requires at any time to adopt the features of all known therapeutic forms. It is reminiscent of a Freudian analysis at the moment when the client is thinking about early childhood. The next moment, process work is similar to Gestalt therapy, when the client, fascinated by the bright "figure of a dream", begins to speak in her style. Following the client's unconscious and repetitive movements can develop into dance therapy. Therefore, any session can include dance, gestalt therapy, word association, active imagination, body and relationship work, and many other methods.

Man-world (example)

The therapist uses and develops techniques spontaneously suggested by the client's process. A group session may include work with the whole group, with subgroups or relationships between people, focus on specific person, at work with the body, at stable external conflicts or at moments associated with deep individual experiences.

Before I continue to discuss the origins of this work, I would like to give an example that is very important to me. This situation happened at a recent international seminar, which was attended by three hundred people from thirty-five countries and main theme of which there were conflicts between large groups and intercultural tensions. This example demonstrates the flow of the process through various channels and levels of group work (individual-relationship-group) and, more importantly, addresses the social significance of individual work.

At one of the sessions, a black American woman said she wanted to talk about the racism she felt in some members of the group. Thus, the group level was the starting point. She continued to speak, and suddenly began to choke. As it turned out, she suffered from asthma, and her attempts to speak to the public were always accompanied by similar reactions.

Now she decided that the time had come to deal with her bodily symptoms. The switch was instantaneous, the focus shifted to her proprioceptive or internal bodily sensations. When asked by Arnie how she feels about her asthma, the woman replied that it looks like heaviness in her lungs and at the same time clenched her fists. Developing her feelings, she began to beat the air with her fists, expressing her anger and irritation in response to racial injustice. In the end, she fell to the floor in convulsions. When her lungs returned to normal on their own, she again turned to the group and began to speak with bitterness in her voice about the suffering that she, a black woman, had to endure since childhood in the United States and that we all need to realize such a phenomenon. like racism and bring more tolerance to our world. Attention was shifted to the group, and a discussion about the problem of racism developed from this woman's process. Her process led the entire group to reflect on the issue of widespread racism, the suffering it caused, and the hidden manifestations of racism in everyday life.

The individual work of this woman was intricately linked to collective and social reality. Her experience of her symptoms was not unique to her, but was inextricably linked to cultural beliefs. If therapists are not aware of this connection, individual therapy may inadvertently overlook the realities of our world and its social problems.

The reader may have noticed how the process moved smoothly from group work to individual work, from bodily symptoms to movement work, and back to large group work. The process develops in its own directions known only to it, using various channels.

Taoism Arnie

During the years spent in Zurich, Arnie and I became closer friend friend. We have taught, worked and held workshops together in many countries. I learned more about myself and my relationship to teaching and therapy work. I began to study process-oriented psychology, trying to find that implicit feeling level of interaction that attracts to this work and fills life with the deepest process-oriented beliefs.

It seemed to me that Arnie uses process-oriented techniques without special efforts. Whether he was working with a chronically ill or psychotic person, a comatose patient, or a couple in acute conflict, his work was flexible and precise. The manifestation of process-oriented beliefs was not limited to his therapy work, it permeated his entire life.