Classes and Workshops

The following public courses are open to the general public. Please inquire at the Process Work Institute, (503) 223-8188 or www.processwork.org, for more information, unless otherwise stated. The Process Work Institute offers a variety of classes for the general public in addition to a Master of Arts degree in Process Work and a Master of Arts degree in Conflict Facilitation and Organizational Change.

It's All in the Family: A Process Work Approach to Working with Children and Families
Friday, March 11th, 2011
9:30am-5pm Ashland, Oregon

This one-day workshop is geared towards practitioners who work with children and families and would like to add a process work approach to their toolbox. Based on the pioneering work of Dr. Arnold Mindell, Process Work with children and families reveals the inherent wisdom within problems and brings a spirit of play and curiosity

We will explore interventions that:

  • address family blocks and challenges
  • help families and children explore and navigate power dynamics
  • transform challenging and disturbing behavior
  • focus on body symptoms and creativity
  • access the playful and meaningful wisdom of children

Practitioners, students, educators and parents are welcome to attend. CEU credits are available.

For more registration and more information contact: Mary Shaffer, (541) 890-2593 or email: egianffer@mind.net

$120. by Feb. 28th, after $140. ($225 if you attend both this and the Family Workshops)

Parenting: Inside and Out
Saturday, March 12th, 2011
10am-5pm Ashland, Oregon

Get some hands-on help and practical tips to support your parenting skills, and help make family life with children more fun. Come and discuss issues related to parenting, such as:

  • power struggles
  • developmental issues
  • fostering the inner life of children
  • exploring our unique parenting style

Parents, care-takers, educators, and practitioners are also encouraged to discuss situations they are working with. We will use role-play, class discussion, exercises and other tools to work with individual and family experiences.

This workshop will bring the body of wisdom that is Process Work to the everyday experience of parenting.

For more registration and more information contact: Mary Shaffer, (541) 890-2593 or email: gianffer@mind.net

$120. by Feb. 28th, after $140. ($225 if you attend both this and the Family Workshops)

C.E. credits available for $20.

Worldwork in Denver 2011
Tracking the Dreaming Landscape Beyond the Continental Divide: A Practice in Deep Democracy
April 13-19, 2011
Denver, Colorado
co-facilitated with Process Workers from around the world.

Worldwork is an 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 participate in these six day gatherings. The large staff team facilitates a diversity of learning experiences that include large group focus and interaction, small group meetings, one-to-one sessions and networking groups.

For registration and more information contact: www.worldwork.org or email:registration@worldwork.org or call, 207-563-2269

The Art of Group Facilitation Dawn Menken, PhD, Dipl PW
June 27th 2-5pm, June 28-30th, 2011
10am-1pm and 2-5pm at Marylhurst College

Process-oriented facilitation methods put the values of deep democracy into action. This dynamic and experiential training offers techniques and methods, using a mix of theory, practice in large and small groups, and exercises. Participants will learn to:

  • Work with the challenging dynamics of rank and power
  • Learn to appreciate and reveal all sides in public discourse
  • Stay centered and connected with your own eldership
  • Sharpen your work with complex communication signals
  • Engage stakeholders and facilitate public conversation
  • Run dynamic meetings, or enliven classroom conversations

For facilitators, organizational and community developers, teachers, political leaders, social activists and all those wanting to effectively facilitate large groups, public forums and conflict situations.

C.E. Credits available for this course.

The above class is part of the Summer Institute at the Process Work Institute. Register at www.processwork.org or (503) 223-8188.

Discounted early registration $400. Full course fee after June 10th, 2011: $440.

 

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Parent Space

The Parent Space Be sure to check out The Parent Space where I will periodically post some of my thoughts and practices around parenting and my work with children. My writings will be part of a future publication about parenting and working with children from a Process-oriented perspective.

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