2010 Classes by Semester:
January - March
Course Descriptions

Sacred Essence: Case Consultation for Caregivers
Stan Tomandl, MA, PWD assisted by Ann Jacob, BEd
Tuesdays, January 12, February 16, March 16, 2010
12-2pm
Cost: $100 before January 1, $120 thereafter
We will provide opportunities to learn and grow in skill, as we focus together on finding solutions to patients' problems and caregiving dilemmas, while reinforcing caregiver care. We will study and practice techniques to bring presence of heart, greater awareness, and the spirit of meaning to clients in unusual states of consciousness. We will provide methods to unfold and gain new insight from these states, and tie these insights to their daily lives, relationship, and community. For nurses, chaplains, social workers, physicians, and other professionals; for family and volunteer caregivers; for all of us that work with people in states of memory loss, dementia, delirium, autism, mental health states, depression, traumatic brain injury, vegetative state, and coma.
Distance Learning ~ Teleconference only

PROCESS ORIENTED ECO-LOGY: At Home On Earth With Synchronicity– how your personal life is one with the universe.
Arny Mindell, PhD
Fridays, January 22, 29, February 5, 12
3:30-6:30pm
Cost: $180 before January 8, $240 thereafter
WHY THIS CLASS?? World environmental problems. Climate talks were not successful. Eco-theory still very new, needs updating. Too little Eldership!!
Process oriented Ecology is a new approach, to a new science, ecology, the science of our “home,” our planet earth. This home is our physical environment and at the same time, the dreaming process interrelating animals, plants and our biosphere.
Until now processwork has focused mainly on human entanglements. Now we ask how are these connected to our planet and the universe. How do we work with inner problems and outer conflicts linked to environmental problems? We uncover new insights and solutions to psychological, ecological and planetary human problems and will be able to better understand the meaning of “sensuality.”
P.O.E is a new field. Imagine a processworker, sitting with President Obama, environmentalist Al Gore, psychologist C.G. Jung, physicist Albert Einstein and the Dalai Lama? One focuses upon national issues, while others focus upon the biosphere, dreams, relativity and compassion. Add a process worker. Together they could influence the definition of ecology, sustainability in politics, ecology, and perhaps even the meaning of life.
The researches might even develop process oriented ecology, a new trans-disciplinary study of our Earth based upon holistic process concepts, the interaction between diverse and competitive elements, emergent properties, creation myths, quantum entanglement and synchronicity. P.O.E is a compassionate and radical attitude towards people, behavior, trees, earth and the solar system we live with and in.
Teaching methods will include 1/3 theory, 1/3 demonstrations and 1/3 process oriented innerwork training practice in dyads for use in everyday life and professional work.
Class 1: Earth’s View: Ecology as Science+Art. -Nonlocality+ Synchronicity for self+planet
Class 2: Eco Solutions from Quantum Coherence. What holds individuals and communities together.
Class 3: Ecology + Co-Creation: Spiritual traditions, de-coherence + why we have so many problems.
Class 4: Gold Diggers? Pollution, Ecology+Consciousness–Is anyone home?
Distance Learning ~ Audio Files

Case Crystallization
Arny Mindell, PhD
Fridays, January 22, 29
7:30-9:30pm
Cost: $60 before January 8, $80 thereafter
For phase II and Diplomates only (to keep the group small). These sessions focus on supervision of work with individuals, couples, teams, and groups.
Distance learning ~ Teleconference class

Coaching for Parents and Families
Dawn Menken, PhD
Wednesdays, January 27, March 17 (may be attended separately)
5:30-7:30pm
Cost: $60 before January 15, $80 thereafter
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 your children, dealing with bullying, and more. Students and practitioners are also invited to discuss situations in their cases. We will use role play, class discussion and other tools to work with individual and family experiences.

Working with Gender, Sexuality and Sex Addiction in Clinical Practice
Jan Dworkin, PhD
Mondays and Thursdays, January 25 and 28, February 1 and 4 (may be taken individually)
6:30-8:30pm
Cost: $120 before January 15, $160 thereafter
Process Work offers a unique and non-pathological approach to working with gender, sexuality, sexual difficulties and sex addiction that views these phenomena within both an individual and a social context. This is an experiential learning course that offers theory, training for practitioners and tools for exploring one's own experience. Each class will focus on one topic: gender as a dreaming process; sexual difficulties and disturbances; sexual fantasies; and sexual addition.

Illness and Near Death Crystallization
Arny Mindell, PhD
Friday, February 5
7:30-9:30pm
Cost: $30 before January 15, $40 thereafter
Open to everyone. This class focuses on severe illness, death and dying processes. Connect with Arny if you want to present a case situation.
Distance Learning ~ Audio Files

Extreme Moments: Facilitating the Escalated, Irrational, and Scary in Individuals and Groups
Ingrid Rose, PhD
Saturdays, February 6, 13
2-5pm
Cost: $100 before January 22, $120 thereafter
What to do when your client or a member of a group you're facilitating suddenly escalates, or becomes threatening or furious? Or…you may be challenged in working with someone who has far-out irrational states that baffle you, or someone else who sobs uncontrollably. These unexpected, often less welcomed experiences will be the focus in these two classes directed at developing tools useful for moments such as these. In situations like this we might find ourselves in a bit of a shock, leaving us without much awareness in the moment. They may also throw us into pieces of our own personal history constellating forgotten reactions. We will be using video study, exercises, inner work and group process to burn our wood and learn new skills to unravel deeper wisdom within extreme moments.

Organizational Case Crystallization
Arny Mindell, PhD
Friday, February 12
7:30-9:30pm
Cost: $30 before January 29, $40 thereafter
This class is open to everyone and will focus on organizational "case" supervision. This class will cover how to present and get the most from organizational work and organizational supervision. People wanting to present a team, business, community, social action, or organizational situation should write Arny ahead of time. The focus will be on community learning and assisting individuals and/or teams to facilitate real social, financial and world situations by understanding the structure and nature of the situation. Organizational supervision includes coaching problems, team supervision, and typical group issues and structures.
Distance learning ~ Audio Files

Facilitation of Public Open Forum: Supervision and Training Day
Max Schupbach, PhD
Sunday, February 14th
10am-5:30pm
Cost: $125 before January 29, $150 thereafter
This is an advanced course for learners with previous practice in facilitating group processes. We will cover networking, preparation, and facilitation of open forums, and supervise open forum style group processes. Participants are invited to bring their own open forum projects, or past open forum experiences as facilitators and participants.

Open Forum Portland: Who Cares for a Diverse Portland?
Facilitated by Max and Ellen Schupbach and others
Sunday, February 14th
7- 9pm
Location TBA
Cost: $30 before January 29, $40 thereafter
Is Green Portland a final destination or a train stop to a diverse Rainbow Portland? Who cares for a diverse Portland? This is an Open Forum with stakeholders attending from our diverse ethnic communities, the city of Portland, social action groups, and the business community.

The Second Globalization - A New Age of Collaboration
Max Schupbach, PhD
Monday - Wednesday, March 1-3
10am-5:30pm
Cost: $375 before February 5, $450 thereafter
A Leadership Seminar
Registration is now being arranged by the Deep Democracy Institute. Please email them to register at: register@deepdemocracyinstitute.org or call 503 905 6061.

Mock Exams
Jan Dworkin, PhD
Tuesday, March 9, Thursday, March 11, Saturday, March 13
7-9:30pm
Cost: $135 before February 26, $150 thereafter
Please note: Start time has been moved to 7 pm
These mock exams will take place during the MACF Cohort 3 residency but are open to all students preparing for eventual final exams, from any of the Process Work programs. Students will have the opportunity to go through simulated exams in front of peers and receive detailed individualized feedback. "Witnesses" share in learning and are affected and transformed by the experience. An intensive, in-depth training for serious learners.

Movement Amplification
Kate Jobe, MA, CMA, RMT, RME
Tuesdays, March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11
Time TBA (2-hour sessions)
Cost: $240 before February 26, $320 thereafter
Using video and online discussion, pictures and examples from life, film and video we will study approaches to movement amplification. This course is designed for independent and conference call learning using online tools. For Process Work students and therapists interested in developing advanced skills in working with movement.
Distance Training ~ Teleconference only

Palooza the Polar Bear Problem Solver
Dawn Menken, PhD
Saturday, March 20
10am-12noon
Cost: $30 before March 5, $40 thereafter
Come meet Palooza the Polar Bear Problem Solver and all of Palooza's puppet friends as they talk about the kinds of problems and challenges that children face. Learn about "heart and smarts" the special super power, necessary for working on problems. This class is meant for children ages 5-9; parents are welcome to attend as well as students and those working with children. Each child or participant will receive a colorful workbook to take home at an additional cost of $8.
Family price/discount for two or more children. Please inquire with PWI.

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