Lily Vassiliou, Ph.D.

Office:
2049 NW Hoyt St
Portland OR 97209

Contact Information:
Phone: +30 694 220 4957
Website: www.processwork.gr
Email: lvassiliou@gmail.com

In Process Work I found a paradigm that views process (i.e., what is happening) as the teacher; a paradigm that values all experiences and finds treasures hidden in the most troublesome of them. This worldview fit my feeling about life. Being immersed in it has given me a deeper understanding of myself and the world around me. The wide spectrum of applications of this paradigm and the myriad aspects remaining to be discovered thrill my inquisitive nature. For the last few years I have been focusing on the application of process thinking to panic attacks. Through this research I have come to appreciate these experiences as potential doorways into unknown aspects of ourselves that can connect us to a deeper direction of our lives.

Currently I am attempting to follow a creative impulse in me to present my understanding of these experiences in the form of a book. While following this impulse I am acutely aware of the escalating tensions on our planet, and agonize about ways to be more actively involved in holding and working with them. I yearn to be part of a collective awareness that can ride this wave of escalation, stay with its intensity, make space for the complexity involved so that the inherent diversity is seen, appreciated and deepened until it guides us to an underlying common ground - a feeling atmosphere from where a sense of community and momentary resolutions emerge. I am passionate about this kind of worldwork and about living life as a divination process.

I love gazing at the ocean on the Oregon coast, sailing the Aegean, lying in the sun, sleeping under the stars, getting lost in music, gardening, cooking, doing things with my hands, building, chopping wood, pushing myself to my physical limits and beyond, all of which somehow help me get in touch with the sense of the mystery of life. [Portland, July 2005]

GENERAL Years in Practice: 19 Avg Cost (per session): $70 Sliding Scale: Yes Accepts Insurance: No EDUCATION 2005, PhD in Psychology, Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, Ohio 1999, MA in Process-oriented Psychology, Graduate School, Process Work Institute, Portland, Oregon 1999, Diploma in Process-oriented Psychology, Process Work Institute, Portland, Oregon 1989, Graduate Training in Couples, Family & Group Therapy, Athenian Institute of Anthropos (AIA.), Athens, Greece 1985, Diploma in Social Work, Institute for the Development of Social Work, Athens, Greece LICENSE 1986, License to Practice Social Work in Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Directorate of Social Work, Athens, Greece PUBLICATIONS 2005, Discovering Meaning in Panic: A Process-oriented Approach to Panic Attacks. Unpublished Dissertation, Union Institute and University 2002, "Mauthausen: A Journey Into History Then and Now." The Journal of Process Oriented Psychology, vol.8 no.2. (p.46-57) (scroll down to 2001/Concentration Camp) 1999, On the Path to a Black Tongue: A Greek Woman's View on Sexism. Unpublished MA thesis, PWCP 1986, The Contemporary Form of the Important Relationship in the Greek Family. A.I.A. Technical Report, no.29, Athens, Greece.

SPECIALTIES General mental health counseling Dream work Bodywork Symptom work Panic attacks and other altered and extreme states of consciousness Coma work Relationship work Family work FACILITATION Conflict facilitation Group and organizational work Town meetings RESEARCH (PW International) Sexism Panic Attacks See Lily's Faculty Bio