Process Oriented Psychology Process Oriented Psychology is a comprehensive theory, method and orientation to working with individuals, relationships, organizations and communities, developed by Drs. Arnold and Amy Mindell and colleagues. Mindell was originally a physicist and Jungian psychologist and one of his early discoveries was how dreams were mirrored in body experience and symptoms. This discovery evolved, as it was found that creative patterns or a ‘dreaming field’ gave rise to our dreams and body symptoms, altered states, physical symptoms, communication signals and conflict dynamics. Process Work was originally applied to working with individuals, including dream and body work, and working with altered and extreme states. It was sometimes considered a daughter of Jungian Psychology. Later as it was discovered how ‘the dreaming field’ structured communication and systems dynamics, this work was applied to working with relationships and families, and eventually to large groups, organizations and settings dealing with social and political issues, conflict resolution , violence prevention and community building The ideas and methods of Process Oriented Psychology have strong links with indigenous teachings and modern physics. The methods support awareness of an underlying creative field that shapes us and first catches our awareness in sentient or subtle feelings, in signals and impulses, unintended communication, dreams, altered states, symptoms, and in the tensions, conflicts and creativity within organizations and communities. The principle of Deep Democracy observes that direction, resolution or transformation takes place within both individuals and communities, when all points of view, emotions, and dimensions of experience can interact with awareness. The work currently has very exciting applications in the realms of psychotherapy, body-mind, working with coma, mental health, organizational development, multi-cultural community building, conflict resolution and the arts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_Oriented_Psychology#History | 
