Arnold Mindell

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Arnold Mindell (born 1940) is an American psychotherapist, writer and the founder of Process Oriented Psychology, living in Portland, Oregon. He has written 20 books that have been published in 24 languages.[1]

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[edit] Career

He graduated with a masters degree from MIT in 1961 in Cambridge, Massachusetts,and pursued further graduate study at the at the ETH in Switzerland. After he developed a friendship with Franz Ricklin, the head of the Jung Institute there, which evolved into a therapeutic relationship, he discontinued the study of physics and became a Jungian analyst, with a PhD awarded in 1972 in psychology from the Union Institute for his work on synchronicity.[2][3][4]

In 1977, he became a Jungian training analyst, and published his first book, Dreambody: The Body’s Role in Revealing the Self in 1982. His findings led Mindell to investigate how the dreaming mind produces unconscious or "double signals" in us while we are in relationship to others. He found that bringing those signals from the background to the foreground made interpersonal communication easier.[5]

Eventually his ideas grew into the technique of process oriented psychology (also known as process work). Process work focuses on following signals and sensory grounded information, seeing them as signposts to discovering meaning in disturbances, body symptoms, and relationship troubles.[6][7]

Broadly, process work combines elements of gestalt, Jungian, and somatic psychologies, indigenous traditions, physics (for its quantum concepts and ideas of non-locality and entanglement), and the eastern philosophies of Buddhism and Taoism.[8] This discovery led to ground breaking work in the development of process oriented psychological interventions in psychiatry.[9]

His interest in relationships evolved into the study of conflict in large groups.[10][11] He discovered that the dreaming processes he had identified on the individual and dyadic relationship level were also helpful in working out problems in larger groups. In groups, the process was carried not only by individuals, but by ‘roles’ which could be occupied by any individual in the group.[12] ‘Ghost roles’ were roles implied by the group’s behavior, but with which no individual would identify.[13]

Mindell became interested once again in physics and went back to the study of tiny, subtle signals ordinarily ignored in more classical psychological approaches.[14] With his partner and wife Amy Mindell, Mindell began to explore new methods of working with people locked in comatose, vegetative and near death states of consciousness.[15][16][17] Recently his interest in quantum physics has propelled him to explore the interconnections of psychology with theoretical physics, and to find new ways of working with subtle states of consciousness. He developed an extensive body of research and techniques using field, wave and vector concepts to understand preverbal, pre-dream-like states of awareness.[14] He has also developed an extensive array of techniques for integrating field and wave concepts with indigenous philosophy [18] and practice in earth based psychology and the ProcessMind concept.[19][20]

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.aamindell.net/about/ About Amy and Arny Mindell
  2. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold (1972). Synchronicity: An Investigation of the Unitary Background Patterning Synchronous Phenomena (A Psychoid Approach to the Unconscious). Cincinnati, OH: Union Institute. 
  3. ^ [|Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold] (2000). Interview with Arnold Mindell interview by Stanford Siver. 
  4. ^ [|Siver, Ph.D., Stanford] (2006). Process Work and the Facilitation of Conflict. Cincinnati, OH: Union Institute. 
  5. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold (1982). Dreambody: The Body's Role in Revealing the Self.. Santa Monica, CA: Sigo Press. 
  6. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold (1985). Working with the Dreaming Body. London: Routledge & Kegan. 
  7. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold (1987). The Dreambody in Relationships. London: Routledge & Kegan. 
  8. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold (1985). River's Way: The Process Science of the Dreambody; information and channels in dream and bodywork, psychology and physics, Taoism and alchemy.. London: Routledge & Kegan. 
  9. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold (1988). City Shadows: Psychological Interventions in Psychiatry. London: Routledge. 
  10. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold (1989). The Year 1: Global Process Work. NYC: Arkana. 
  11. ^ Mindell, Arnold (1992). Leader as Martial Artist: An Introduction to Deep Democracy (1st ed.). San Francisco: Harper San Francisco. 
  12. ^ Mindell, Arnold (1995). Sitting in the Fire: Large Group Transformation using Conflict and Diversity (1st ed.). Portland, OR: Lao Tse Press. 
  13. ^ Mindell, Arnold (2002). Deep Democracy of Open Forums: Practical Steps to Conflict Prevention and Resolution for the Family, Workplace, and World. Boston: Hampton Roads Publishing. 
  14. ^ a b Mindell, Arnold (2000). Quantum Mind: The Edge Between Physics and Psychology. Portland, OR: Lao Tse Press. 
  15. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold (1989). Coma: The Key to Awakening. Boston: Shambhala. 
  16. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold (1994). Coma: The Dreambody near Death. London: Arkana. 
  17. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Amy (1999). Coma: A Healing Journey. Portland: Lao Tse Press. 
  18. ^ http://www.rosecroixjournal.org/issues/2004_vol_01/book_reviews/review-mindell.pdf BOOK REVIEW Quantum Mind – The Edge Between Physics and Psychology Arnold Mindell, Portland: Lao Tse Press, 2000. 595 pages. (ISBN 1-887078-64-9) Reviewed by Dave Stein M.S. "bringing in not only shamanism but also the Aboriginal, Greek, and Hindu myths and even sacred geometry from the Masonic orders and the Native Americans."
  19. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold (2007). Earth-Based Psychology: Path Awareness from the Teachings of Don Juan. Portland, OR: Lao Tse Press. 
  20. ^ Mindell, Ph.D., Arnold (2010). ProcessMind: A User’s Gude to Connecting with the Mind of God. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books. 

[edit] Bibliography

  • Mindell, A. P. (1972). Synchronicity, an investigation of the unitary background patterning synchronous phenomena (a psychoid approach to the unconscious). Thesis (Ph. D.). Union Graduate School, 1972. OCLC 9525294
  • Mindell, A. (1977). The psychoid character of transference. New York: C.G. Jung Foundation. OCLC 10271804
  • Mindell, A., Kropf, M., Harder, B. F., & Geiser, L. (1980). Upon these doorposts: How children grow in faith; Leader's guide. Nappane, Ind: Evangel Press. OCLC 10289213
  • Mindell, A. (1982). Dreambody, the body’s role in revealing the self. Santa Monica, CA: Sigo Press. ISBN 0-938434-05-5
  • Mindell, A. (1985). River’s way: the process science of the dreambody: information and channels in dream and bodywork, psychology and physics, Taoism and alchemy. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 0-7102-0631-3
  • Mindell, A. (1985). Working with the dreaming body. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 0-7102-0465-5
  • Mindell, A. (1987). The dreambody in relationships. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 0-7102-1072-8
  • Mindell, A. (1988). City shadows: psychological interventions in psychiatry. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-00193-5
  • Mindell, A. (1988). Theory & practice in transpersonal conflict resolution. The transpersonal vision. Berkeley, CA: Conference Recording Service. OCLC 19251135
  • Mindell, A. (1989). Coma: key to awakening. Boston: Shambhala. ISBN 0-87773-486-0
  • Mindell, A. (1989). The year 1: global process work. New York: Arkana. ISBN 0-14-019210-7
  • Mindell, A. (1990). Working on yourself alone: inner dreambody work. New York, NY.: Arkana. ISBN 0-01-409201-8
  • Mindell, A. (1991). The personal and global dreambody. San Francisco, CA: New Dimensions Foundation. OCLC 23804363
  • Mindell, A. (1991). Your body speaks its dream. San Francisco, Calif: New Dimensions Foundation. OCLC 23804194
  • Mindell, A. (1992). The leader as martial artist: an introduction to deep democracy. San Francisco, CA: Harper. ISBN 0-06-250614-5
  • Mindell, A. (1993). The shaman’s body: a new shamanism for transforming health, relationships, and community. San Francisco, CA: Harper. ISBN 0-06-250655-2
  • Mindell, A. (1995). Sitting in the fire: large group transformation using conflict and diversity. Portland, OR: Lao Tse Press. ISBN 1-887078-00-2
  • Mindell, A. (2000). Dreaming while awake: techniques for 24-hour lucid dreaming. Charlottesville, VA.: Hampton Roads. ISBN 1-57174-187-9
  • Mindell, A. (2000). Quantum mind: the edge between physics and psychology. Portland, OR: Lao Tse Press. ISBN 1-887078-64-9
  • Mindell, A: (2001). The dreammaker’s apprentice: using heightened states of consciousness to interpret dreams. Charlottesville, VA : Hampton Roads. ISBN 1-57174-229-8
  • Mindell, A. (2002). Riding the horse backwards: process work in theory and practice. New York, NY.: Arkana. ISBN 0-14-019320-0
  • Mindell, A. (2002). The deep democracy of open forums: practical steps to conflict prevention and resolution for the family, workplace, and world. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads. ISBN 1-57174-230-1
  • Mindell, A. (2004). The quantum mind and healing: how to listen and respond to your body’s symptoms. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads. ISBN 1-57174-395-2
  • Mindell, A. (2007). Earth-Based Psychology: Path Awareness from the Teachings of Don Juan, Richard Feynman, and Lao Tse. Portland, OR: Lao Tse Press. ISBN 1-887078-75-4
  • Mindell, A. (2010). ProcessMind: A User’s guide to Connecting with the Mind of God. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books

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