Lecture: Friday 24 April, 2026 7:00pm- 8:30 pm 

Jungian Psychology has a Daughter: some ideas and experiences of the work of Dr. Arnold Mindell, founder of Process Oriented Psychology. By Vivien Beere 

Arny Mindell (1940-2024) was a Jungian training analyst in Zurich who extended active imagination with dreams into work with gesture and movement, body symptoms, relationship and world issues, later returning to the USA, with colleagues, to Portland, Oregon. Vivien, an Art Therapist, studied intensively with Arny and teachers from the Process Work Institute. 

In this talk she gives some examples from her practice that led her to Process Work in which she found a unifying paradigm for a heartful, (non pathologising,) approach to helping clients unfold the often mystifying events and processes occurring in their lives. She will explain some assumptions in the approach, for instance that symptoms may be meaningful, and the concept of working with known and less known “channels” or momentary ways the total personality is expressing itself. 

Examples of visual, auditory, movement, proprioceptive, relationship and world channels will be briefly described, as well as the way careful observation and support can help the client switch into less familiar channels, and so access new information which can then open up new possibilities of integration and understanding. We will also play with a brief example of “channel switching,” so please come prepared with a few coloured felt pens and a note book large enough to make a simple image. (The result may be humorous or surprising.) Vivien Beere B.A., M.Ed. Dip Couns., Dip. Art Therapy, is the initiator of Art Process Work (Artprocesswork.com). 

She has 40+ years experience as a therapist in private practice, forensic, psychiatric and community mental health settings as well as in tertiary education. Vivien loves to make her own art, write, walk, dance and garden as well as spend time with family and friends. She currently has a small private practice focusing mostly on supervision, and runs workshops on Art for Personal Change, Dancing with your Dreams and The Heart of Practice (trainings for practitioners) in Fremantle, the Perth Hills and Bali. 

Venue: Cottesloe Civic Centre Lesser Hall Corner of Napier Street and Broome Street, Cottesloe Cost: $10 (members), $15 Concession $20 (general)  

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