Editing Process-oriented psychology (section)

==Research==
Process oriented psychology is one of eleven psychotherapeutic modalities examined in a Swiss longitudinal study of therapeutic effectiveness<ref>Tschuschke, V., Crameri, A., Koemeda, M., Schultess, P., Wyl, A. Von, & Weber, R. (2010). Fundamental Reflections on Psychotherapy Research and Initial Results of the Naturalistic Psychotherapy Study on Outpatient Treatment in Switzerland (PAP-S). ''International Journal for Psychotherapy'', 14(3), 23–35. (p.31)</ref> completed in 2012.<ref>{{cite journal|last=von Wyl|first=Agnes|author2=Crameri, A. |author3=Koemeda, M. |author4=Tschuschke, V. |author5=Schulthess, P. |title=Praxisstudie ambulante Psychotherapie Schweiz (PAP-S): Studiendesign und Machbarkeit (Effectiveness of Outpatient Psychotherapy in Switzerland (PAP-S study): Study design and feasibility)|journal=Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft|date=2013|volume=3|issue=1|pages=6–22|url=http://www.psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/index.php/psy-wis/article/view/1000/971|access-date=29 May 2014}}</ref>  There are published studies of the clinical application of Process Work to group therapy with people experiencing mental illness<ref>Collins, M., & Wells, H. (2006). The politics of consciousness : illness or individuation? ''Psychotherapy and Politics International'', 4(2), 131–141. {{doi|10.1002/ppi}}</ref> and to the care of elders with dementia.<ref>Spalding, M., & Khalsa, P. (2010). Aging Matters: Humanistic and Transpersonal Approaches to Psychotherapy With Elders With Dementia. ''Journal of Humanistic Psychology'', 50(2), 142–174. {{doi|10.1177/0022167809341995}}</ref> A Japanese case study has described the application of process oriented psychology to the treatment of a woman with symptoms including major depression and an eating disorder, concluding that the method can be effective in the resolution of psychosomatic problems.<ref>Fukao, A., Fujimi, Y., Okayama, S., Ushiroyama, T., Nakai, Y., & Hanaf'usa, T. (2007). The Case of Female Patient with Major Depression and Eating Disorder Treated Successfully by Process Oriented Psychology. In T. Tamada & H. Honjo (Eds.), ''Proceedings of the XV International Congress of the International Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology''. Kyoto, Japan: Medimond. http://www.medimond.com/proceedings/moreinfo/20070513.htm {{ISBN|978-88-7587-340-0}}</ref> Process Work has been used to extend [[play therapy]] techniques and found to enrich therapeutic work with children experiencing parental separation issues.<ref name=Camastral>{{cite journal|last=Camastral|first=Silvia|title=No Small Change: Process-Oriented Play Therapy For Children of Separating Parents|journal=Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy|year=2008|volume=29|issue=2|pages=100–106|doi=10.1375/anft.29.2.100}}</ref> The process oriented psychology approach to clinical supervision has been documented and shown to offer experiential and phenomenological techniques to work with signals, roles and the "parallel dynamics" that occur within client-counsellor and counsellor-supervisor interactions.<ref>Richardson, A., & Hands, P. (2002). Supervision using Process-oriented Psychology Skills. In M. L. McMahon & W. A. Patton (Eds.), Supervision in the helping professions: a practical guide. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia. {{ISBN|1740096193}}</ref>  It has been suggested that the concept of ‘metaskills’<ref name="Mindell 1995">{{cite book|last1=Mindell|first1=Amy|title=Metaskills: The Spiritual Art of Therapy|date=2001|publisher=Lao Tse Press|location=Oregon|isbn=978-1887078634|edition=Second}}</ref> can be useful for the psychotherapist seeking to serve polyamorous clients.<ref name="Henrich2016">{{cite journal|last1=Rami|first1=Henrich|last2=Trawinski|first2=Cindy|title=Social and therapeutic challenges facing polyamorous clients|journal=Sexual and Relationship Therapy|date=16 May 2016|pages=376–390|doi=10.1080/14681994.2016.1174331|s2cid=148074622}}</ref> Connections have been established between process oriented psychology and dance movement therapy.<ref name="Vasic2016">{{cite journal|last1=Vasičáková Očenášová|first1=Zuzana|title=Where one cannot speak, there one can dance: a comparative analysis of dance movement therapy and Processwork|journal=Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy |date=22 Sep 2016|volume=11|issue=4|pages=277–289|doi=10.1080/17432979.2016.1229694|s2cid=218601846}}</ref>

The concept of ‘rank’ as defined and developed by Mindell has been taken up in a number of contexts including action learning,<ref name="Donovan2014">{{cite journal|last1=Donovan|first1=Paul Jeffrey|title=Leaders behaving badly: using power to generate undiscussables in action learning sets|journal=Action Learning: Research and Practice|date=21 May 2014|volume=11|issue=2|pages=179–197|doi=10.1080/14767333.2014.908766|s2cid=146793329}}</ref> the analysis of international nongovernmental organization advocacy campaigns,<ref name="Fernandez2016">{{cite journal|last1=Fernández-Aballí|first1=Ana|title=Advocacy for Whom? Influence for What? Abuse of Discursive Power in International NGO Online Campaigns: The Case of Amnesty International|journal=American Behavioral Scientist|date=2016|volume=60|issue=3|pages=360–377|doi=10.1177/0002764215613407|s2cid=147330163}}</ref> and anti-racism diversity work.<ref name="Choudhury2015">{{cite book|last1=Choudhury|first1=Shakil|title=Deep Diversity: Overcoming Us vs Them|date=2015|publisher=Between the Lines|location=Toronto|isbn=978-1-77113-025-7}}</ref>{{rp|134–144}}
An Australian case study has considered the use of process oriented psychology for tackling the problems of intercultural communication in higher education; it finds that Process Work has a multidimensional concept of social rank (expanded beyond social status to include 'psychological' and 'spiritual' aspects) which promotes understanding of interpersonal communication issues and could be used to improve international student experience in Australia.<ref name=Collett2007>{{cite journal|last=Collett|first=Diana|title=Coming together: power, rank and intercultural interaction. Developing inclusive approaches in higher education|journal=The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations|year=2007|volume=7|issue=5|pages=17–25|doi=10.18848/1447-9532/CGP/v07i05/39455|url=http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.29/prod.575|url-access=subscription}}</ref>