Books & Journals

Many Process Work Books are available through Process Work Institute's Lao Tse Press.

Lane Arye
Unintentional Music: Releasing Your Deepest Creativity
Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2001

Arlene Audergon
The War Hotel
Whurr Publisher, 2004

Julie Diamond and Lee Spark Jones
A Path Made by Walking
Lao Tse Press, 2005

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Publications with contributions from Process Workers

Arlene Audergon and Lane Arye
Transforming Conflict into Community: Post-war reconciliation in Croatia
chapter in Totton, N. (Editor), Psychotherapy and Politics, London: Open University Press/McGraw Hill, 2006
(Also published in the journal, Psychotherapy and Politics International, Whurr Publishers, 2005)
Open University Press / McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0335216536, February 06

Arlene Audergon
Collective Trauma: The Nightmare of History
in Psychotherapy and Politics International, Volume 2, Number 1, 2004, Whurr Publishers Ltd London

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Interview on "Death, Dying and Coma Work"

Selections from an interview with Gary Reiss on "Death, Dying and Coma Work"

Interviewed by Mark O'Connell, 26th June 2000

This is an edited interview with Gary Reiss (LCSW) a licensed clinical social worker with a diploma in Process Oriented Psychology living in Oregon. The interview is about the processwork approach to working with coma and issues of death and dying. Gary teaches aspects of processwork worldwide, including; comawork, conflict resolution, family and relationship work, and the general skills and theory. Tapes and transcripts of this interview (full version) can be ordered through Gary Reiss at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

MARK: What recommendations might you have for professionals working with death and dying? What do you feel is important if you are working with people who are dying?

GARY: I think it is to work on your own death a lot first. Lie down sometimes and imagine you are dying. And then see what happens next.

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Dissertations

Please note, this page is being revised and downloadable papers will be available foro January 2011.

Alphabetical by author. All dissertations available in talking book form by request. For more Process Work dissertations you can visit Process Work Institute Manuscripts Page or a selection of dissertations are also available for sale through Lao Tse Press.

Stories of our Lives: Living with life-threatening illness
Renata Ackerman

Racism in Trinidad: Using the Approach of Process Oriented Psychology
Charleen Agostini

Music the Messenger
Lane Arye

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Review of Arlene Audergon's "The War Hotel"

The War Hotel: Psychological Dynamics in Violent Conflict
by Arlene Audergon, London: Whurr Publishers, November 2004

Review by Gina Clayton and Mike Fitter

Arlene Audergon’s new book The War Hotel should be read by anyone with an interest in conflict and the human psyche. The War Hotel is addressed not only to people who are directly affected by or working with conflict, but also to those of us who are armchair watchers of the TV news, concerned, but unsure of our relationship to the scenes we see. The author’s thesis is that those who make war – politicians and military leaders – understand how human psychology can be used to support war. And those who turn away and close their hearts and minds to war as it erupts and continues are as much participants in the unfolding drama as are those who become swept up in it. The consequent purpose of the book is an examination of this psychology to generate awareness of our part in the creation of war, so that we may be able to use our selves and our psyches differently.

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Media

WorldWork Seminar Audio recordings

Over a week in April 2008, RSPOPUK hosted a WorldWork Seminar with over 400 participants from over 40 countries. A selection of audio recordings from the presentations is available here.

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RSPOPUK Library

For any queries about the RSPOPUK Library please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

This is a library of dissertations and Process Work videos. The dissertations available were written by Process Work students as part of their Diploma either in the UK or from other countries including the USA. We aim to increase the range of the library as and when we can.

When you request a manuscript, it will be sent to you either by the librarian or by the last person who borrowed it. Generally, you will be asked to keep it until the next person requests it, to cut down postage costs. If it can be returned easily, however, this may be better in order to avoid losing touch with manuscripts over a long period of time.

The library is run on a shoestring, love and enthusiasm. Its really helpful if you can look after the manuscripts in your care, send them on promptly when requested, and keep in communication especially if you move. (See Conditions of Hire)

Please also tell others about this facility.

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