Arnold Mindell: Author, Teacher, Psychologist, Dreamer -- PART 2: Breathing Jung In and On

Part 2: Breathing Jung In and On: The Evolution of Process-Oriented Psychology & Processwork This lively and informal interview with Arny Mindell was filmed in December 2021. It is a broad discussion of his life and work creating “Process-oriented Psychology”. Arny’s interview with Cathy Bernatt was filmed by Jerry Grant with love and support from Amy Mindell. Parts 3 4 of this film will be uploaded soon. (Please note that a separate film about Amy and Arny’s relationship will be uploaded in the near future.) In Part 2, Arny dives deeper into his love of psychology and the life-long influence that Jung had on him. We learn about Arny’s development as an empirical researcher and scientist. Arny shares how he came to develop the Dreambody. We learn about the move from Switzerland and the start of the Process Work center in Oregon, and Arny begins to describe the development of Worldwork (small and large group work) and breathing Jung On. Below is a breakdown of topics with time codes. If you click on a time-code, it will take you to that section of the video: 01:06 How did you get interested in psychology? 02:55 How did you find Jungian psychology, particularly? 04:27 What was she unhappy with, in terms of your evolution from Jungian to Processwork 05:08 Can you share the dreams you had about Jung in that regard? 07:10 Can you just say the research is that you’re in? 09:51 What were some other big dreams that you had about Jung? 11:11 How long were you a Jungian analyst before you broke away and started Processwork? 12:11 What were you doing working with people in public? What were you actually doing there? 12:40 When was it published…The Dreambody? 17:59 When you are in Switzerland and having this idea, and then you think, “I’ve got to test this out.” How would you test it? Would you test it with individual clients? Would you test it in workshops with people? How did you do that? 19:09 Were you interested in Freud? 24:25 Why did Jungian psychology, von Franz, and others, think you can’t work with things in public, with people in public? 25:54 Can you share a little bit about how the progression happened for you, in terms of your empirical research? What happened there? 27:40 How did that come to be developed in your life experience? 28:55 What do you do in your relationship (with Amy) that you could offer to others that results in connecting with love for each other? 30:11 Before you met Amy…were you married before? 30:36 How about your kids? Tell us a little about your kids? 31:38 How did you get from Switzerland back to the United States? What brought you back to the United States? 33:48 How does Esalen fit into your journey? 34:33 For people who don’t know: what is Esalen? 34:54 And during your time there, did you develop any new empirical aspects of Processwork? 35:18 At that time, was Worldwork already started? 35:50 Can you speak a little bit about your own, initial vision for Worldwork? What did a Worldwork gathering look like at the time when you first developed it? 36:53 When did you develop the four phases of conflict? How does that help relationships and Worldwork?