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Processwork: The ongoing process of sensemaking for ourselves, our communities and the world

Published: October 2022

Keywords:
Interdepence, interaction, human rights, experiential narrative, process, group process, worldwork, awareness, communication, social dialogue theater, community, LGBTQI, field, diversity, multiculturalism, privilege, racism, stereotypes, reconciliation, processwork.

Lena Aslanidou, M.P.W.

Lena Aslanidou is a Social Worker and a Certified Processworker and she is trained in General Systems Theory and its Applications on Human Sciences at the Athenian Institute of Anthropos. She works in Greece and internationally as a processworker, trainer, group and conflict facilitator and organizational consultant. (www.processworkhub.gr)

Alexandra-Ariadni Vassiliou, Ph.D.

Alexandra Vassiliou is a psychotherapist, Certified Processworker and has been trained in General Systems Theory and its Applications on Human Sciences at the Athenian Institute of Anthropos and in Processwork at the Processwork Institute of Portland, Oregon, USA. She works in Greece and internationally as a processworker, trainer, supervisor and group facilitator. (www.processworkhub.gr)

Lily Vassiliou, Ph.D

Lily Vassiliou, Ph.D., has background in Social Work, Systems Theory and Group Dynamics, and Process-oriented Psychology (Processwork). She works in Greece and internationally as a Processwork practioner, trainer, facilitator of groups and οpen forums, conflict facilitator and organizational consultant. Being acutely aware of escalating tensions on the planet, she seeks ways to be actively involved in working with them. (www.processworkhub.gr, www.processwork.gr, lvassiliou@gmail.com )

Abstract

The three texts of the article - “Social Dialogue Theater”, “Crossing the divide to collaborative learning,” “Go Deep: A game that creates community” - each written by a founding member of the Processwork Hub are different examples of projects involving community work. Through these texts we have tried to highlight the way in which interdisciplinarity and the synergy of different groups and approaches increase awareness and help the evolution of communities and social systems themselves.