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Conor McKenna

Get more information on Conor's new book "Nothing Came From Walking"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Knowing yourself means knowing the Dreaming from which problems and symptoms arise. In that world, there is less pressure from human or social behaviour; you are closer to nature, to existence as it is."

Arnold Mindell.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"When a person rediscovers that his deepest nature is one with All, he is relieved of the burden of time, of worry; he is released from the chains of alienation and separate-self existence. Seeing that the self and other are one, he is relieved from the fear of life..."

Ken Wilber.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clare Hill

 

 

 

"It is best to follow your true teacher, your own true self. Who else could help if a tiger is about to chase you."

Arnold Mindell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

About the Therapists                                                                                                       

Clare Hill and Conor McKenna, together with a small group of both female and male psychotherapists, are trained in Process Oriented Psychology and were qualified in Great Britain and Zurich, Switzerland. Each practitioner of 1to1 Phone Counselling has a minimum of five years training and have been practicing for more than ten years. The initial contact person is Conor McKenna who manages the organisation. 

Each therapist:

Works in private practice with individuals, couples and families.
Works with large groups in seminars, held in various places in the U.K. and throughout the world. 
Teaches as part of a larger professional training in psychotherapy.
Supervises psychotherapists and counsellors of various schools and approaches. 
Trains group leaders in facilitation, conflict resolution, and conflict prevention.

The foundation of our training is Process Oriented Psychology, or Process Work. Process Work has roots in Jungian Psychology and modern Physics and was founded by Arnold Mindell and colleagues in the late 60s. As Process Workers we focus on the patterns of nature rather than thinking in terms of problems as somehow 'wrong' or 'bad'.  

The style of our approach could be said to be Taoistic - life is in constant flux and contains its own innate wisdom. We therefore  continually work with what is happening within each moment believing that that is the only place where real change can happen.  

We are aware that, in some instances, psychology can be limited in its helpfulness. A psychologist may study the person as though from the outside, and often has little personal experience of the subjective reality that an individual is suffering from or identified with. The shamanic approach of entering, with awareness, the disturbing state with the knowledge that our problems are part of the community can be much more helpful. This is a field-like approach to psychotherapy. Taoism and Shamanism therefore have had an influence on the development, and are part of the style of Process Work.  

There are many Process Work organisations throughout the world. One such organisation is called RSPOPUK, which is an association of psychotherapists and group facilitators based in the U.K. This is the organization to which we belong. Please see www.RSPOPUK.com. for more information about Process Work in the U.K. and throughout the world. If you would like to read more about Process Work please go to www.amazon.com and see books by Arnold Mindell, Amy Mindell, Lane Arye, Joseph Goodbread, Gary Reiss, Julie Diamond, Arlene Audergon and others.

1 to1 Phone Counselling adheres to the  code of ethics of RSPOPUK (Research Society of Process Oriented Psychology UK) please visit www.RSPOPUK.com to view it.

Conor's new book: Nothing Came From Walking – A Confrontation with the Dreaming World Underlying Physical Illness

A book to live for. ISBN: 978-1-4357-1411-3. 130 pages.

See the Nothing Came from Walking website for more information.

The manuscript is a non-fiction account of a month-long inner and outer journey on the island of Gozo – a Maltese Island. Throughout this time I was unknowingly suffering from cancer and it was only on the last day, while in the airport, that the first signs of the illness emerged. This process is described in the second to last chapter.

 

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