Our Organisation
ANZPOP is a learning-based training institute focussed on bringing Process Work (also known as Process Oriented Psychology) ever more fully into the world.
We do this through a range of programs, from entry-level training, right through the most advanced Process Work training available globally, the Diplomate Training Program, as recognised by the International Association of Process Oriented Psychology.
We also seek to evolve the Process Work paradigm and it's applications through collaborative research and innovation programs.
As a volunteer run registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission and an Incorporated Association with the Queensland Office of Fair Trading, we value both the governance rigour supported by these registrations, along with the benefits of inclusive and collaborative organisational structures and processes that align with our values.
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
ANZPOP is both volunteer run and a democratic enterprise, basically meaning everyone pitches in. We all teach and we all contribute to the day-to-day operations and administration of the organisation.
ANZPOP employs a ‘best of both worlds’ approach when it comes to leadership and decision making, viewing them as both roles and processes. We value the vitality of role clarity, structured collaboration and consensus decision-making and integrate them into a distributed organisational leadership process.
The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee attends to our legal and pecuniary responsibilities; facilitates our strategic planning processes; and supports the Executive Director. The committee comprises both faculty Diplomates and non-faculty specialists. The current Executive is:
President: Dr Julia Wolfson
Vice President: Bec Lang
Sectretary: Dr Silvia Camastral
Treasurer: Rick Mandelson, B. Comm. FCMA, CGMA, NTAAF
The Leadership Team
The Leadership attends to the operations of the organisation and the majority of decision making, and is only comprised of ANZPOP Diplomates. The current Leadership Team is:
Senior Faculty Mentor: Dr Silvia Camastral.
Executive Director: Grzegorz Zielinski - strategic plan implementation and coordination of operations.
Diplomate Training Program Lead: Bec Lang - leadership and management of the Diplomate Training Program.
Public Program Lead: Beck Ronkson - curation and coordination of public trainings.
Innovation Hub Lead: Dr Julia Wolfson - leadership and management of the Innovations Hub.
Administrative Services Lead: Grzegorz Zielinski - internal scheduling and data management.
Learning & Development Lead: Grzegorz Zielinski - coordinates ongoing faculty learning and development.
Website & Communications Lead: Beck Ronkson & Grzegorz Zielinski - manages the website and associated technology platforms, and external communications about training programs.
POTTED HISTORY
In 2006 Australia Process Oriented Psychology (APOP) and Processwork Aotearoa collaborated to host the global Process Work conflict training conference, World Work, in Sydney.
During the conference, a conversation began the two schools that led to a merging in 2007 to enhance the learning of students in both schools.
ANZPOP thus emerged, supported by the eldership of Drs Arnold Mindell, Julie Diamond, and Max Schupbach.
The original founding Diplomates were Dr Silvia Camastral, Claus Bargmann, Dr Shar Edmunds, Sherry Marshall, Dr Gerald Maclaurin, Dr Susan Hatch, Dr Jane Martin, Andrew Lindsay, Lynne Baker, Kay Ryan, Alan Richardson, and Trevor Edmond.
Maurice Shaw is also remembered for his kind and generous eldership, and his incredible legacy of Phase I exam study notes – a key resource for our Diplomate students.
The Faculty Team
The Faculty Team are responsible for the delivery of our public training programs and the Diplomate Training Program, as well supporting ongoing professional development as Proces Work trainers. The team is led by Grzegorz Zielinski and Bec Lang. The current Faculty Team is:
Dr Jane Martin, Dr Martin Hemsley, Dr Silvia Camastral, Beck Ronkson, Grzegorz Zielinski, Bec Lang, Liz Scarfe and Vicki Henricks.
Honorary Faculty
ANZPOP honours the significant contribution of recent former faculty members including:
Claus Bargmann, Dr Gerald Maclaurin, Dr Susan Hatch, Lynne Baker and Nicole Kinnaird.
Non Faculty Roles
ANZPOP is supported by an External Faculty Supervisor. Inline with IAPOP requirements for all Diplomate training schools, we are enriched by the support of our external faculty supervisor/mentor, Jan Dworkin.
Community Collaborators
We regularly invite non-faculty Process Work Diplomates, and others with either extensive training in Process Work or content/topic specialists to deliver training and innovation programs with us.
ANZPOP acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands we live and work on, the Aboriginal Australian, and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the Maori First Nations peoples. We pay respect to their elders across time. We give thanks for the Indigenous knowledge that has informed the Process Work approach. We honour the courage, resilience, and spirit of First Nations peoples to counter the ongoing impacts of colonisation on their culture, well-being, and sovereignty.
