Our Organisation
ANZPOP HISTORY AND STRUCTUREA BRIEF HISTORY
It all started in 2006 when 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 between Claus Bargmann from Aotearoa and Shar Edmunds from APOP, that would later lead to the merging of the two schools in 2007 to serve and enhance the learning of students in both schools.
ANZPOP thus emerged, supported by the eldership of Drs Arnold Mindell, Julie Diamond, and Max Schupbach.
Our original founding Diplomates were Dr Silvia Camastral, Claus Bargmann, Dr Shar Edmunds, Sherry Marshall, Dr Gerald Maclaurin, Dr Susan Hatch, Alan Richardson, Dr Jane Martin, Andrew Lindsay, Lynne Baker, Kay Ryan, and Trevor Edmond.
Maurice Shaw is also remembered for his kind and generous eldership, and his incredible legacy of Phase I exam notes – a key resource for all our students.
Since then we have gone from strength to strength in striving for our mission to deliver rigorous training in Process Oriented Psychology. We are the only training organisation in Australia and New Zealand recognised by the International Association of Process Oriented Psychology to deliver the full Diplomate Training Pathway, and since 2016 have been delivering a progressive two-year Professional Training in Process Oriented Counselling and Facilitation accredited with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia.
LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
ANZPOP is a registered not-for-profit educational organisation, governed by an Executive Board which delegates a variety of responsibilities to other committees.
Executive Committee
The role of the Executive Committee is to ensure the legal and financial obligations of the organisation are met and to facilitate the development of the organisation over time.
The current members are:
Claus Bargmann – President
Dr Silvia Camastral – Vice President
Dr Gerald Maclaurin – Executive Director
Liz Scott – Treasurer
Alan Richardson – Secretary
Training Committee
The Training Committee is responsible for coordinating the development and delivery of all training programs and ensuring our high standards of training delivery are met.
The current members are:
Dr Jane Martin – Director of Training
Dr Silvia Camastral – Course Coordinator, Professional Training Program
Dr Gerald Maclaurin
Ethics Committee
The Ethics Committee is responsible for facilitating discussions of ethical issues pertaining to the training and practice of Process Oriented Psychology in Australia and New Zealand and for dealing with any complaints pertaining to ANZPOP training programs.
The current members are:
Dr Jane Martin
Dr Gerald Maclaurin
Liz Scott
Liz Scarfe