Here we are :)

So here we are, the phase II students from Slovakia :)

Sarah Kašáková








Sylvia Ondrisová




 





Boris Sopko - I finished my study of psychology in 1996, I wrote thesis about Qualitative Analyses of Dreams of Blind Children. Since 1995 till 2006 I was very involved in the field of Mental Health. Since 2007 I am building my private therapeutic practice. Originaly I grew up in the very East of Slovakia - little city Humenné, now I am living in Senec, and one of my strongest resources is the little garden;)

Slávka Takáčová - After finishing my psychology studies at the
university with a final project on gender-based violence in 1997, I worked as a psychologist in a hospital at the psychiatry ward for adults. There I was mainly providing individual therapy for all kinds of people coming and seeking support, and doing diagnostics too. For the last two years, I have been on maternity leave with my 1.5 year-old son Samuel :) and this is my world and teaching at present. I like arts (also traditional ones) and I am interested in alternative ways of life and ecology. :)

 

Brigit Trimajová

POPI-Slovakia now

The Process Oriented Psychology Institute (POPI), an instituton, that organizes and coordinates the education in processoriented psychotherapy, counseling and facilitation (in short processwork) in Slovakia and Czech republic, is one of the accredited training institutes of the Slovak Psychotherapeutic Society (SPS). After more than 12 years of existence it is becoming more and more visible and known among professionals. This year the Slovak Psychotherapeutic Society with its training institutes became the only organization trough which professionals can get the license for psychotherapy work in Slovakia and created common rules and specifications for psychotherapeutic trainings. SPS is also the member of the European Psychotherapy Association, so the graduates of its training institutes can apply for the European psychotherapy certificate.
One of the most important visions of the organization is to start organize Diploma trainings in processoriented psychotherapy. We hope that the first will start 2010 / 2011 after some of our phase II students get their Diploma and can teach and with support from teachers from abroad. Important is, that the (preliminary) structure of the PW training is already accredited by SPS and the Slovak Ministry of Health- we have now only to discuss it with IAPOP, because there are specific Slovak conditions, so that it will be acknowledged also as an PW Diploma training .

Our Teachers

Since 1990 many teachers from abroad came to Slovakia. I already wrote about Ivan Verny and Miro Roth, who brought process work to Slovakia. Ivan Verny is the most important person for our community since the beginning till today. During the training and few years after the training our basic teachers except Ivan were: Jean Claude Audergon, Arlene Audergon and Lane Arye. During training came also some other teachers here: Annie Morgan, Ursi Jean, Michal Wertheimer. Since 1990 till today were many Diplomates which kept coming to Slovakia, some of them came once, some of them many times. (It is quite difficult to remember all of them. If you know anybody who is not apreciated here and belongs here, please write us.) Diplomates whome we do remember are: Adam Zwig, Salome Schwartz, Sebastian Elssaesser, Marianne Verny, Reini Hauser, Barbara Zust, Alexandra Vassiliou, Lena Aslanidou, Leslie Mones. Their interest in our country and comunity helps us very much in moving further, especially in fulfiling our dream - to become an independent training center accepted by the international process work community. Our deep apreciation belongs to everybody with whom we got to contact and especially to Ivan Verny, Jean-Claude Audergon, Arlene Audergon, Lane Arye, Reini Hauser, Alexandra Vassiliou, Lena Aslanidou, Barbara Zust.

New organizational team

In May 2007, Andrea Sváková and Katka Labašová joined our team of organizers. We decided to divide our roles in the directory and created an organizational part, which will focus mainly on organizing events and running the organization and the experts part (phase II students- Brigit, Sylvia, Boris and Sarah) which is focused more on finishing studies, giving support and lectures and promoting by various projects and events PW in Slovakia and Czech republic :

Here is the new organizational part of our team:

Andrej Jeleník

Katka Labašová

Andrea Sváková

Quo vadis POPI-S?

Thomas Diener came to facilitate processes inside of organization and I think, this seminar was very crucial for our future. We as a organization decided to change our direction. We decided to become an umbrella organization. It was big shift for us. Instead of fulfilling only wishes and dreams of people in PW community, we decided to create space and support for ideas, but not to realize them only by ourselves. People from the organizational team were in that time all also phase II students and had not enough energy to keep the organization and study at the same time. This decision freed a lot of energy for us. After many years of depression we started to feel energized :)) We also realized that the shortest way to organize a new training here in Slovakia is first to finish our phase II studies and then with support from teachers from abroad we can realize it. So since that time we go for it very strongly. The following are few photos of sculptures representing POPI-Slovakia :