Violetta’s consulting, facilitation and conflict work is based in process-oriented psychology, which is a personal and group change model. Process work is a  multi-disciplinary approach developed by Arnold Mindell and his colleagues, with roots in Jungian psychology, modern physics and Taoism. It focuses on awareness building, and has applications in areas such as organizational and community development, diversity and leadership training, spiritual  practice, individual  psychotherapy, relationship counselling and group work.

Deep democracy is the principal theory and set of methods underlying how group dynamics and social change are understood and facilitated in process work. In deep democracy, conflict is seen as a way for groups to come to know themselves. Deep democracy seeks ways to transform conflict to surface the group’s wisdom. 

A group is more stable when it values its diversity - including the range of all human experiences, emotions, different  states  of consciousness and different communication styles. It has  the potential for transformation and greater sustainability. Accepting all voices, experiences, roles and positions means including both what we see and that which is not visible. Deep democracy accepts all levels of awareness, all voices, roles, and experiences, within the group and within ourselves.

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