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https://www.processwork.edu/files/Finalprojects/Ryals_R_July_2019.pdf
This contextual essay is a description of an educational project where I facilitated a Processwork
based support group for postdoctoral researchers. Over the last four years, during my postdoc at
the Oregon Health & Science University, I realized that developing Processwork skills was
crucial to my thriving in academia. To externalize my internal discoveries, I developed a support
group for postdoctoral scholars to answer the question, “Can process-oriented approaches
provide psychological support to postdoctoral researchers at OHSU?” The goal of the project
was to provide psychological support to postdocs through various Processwork exercises and
group processes. In the third chapter of this essay, I present the designed curriculum and the
results from my work with postdocs. In the last chapter, I discuss the important contributions of
this study to the Processwork community and the limitations of this study. As I explored myself
through the Processwork paradigm, I developed a deeper understanding and excitement for my
career path. While working with the postdocs, I learned that Processwork approaches were and
will be an appreciated form of support in academia.
This contextual essay is a description of an educational project where I facilitated a Processwork
based support group for postdoctoral researchers. Over the last four years, during my postdoc at
the Oregon Health & Science University, I realized that developing Processwork skills was
crucial to my thriving in academia. To externalize my internal discoveries, I developed a support
group for postdoctoral scholars to answer the question, “Can process-oriented approaches
provide psychological support to postdoctoral researchers at OHSU?” The goal of the project
was to provide psychological support to postdocs through various Processwork exercises and
group processes. In the third chapter of this essay, I present the designed curriculum and the
results from my work with postdocs. In the last chapter, I discuss the important contributions of
this study to the Processwork community and the limitations of this study. As I explored myself
through the Processwork paradigm, I developed a deeper understanding and excitement for my
career path. While working with the postdocs, I learned that Processwork approaches were and
will be an appreciated form of support in academia.