The rise and demise of a psychotherapist. The foundations for new ideas ; Entering the world of the professional ; Civil rights, feminism, commuinity [i.e. community], and Indian medicine women ; Shifting paradigms ; Some difficult years ; Moving in new directions ; Facing addictions ; Out of the old, into the new ; A new paradigm emerges ; Participating, healing, recovering, and living in process--it all comes together -- Introduction to living process and deep process work. The living process system ; Confronting and healing the addictive process ; Deep process ; Doing living process work ; Doing deep process work -- The scientific paradigm, psychotherapy and the living process paradigm. Are helpers helpful? ; The existing scientific paradigm ; The mechanistic paradigm and psychology ; The mechanistic scientific paradigm and psychotherapy ; Confronting and healing the addictive process ; The interface of the living process system and recovery ; The new paradigm ; Concerns and questions, implications, and visions