WHO I AM and WHAT I DO
I am Eva Arteaga, a Personal and Team Coach, certified in Facilitation and Conflict Resolution. My fundamental work is to facilitate relationships.
To facilitate means “to make something easier”.
Throughout my personal and professional experience, both in the corporate world and in the field of therapy, the hardest truth I have had to face is that we cannot avoid or hide from conflict.
If we do not address conflicts, they eventually return with greater intensity. If we do not work through them, we end up feeling angry and resentful. If we do not bring them into the open, we become stuck and start blaming others.
That is why I accompany individuals, couples and teams in learning how to overcome blockages, improve communication and develop deeper understanding between people.
Conflicts are inevitable, but they can become powerful opportunities for transformation and growth — personally, within couples and within groups.
Human beings are designed to live in relationship, and it is through relationships that we develop, evolve and find belonging. Yet many times our relationships become unsafe and unstable spaces, creating isolation, frustration and even physical symptoms.
In Māori culture, MARAE is the place where people gather to learn about the world and about life. It is also a place to celebrate, belong and develop a sense of identity. It is where relationships are created, nurtured and strengthened.
MARAE is a safe space where you can find support and guidance for the personal and relational challenges of everyday life.
A place to learn from our conflicts and relationships, and to develop the ability to create greater wellbeing and fulfilment within our environment.
FACILITATION IS FOR THE CORAGEOUS
It is not about imposing one person’s point of view on another or deciding who is right and who is wrong.
It allows us to see ourselves as part of something larger — a relationship, a system — and understand what we need to transform.
It challenges us to review our ways of acting and to take responsibility.
It helps us discover what is best for EVERYONE and clarify how we can move forward.
HOW I WORK
Every person, relationship and team is unique, and every situation requires a different approach.
That is why it is essential that each session is adapted to the specific needs and circumstances.
My methodology is based on Process-Oriented Psychology (Process Work), an evolutionary approach developed during the 1970s and 1980s by Dr. Arnold Mindell. This approach understands everything happening in our lives as meaningful information that can guide us towards our next step of growth. However, this information often comes “encoded” within our daily challenges: conflicts, arguments, physical symptoms, accidents, dreams and unexpected situations. Learning to decode these messages is the foundation for developing healthier relationships with ourselves, with others and with life.
Although it may be difficult to believe, everything we are facing can contribute to our next stage of evolution.
Everything that happens is working in our favour; we simply need to understand the messages hidden within our experiences in order to transform them.
WHAT IS Process Work?
Process-Oriented Psychology (Process Work), developed by Dr. Arnold Mindell, is a therapeutic and facilitation approach that helps us understand and work with internal and collective processes from a holistic perspective.
Its Key Principles
Conflict facilitation: Rather than suppressing conflicts, they are approached as opportunities for personal and collective growth. Conflicts are a driving force for evolution.
Exploring the limits of identity: Where are my beliefs preventing me from growing. What parts of myself or my experience am I excluding?
Awareness of communication signals: Process Work pays attention to the subtle signals that appear through communication, the body and dreams, helping us discover what needs to be understood and integrated.
Exploring roles and hidden dynamics: Within conflicts and challenges, there are often internal or collective voices and roles influencing the situation. Process Work helps identify them, bring awareness to them and create space for them to be expressed.
Working with multiple levels of experience: It integrates rational and emotional perspectives in order to develop a deeper understanding of personal and group processes.
The use of body and movement: t supports the release of emotions and patterns through physical expression, awareness and connection with the body.
