Books by Amy Mindell
The following references to Amy’s books refer to the English versions. There are numerous translations as well. Please check with your local bookstores or Amazon for possible translations into your language.
NATURE DREAMS: 125 art figures using flowers and other pieces of nature (December 2022)
In Amy’s third flower-art book in English, she shares her newest creations. While playing with flower petals, leaves, and other natural elements, she noticed how nature dreams! As a result, 125 new flower figures came to birth.
All these figures can’t wait to meet you! Perhaps they will have special messages to enrich your everyday life and creativity.
LA VITA SEGRETA DEI FIORI (The Secret Life of Flowers): 52 Images with Flowers and Plants (May 2021)
Published by Animamundi Edizioni, Otranto, Italy
An Italian version of Amy’s first flower book including 52 flower and plant images as well as an interview with Amy by Sara Manuela Cacioppo. Cacioppo also did the translation and introduction to the book. Many thanks to Giuseppe Conoci for publishing this work!
Description from the publisher:
Italian: Un volume illustrato composto da fiori e piante che si reincarnano in visi e corpi, leggiadri e liberi. Immagini in volo, pronte a rivelarsi in tutta la loro esistenza materica. 52 tavole accompagnate da una poesia, una canzone e un’intervista a cura di Sara Manuela Cacioppo in cui Amy Mindell parla di arte, natura, mito, psicologia, spiritualità e risoluzione dei conflitti.
English: An illustrated volume composed of flowers and plants that are reincarnated in faces and bodies, graceful and free. Images in flight, ready to reveal themselves in all their material existence. 52 plates accompanied by a poem, a song and an interview by Sara Manuela Cacioppo in which Amy Mindell talks about art, nature, myth, psychology, spirituality and conflict resolution.
Available in hardback: Click here to see the book on the publisher’s website and to order. It is also available through amazon.it. (The book will soon also be available through amazon.com)
Pictures and Ideas about The Process Way: A Selection of Arny Mindell's paintings, quotes, and Facebook posts for his 80th birthday, January 1, 2020 (2020)
THE PROCESS WAY is about celebrating Arnold Mindell’s 80th birthday. His wife Amy Mindell, shares some of Arny’s spontaneous ideas, paintings, and public posts, as well as some of her own nature photos. She hopes to reveal Arny’s understanding and passion for nature and the awesome beauty of process. She shows his constant drive to create a better world, much of which appears in his development of Process Oriented Psychology.
Available as a paperback at Amazon, and as an eBook at Blurb.com
Gatekeeper Press, Columbus, Ohio.
Whether you are a student-in-training or a long-time practitioner, this book will help you explore the unique style that animates your work and makes you most creative and effective. The contents of this book will be enriching for facilitators of all kinds including therapists, organizational facilitators, coaches, teachers, leaders, and other types of individual and group helpers.
Through lively stories, discussions, pictures, and numerous process-oriented exercise, you’ll explore the many facets of your style, the mythic flow that moves you while working, and how your facilitator skills come to life in your own special way.
You’ll understand that your unique style is one of the greatest gifts that you share with others, even though you are usually not quite aware of it. You’ll also discover the special artistry that lies hidden in the most unusual parts of you, including your biggest learning problems!
Available as a paperback, eBook and AudioBook from Amazon
—————————-5 star Review of the Audiobook version of “Your Unique Facilitator Style”
““True artwork” Have you ever spent time to observe just one piece of artwork in a museum? Stand in front of it, taking time, seeing the layers and discovering the meaning of it. Listening to Amy's newest book feels like that process, only then, the artwork is you. With Cathy's gentle voice you are guided in a discovery of your unique style, layer by layer. With practical exercise and stories which speak to your imagination this book is a true artwork for every facilitator. Highly recommended!”
—————————-5 star Review of the Paperback version of “Your Unique Facilitator Style”
“An Eye Opener: "This is such a great book for all of us who are facilitators, therapists and coaches who want to both deepen your ability to be effective as well as avoid burn out! Instead of giving sterile formulas of 'how to be a better facilitator or therapist' the book guides you to explore your own unique nature and the hidden gifts of your own natural, organic style. I saw a client right after listening to a section of the book and I came out of the session feeling refreshed and fulfilled rather than tired and drained, even when dealing with trauma and loss. I highly recommend this book!"-Leonie Evers
Lao Tse Press.
From her experience and knowledge of process oriented psychology and creativity, author, therapist, and artist Amy Mindell takes you on a journey to discover the hidden creativity and inspiration in your body, in material objects, in the environment, and even in your day-to-day work. Her book THE DREAMING SOURCE OF CREATIVITY, shows how dreaming and imagination are essential aspects of a fulfilling life.
Filled with stories, easy to follow exercises, and over 100 pictures, THE DREAMING SOURCE OF CREATIVITY offers simple and easy ways to creatively enjoy and work on yourself by sensing the “intentional field”, the dreaming source of creativity that is always present within and around you.
You discover how creativity arises from almost nothing and is hidden even in the most mundane parts of life. You will tap your deepest nature using art, music, puppets, movement, relationships and other amazing worlds. The creative methods in this book are also helpful for those therapists who would like to bring a creative and artistic dimension to their work. Process oriented psychology offers a unique, mind-expanding approach to creativity based upon dreams, body experiences, and overall life situations. Using the “intentional field” as the source of creativity is a new and unique perspective in art therapy, acting, and dance.
Available as a paperback or eBook from Amazon
LaoTse Press, Portland Oregon.
The magical figures in this book make learning how to work with yourself and others an enjoyable experience. From 18 years of studying the situations arising in the practice of therapy and in the supervision of client/therapist interactions, a core group of imaginary figures (from Amy’s dreams) reveal central issues and principles in therapy. (350 pages.)
Available as a paperback or eBook from Amazon
Lao Tse Press, Portland Oregon, Gatekeeper Press, Columbus, Ohio.
“COMA” guides family and health care professionals in contacting people in deeply altered or comatose states of consciousness. Coma work attempts to raise the awareness or even awaken people in these states—regardless of the origin of these states—by assuming their experiences are potentially significant and meaningful.
Click here for a book review from ForeWord Reviews
Available as a paperback or eBook from Amazon and elsewhere.
Review from www. Amazon.com, by Linda J. Thorlakson
Independent Publisher January,1999 Mindell’s revolutionary guide paves the way for an exciting journey through the depths of human experience. It renders a diagnosis of coma anything but a dead-end road.
Tempe, Arizona. New Falcon 94/Lao Tse Press
Metaskills, the feeling attitudes behind personal therapeutic talents, are the alpha and omega of healing. Amy breaks new ground in a theory and practice of the most ancient of all arts. http://www.laotse.com.
Available as a paperback or eBook from Amazon
New York + London. Penguin, Lao Tse Press, 2000. http://www.laotse.com.
An overview of Process Oriented Psychology based upon a seminar given while they were scholars in residence at the Esalen Institute in California.
Available as a paperback or eBook from Amazon
MORE ART BOOKS BY AMY
nature fashions: 100 spontaneous art creations from flowers and plants (December 2019)
In “NATURE FASHIONS,” Amy Mindell's second flower book, she shows how nature's shapes and colors are the raw materials for a new kind of art and fashion! Amy spontaneously created each figure using only the flowers, plants, and leaves that caught her attention. She hopes these new art creations will inspire everyone to appreciate and "wear" their true nature.
Available as a paperback at Amazon, and as an eBook at Blurb.com
The Life of Flowers: 80 art creations with flowers and plants (June 2017)
In this art magazine, Amy's colorful and expressive flower-art figures reveal how nature’s creativity can inspire your own creativity. Each of her pictures uses only flowers and other plants. After looking at this magazine, she hopes you too will be inspired to dream and create with nature!
Available as a paperback and eBook from Amazon