Other stuff to mention
Esalen
human potential movement
T-group
Alethea
Martin Buber (I/thou)
1942-
Psychodrama and group psychotherapy
Founded in 1942 by Dr. Jacob Levy Moreno, MD (1889–1974), the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama promotes a combination of traditional and new practices, supporting the best practices informed by current research in neurobiology and psychology.
1944-
Action Research
Action research is a philosophy and methodology of research generally applied in the social sciences. It seeks transformative change through the simultaneous process of taking action and doing research, which are linked together by critical reflection
1953-
Focusing
The term “Focusing” came out of research Eugene Gendlin began in 1953 at the University of Chicago. He did 15 yrs of research analyzing what made psychotherapy either successful or unsuccessful. His conclusion was that it was not something the therapist did, rather something the clients did inside themselves during the session. He began to study the behavior and how to teach it. He wrote a little book called “Focusing” that you may have run into. It’s a wonderful book, a great place to start and what is known about Focusing has come a long way since then.
1960-
Nonviolent Communication
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a communication process developed by clinical psychologist Marshall Rosenberg in the 1960s and 1970s based on the principles of nonviolence and humanistic psychology. It aims to increase empathic understanding and reduce conflict in everyday interactions. It foregrounds four components—observation (distinguishing concrete observation from evaluation), feelings, fundamental needs[1], and requests—and encourages expressing observations and needs without judgment in order to foster voluntary cooperation.
2008-2024
Circling Europe was founded in 2012 by John Thompson and Sean Wilkinson.
2009-
Guy Sengenstock founds “The Circling Institute”
2013-
Authentic Revolution started popularizing the field of Authentic Relating though events and by creating the Authentic Relating Games Manual (now with over 250 games and variations by 64 contributors from around the world).
2015-
Honesty Europe was founded by trainers, workshop leaders, therapists, and married couple Tuulia Syvänen and Pete Jordan.
2017-
ART, the Authentic Relating Training, was founded by Jason Diggs and Ryel Kestano in 2017.
2019-
The Relateful Company and the practice relatefulness came into the world as Jordan Myska Allen together with a group of other (mostly American) leaders, split off from Circling Europe with the online platform previously known as “Circle Anywhere” and reinvented “Circling & Surrendered Leadership” as “Relatefulness” and “Flow”.
2024-
As Circling Europe left the trademarking process initiated by the Circling institute and thus could’t use the term “Circling” anymore, the organization rebranded as “Transformational Connection”.
Sources
Compiling this timeline has already been a bit of an effort. Many dates (and stories) are contested and a lot of the material is based on stories from practitioners or reading up on various websites. We have listed some of the main sources here:
History of Circling
https://intromeditation.com/Wordpress/a-history-of-circling/
https://circlingguide.com/history-of-circling/
https://www.authrev.com/2015/07/17/my-authenticity-isnt-real/