About
Atypical Works helps technology organizations to make neurodiversity an asset. People have different strengths, and identifying and leveraging those strengths can make your existing employees happier and more effective. We provide workshops and coaching to improve cohesiveness and communication in teams, and resolve conflicts.
Conflict at work can be more difficult than at home. People have to see each other every day, and don’t have the bonds that keep families and intimate relationships together. If conflict gets too heated, it can impact the effectiveness and productivity. But within conflict, is an opportunity to share ideas, make improvements and have better workplace interactions. We help teams learn how to “do conflict” skillfully.
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Principal
Catharine Macdonald
Catharine has a MA in psychology from the Process Work Institute and an honours BA in psychology from York University. She has over 15 years’ experience leading online and software development projects and consulting on technologies and organizational processes and practices. She is currently in the post-graduate diploma program at the Process Work Institute, completing in fall, 2019. Additional training in organizational change management and conflict, trauma, psychological first aid, and sexuality.
She uses process-oriented psychology, an approach rooted in Jungian psychology, that uses our felt sense to learn about our experiences, and expand our internal identity. Process-oriented psychology is a type of depth psychology that uses awareness to learn about the different parts of ourselves, and where we are growing, as individuals, couples and organizations.
Catharine is a Co-Founder and Product Director of Processworkonline.com, the global community and provider of online training in process-oriented psychology for therapists, coaches and organizational consultants around the world.
Education
PROCESS WORK INSTITUTE
M.A., Community Psychology, 2016
YORK UNIVERSITY
Honours B.A., Psychology, 2010
Activities & Affiliations
• Trauma Training
• Suicide
• Deep Democracy, change and conflict facilitation with groups and organizations, Julie Diamond, at Anima Leadership, 2008