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The Institute
Most institutes begin with a purpose.
We began with a question.
How do you know when a Situation is threatening or safe?
Awkward or welcoming?
No one needs to explain that a Situation you’ve found yourself in is tense. No one needs to tell you that a room feels cosy or that a conversation you’re having avoids an uncomfortable truth.
You grasp the significance of a Situation immediately, without thought. Without reflection.
So how exactly do we understand the significance of a Situation?
And how can Situations be explored, changed, and shaped to our advantage?
From these questions emerged The Prosopon Institute.
Dr. med. Robby Jacob
Founder & Director, Prosopon Institute
Founded by Dr. Robby Jacob following decades of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic practice, the Prosopon Institute investigates how human beings experience, understand and are affected by Situations.
Our subject matter is not an individual’s thoughts, feelings or behaviours, but the Situations that produce them.
“The Prosopon Institute investigates how human beings experience, understand and are affected by Situations”
Throughout more than 30 years of work, Dr. Jacob has devoted himself to the study, research, and treatment of psychiatric cases considered incurable. This work led to the development of original methods such as the Aspekte Panorama. Again and again, his practice encountered cases in which profound change arose not from discovering something hidden inside the individual, but through changing the details of their Situation.
This is a radical shift.
Why?
Because by understanding a Situation, we help our clients to make better decisions. And by changing the details of a Situation, the reality of an individual, a relationship, or an organisation can be positively reshaped.
The Prosopon Institute researches, develops and teaches this craft.
“By changing the details of a Situation, the reality of an individual, a relationship, or an organisation can be positively reshaped.”
Our Team
Dr. med. Robby Jacob
Founder & Director, Prosopon Institute
Reiss Joshua Madden
Head of Strategy, Prosopon Institute
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The Paradigm
Our theoretical foundations.
1.3
Lexicon
Key terms and concepts.
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Our Work
Individuals and organisations.
Shape your Situation.
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Contact
Tell us about your Situation.