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APPENDICES

Functional Systems Facilitation · Dmitry Shamenkov

Section 49 of 53version 1.1 · July 2026Source: Book_OD

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1. Detailed Annotated Contents
2. PART I. WHY: What Is Happening to Us — and Why We Need Functional Systems Facilitation at All
3. 1. The World as a Single Living Information Field
4. 2. Why Relationships Determine Health
5. 3. Why Information Alone Is Not Enough
6. PART II. WHAT: Functional Systems Facilitation as a Living System
7. 4. Three Principles: Purpose, Honesty, Nonviolence
8. 5. Three Channels: Inner, Horizontal, Vertical
9. 6. The Systemquant of Practice: A Repeating Cycle of Transformation
10. 7. The Principle "Purpose Determines Perception"
11. PART III. HOW: The Program's Components and How They Work
12. 8. The Practice of Silence in All Its Phases
13. 9. Individual Reflection
14. 10. Integrative Reflection in the Group
15. 11. Goal-Setting from a Renewed State
16. 12. Proactive Action and Reflection on Action
17. 13. Gratitude and Micro-Pauses
18. PART III. HOW (continued): Extended Formats and the Foundation
19. 14. A Safe Social Space: The Group Chat
20. 15. Case Discussions
21. 16. The Functional Systems Facilitation Intensive — the Jewel of the Method
22. 16A. AI Self-Worth Diagnostic: An Entry Point to the Method and a Standalone Tool
23. 17. The Foundation: Sleep, Nutrition, Movement, Cold, Information Hygiene
24. PART IV. WHY TOGETHER
25. 18. Why the Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
26. 19. Functional Systems Facilitation as Work with a Living System
27. PART V. RESULTS
28. 20. What Counts as a Result in a Living-Systems Method
29. 21. Level 1: Direct Quantitative Data on Functional Systems Facilitation
30. 22. Level 2: Qualitative Data and Cross-Cutting Observations
31. 23. Level 3: Corroboration Through Related Methods
32. 24. The Scale of the Program and Its Scientific Infrastructure
33. 25. An Honest Look at the Limits of the Current Evidence Base
34. PART VI. HOW TO PRACTICE
35. 26. Where to Begin: First Steps
36. 27. A Trial Week at the "Assemblage Point"
37. 28. The Intensive: A Five-Day Deep Immersion
38. 29. The Year-Long "Assemblage Point" Program
39. 30. The Facilitator's Path
40. 31. Independent Practice: What It Can and Cannot Do
41. 32. How to Choose Your Format
42. PART VII. HONEST LIMITATIONS
43. 33. Where the Method Works, but Slowly or with Limits
44. 34. When Integration with Medical and Psychotherapeutic Care Is Needed
45. 35. Where the Method Does Not Work and Should Not Be Applied
46. 36. Risks and Mistaken Expectations
47. 37. The Facilitator's Role and Its Limits
48. 38. Closing: My Personal Position
49. APPENDICES
50. APPENDIX A. A Complete List of My Published Works
51. APPENDIX B. Glossary of Key Terms
52. APPENDIX C. Further Reading
53. APPENDIX D. Protocol of the Planned RCT (NCT07276451)

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