HQP Teacher Profile
Ed McClune, Hoffman Supervising Process Teacher
Supervising Process Teacher Ed McClune grew up in Los Angeles, attending
Catholic schools, where he developed a deep commitment to helping
others. When he was 17, he supervised a Catholic-worker sponsored
soup kitchen in downtown L.A. on Sundays. For his service, he was
awarded the L.A. Archdiocese and Christian Service award at his
high school commencement.
Ed first learned of the Process at a personal growth workshop in
1986, during a challenging period of his life — he was going
through a divorce and was the father of two young sons, Adam and
Joe.
Of his Process experience, Ed said, “I think the biggest
thing I found was self acceptance, that who I am is enough. The
circumstances of my life were still painful, but through the Process
I could feel the pain of the divorce, the loneliness of it, and
not personalize it. We can’t always change our circumstances,
but our circumstances don’t define us. Our Spiritual Self
defines us.”
On the last day of Ed’s Process, Bob Hoffman asked, “Why
don’t you get a Master’s degree and then come teach?”
Ed did just that, earning a Master’s in Counseling Psychology
at the University of San Francisco. In 1991, five years after completing
the Process, he started teacher training.
Reflecting on his experience as a Process teacher, Ed said, “The
Process gives me a venue in my life and career in which I stand
in my Spiritual Self. So whether I’m working with couples
in my private practice or trying to be present to my wife, or my
teenage stepsons, I experience being grounded in my Spiritual Self.”
In addition to his work as a Process teacher, Ed is a California-licensed
Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice, working with
individuals and with couples (his specialty). He is married to Process
graduate Leticia Ontiveros- McClune, who has two sons, Phillip (18)
and Nicholas (15).
“I have a strong commitment to my own marriage and to helping
other couples grow individually and together. As we say in the Process,
‘Be committed even though you don’t know how to move
forward.’ When we are committed, our experience of love can
deepen.”
Ed further exhibits his commitment to couples by traveling widely
in the U.S. facilitating the Hoffman Relationship Intensive for
graduate couples.
Ed and his family live in Sonoma, California, and his private
therapy practice is in Marin and Sonoma counties.
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