Focusing eugene gendlin pdf

Then, you can start again at step 5 , Asking another open-ended question, "And what is so important about this? And, again, step 2 , waiting for the Felt Sense to form, step 3 finding a Handle, step 4 Resonating and Checking until there is a Felt Shift, a sense of "That's it! Set aside at least 30 minutes for this first attempt. Remember, Focusing is a skill usually taught in 10 two-hour classes or two weekend workshops so, if it doesn't work for you immediately, don't give up!

Find a nearby teacher from the Focusing Institute Listings www. But, some people are natural Focusers and just say, "Oh, yes. I've been doing this all my life. Now, I can just do it better, more predictably, whenever I want. Give it a try:. Step Three: Finding A Handle. Step Four: Resonating and Checking.

Step Five: Asking. Is this really something I could try doing? That's it! Step Six: Receiving. The crux of change is just spending quiet time paying attention to the "intuitive feel. Because you have spent quiet, Intuitive Focusing time with the "feel" of "the whole thing," you have started a process of change. Something new may "pop up" later, as you go about your day.

This "outer focus" should allow you to put the "internal focus" aside until another day. Complete Focusing Session Ahah! Intuitive Focusing does not always happen in neat and tidy steps, and others teach it in totally different steps or processes, but it is helpful to review the original Six Step Process that Gendlin articulated from watching actual people do Focusing "naturally. Intuitive Focusing involves spending time with the vague, wordless "intuitive sense" that there is something something you can't quite put your finger on or put into words but something definitely determining your behavior or how you feel or the inkling of an idea or solution Intuitive Focusing can be used not just for personal problem-solving but for sitting with The Creative Edge of anything: a piece of creative art or writing, an exciting professional problem to solve, a good feeling that has a spiritual edge The Crux of Change In the 's research showed that the single most important variable predicting success in psychotherapy was, not what the therapist was doing, but the client's own ability to speak from present, felt experiencing rather than intellectualization.

Recently, for instance, American Focusing teachers have been helping people in Afghanistan to come to terms with some of their experiences of the war. In principle Focusing is something that is available to everyone.

If someone is interested in learning it, then even if it is difficult to begin with and progress seems slow, they will find they get something from it. If someone is looking to Focusing just to help them get rid of a troublesome feeling or an uncomfortable symptom, it may be more difficult to explore what Focusing has to offer.

If, however, they are willing to trust that something may happen, the outcome of which is unknown, they may well find — as with therapy and meditation — that unexpected changes do take place. People vary widely in their ability to sense into the body. Having preconceived ideas and expectations of what Focusing ought to be can also be a difficulty, in that someone will tend to discount what is going on and may give up because nothing seems to be happening.

Focusing has also been seen as a therapy that someone undergoes. Focusing encourages people to take responsibility for themselves in a reciprocal partnership, where each person Focuses and listens in turn. Although Focusing works with feeling at a profound level, it does not necessarily involve expressing feelings. In older humanistic models there was often an assumption that the client needed to become totally immersed in the feelings in order to express them as fully as possible.

This involves moving into the wider, containing space of Presence. Nevertheless, for many people Focusing remains primarily a tool for personal growth and exploration, either in its own right or in the context of psychotherapy. Ann Weiser Cornell describes the differences very clearly in an article which can be found on the Focusing Resources website. Within psychotherapy Focusing can be an extremely important means of connecting with experience. Some approaches, such as Core Process — in which I trained — see felt sensing as an integral part of the process for both therapist and client, while increasingly others are learning to incorporate Focusing as an experiential tool.

In Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy Gendlin describes in detail ways in which a psychotherapist of any school can bring Focusing into the work. More recently Campbell Purton, who has set up a course in Focusing-oriented psychotherapy at the University of East Anglia, has described using a Focusing approach within person-centred therapy see other articles on this website. Some of the articles on this website explore the interface between Focusing and psychotherapy in more depth.

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