Focusing (Paperback, 2nd Ed)

At times the world seems to be full of defecting psychotherapists with defective breakthroughs to communicate, and Gendlin contributes enthusiastically to the overflow. Several years ago he decided that psychotherapy was something less than a raging success with all but that handful of patients who seemed to understand the therapeutic process intuitively. No need to panic, though - this intuitive ability, the "inner act," has now been captured in a convenient six-step bodily awareness process that puts the patient in touch with a "felt sense" of problems. The six focusing movements involve such brilliant innovations as clearing a space by mentally piling problems off to one side, making contact with the "felt sense" of one problem, discerning the crux of the problem, letting words flow out of the problem's nature, and rechecking the "felt sense" to see whether the chosen words match it closely. The emphasis on physical correlates to serf-knowledge seems more ho-hum than inspired these days, and the "listening" techniques for "friends" of the focuser sound like many a therapeutic technique we've heard before. Lines like "When, in focusing, I ask my body to let me have more of what's in that whole feeling, the very way I approach myself changes the totality" tell the whole story - "focusing" is for those who feel that their jargon needs a 20,000-mile checkup. (Kirkus Reviews)

What is focusing?  Based on research at the University of Chicago, focusing is a new technique of self therapy that teaches you to identify and change the way your personal problems concretely exist in your body. Focusing consists of steps of felt change.  Unlike methods that stress "getting in touch with your feelings," there is a built-in test:  each focusing step, when done correctly, is marked by a physical relief, a profound release of tension. Focusing guides you to the deepest level of awareness within your body.  It is on this level, unfamiliar to most people, that unresolved problems actually exist, and only on this level can they change.

General

Imprint:	Bantam Doubleday Dell
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Bantam New Age Books
Release date:	August 1982
First published:	August 1982
Authors:	Eugene T. Gendlin
Dimensions:	171 x 108 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	171
Edition:	2nd Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-553-27833-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice > General Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Mind, body, spirit: thought & practice > General
LSN:	0-553-27833-9
Barcode:	9780553278330

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