What is Focusing? We invite you to pause ...
Focusing teaches us to pause the on-going situation and create a space for new possibilities for carrying forward. This practice, developed from the Philosophy of the Implicit, teaches us how to apply open attention to something which is directly experienced but is not in words.
Your body knows more about situations than you are explicitly aware of. For example, your body picks up more about another person than you consciously know. With a little training, you can get a bodily feel for the 'more' that is happening in any situation. From that bodily feel come small steps that lead toward resolution. The Focusing Institute offers many resources, including well-developed instructions for accessing this bodily knowing. Our site allows exploration of the first steps for newcomers, a library, a Children Focusing section, and resources for experienced Focusers.
Focusing is supported by a long series of operational research studies conducted first by Gene Gendlin and colleagues at the University of Chicago and now internationally. You may be able to learn Focusing by reading the Focusing book, or working with one of more than 1000 certified Focusing trainers from 40 countries who are available on Skype or telephone for one or several hours of Focusing training. From our list you can also find a Focusing-oriented therapist who lives near you and speaks your language. You can also participate in one of our discussion lists, find a Focusing partner, and more. The Focusing Institute is making differences in communities all over the world.
Gene Gendlin is Teaching on the Telephone
Philosophy, Focusing, and Changing the World
led by Gene Gendlin and Ann Weiser Cornell
March 14 to April 11, 2012 Click here to register
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SPOTLIGHT
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This month, we continue our experiential explorations of the felt sense: Serge Prengel is talking with René Veugelers. |
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FISS 2012: 7th Annual Focusing Institute Summer School
AUGUST 18-24, 2012 at Garrison Institute, New York. With Ann Weiser Cornell, Joan Klagsbrun, Nada Lou, Kevin McEvenue, and René Veugelers |
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Introductory Focusing Workshop Level Two FEBRUARY 26, 2012 in New York City with Charlotte Howorth, LCSW. |
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Introduction to Focusing: Day 1 MARCH 24, 2012 in New York City with Janet Pfunder. |
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APRIL 13-15, 2012 at Stony Point Conference Center, Stony Point, New York. Both taught by Ann Weiser Cornell |
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Thinking at the Edge (TAE) - Levels One and Two of the Four Level Training Program MAY 10-13, 2012 at Stony Point Conference Center, Stony Point, New York with Nada Lou. |
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Focusing-Oriented Therapy and Complex Trauma JUNE 2-3, 2012 in New York City with Shaun Phillips. |
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Advanced and Certification Weeklong SEPTEMBER 8-14, 2012 at Garrison Institute in Garrison, New York. With Nicoletta Corsetti - Italy, Doralee Grindler Katonah - USA, and Shaun Phillips - Canada |
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24th International Focusing Conference Awakening Consciousness - Despertando Consciencia. June 6-10, 2012 Argentina |
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Focusing by Eugene Gendlin, Ph.D.
500,000 copies in print in 17 languages. This is the original book that made Focusing available to the public. It breaks Focusing into six steps and has many examples. This is a good beginning introduction to the process. A great gift! |
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FOCUSING, RESEARCH, AND CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE: New Movements Forward
Crossing Focusing and Science, this issue is packed with wonderful articles including unexpected discoveries in Physics and Epigenetics, Neuroscience and Focusing, Focusing-Oriented Therapy and recent findings about brain plasticity and a wonderful article from Eugene Gendlin. For sale in the TFI store now! |
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Focusing, Psychotherapy, and the Implicit
Past phone course with Gendlin, available on CD. |
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