What is Focusing? We invite you to pause ...
Focusing shows how 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,
shows 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 Teaches on the Telephone
Coming soon! A new tele-class with Gene Gendlin and Ann Weiser Cornell.
Past classes available on CD.
SPOTLIGHT
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This month's conversation is an invitation to start to explore the pause: Serge Prengel is talking with William Hernandez. |
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FISS 2013: 8th Annual Focusing Institute Summer School AUGUST 16-22, 2013 at the Garrison Institute in Garrison, New York. With Ann Weiser Cornell, Joan Klagsbrun, Nada Lou, Kevin McEvenue, and René Veugelers. |
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Focusing Gems - listen to a free phone seminar with the Focusing Institute Summer School Teachers live on the call
Listen to a free phone seminar on May 15, 2013 with the Focusing Institute Summer School Teachers: Ann Weiser Cornell, Joan Klagsbrun, Nada Lou, Kevin McEvenue, and René Veugelers |
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Connections and Crossings Across Cultures: Advanced and Certification Weeklong November 1-7, 2013 at the Garrison Institute in New York. Read the Weeklong FAQs and podcasts from the teachers moderated by Susan Lennox. |
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The Wisdom Body of the Conscious Elder: Carrying the Wholeness of Life Forward Inside our Relationships and Communities - with Kevin McEvenue and Karen Whalen, Ph.D. on June 13 - 16, 2013 in Tatamagouche Centre, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia. |
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A 5-week phone course in Applied TAE With Evelyn Pross and Beatrice Blake sponsored by The Focusing Institute. Tuesdays, August 13, 20, 27 and September 3 and 10, 2013. |
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Meditation, Focusing, Yoga led by Eleanor Buscher, MS, LPC, NCC and Roshi Paul Genki Kahn, LCSW, DCSW on September 27-29, 2013 at the ZEN GARLAND SANCTUARY, Airmont, NY. |
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Generative Thinking At The Edge: Part 2 - Moving Forward With Generative TAE with Nada Lou on October 3-6, 2013 at the Stony Point Conference Center, Stony Point, NY. |
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Advanced Four Module Certification Training Program on Wholebody Focusing The Wisdom Body of the Conscious Elder: Carrying the Wholeness of Life Forward Inside our Relationships and Communities at Stony Point Center, New York with Kevin McEvenue and Karen Whalen, Ph.D. This is a two year training program starting October 9-12, 2013. |
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25th International Focusing Conference Coming Home. May 29 - June 2, 2013. Lucerne, Switzerland |
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Japan Humanistic Psychology Conference at Taisho Universtory, Japan on September 14-16, 2013. Keynote speaker Dr Patricia Omidian. |
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Focusing-Oriented Therapy Conference Save the Date! We are now starting to plan our third world Focusing-Oriented Therapy Conference. The conference will take place on May 14-18, 2014 at Stony Point New York, an hour outside of NYC. |
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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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MEMOIRS: STORIES OF ONE AHA TRANSFORMATIONAL FOCUSING EXPERIENCE
features 47 written memories—memoirs from members of our Focusing community. The diversity of insight, growth, change, and inspiration is both heartfelt and often astounding. Now available in the TFI store. |
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Focusing, Psychotherapy, and the Implicit
Past phone course with Gendlin, available on CD. |
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TFI Newsletter: In Focus
March and April 2013 editions now available online. |
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