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VOLUME IX, NUMBER 1, JAN 2009

English (PDF 866KB)

THE FOCUSING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
FOCUS ON: LORI KETOVER,
Focusing Coordinator, New York, USA
An Interview with DIONIS GRIFFIN , Focusing Trainer, Georgia, USA

FPP COACHING SESSIONS: IS THREE HOURS ENOUGH?
By NEIL DUNAETZ, Focusing Trainer, California,USA

A NEWCOMER’S EXPERIENCE OF FPP COACHING SESSIONS
By MICHELE WAHLDER, Focusing Institute Member, Texas, USA

FACILITATING FPP PRACTICE GROUPS
By LARRY HURST, Focusing Trainer, New York, USA

COACHING WITH SUPPORT
By JOANNE STICKLEY, Focusing Trainer, New Jersey, USA

THE COACHING PROGRAMME
By FIONA PARR, Focusing Coordinator, UK

25 YEARS OF WHOLEBODY FOCUSING
A TRIBUTE TO KEVIN MCEVENUE AND CELEBRATION OF HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY
As suggested and organized by KAREN WHALEN, Focusing Coordinator, Canada

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHOLEBODY FOCUSING
By KEVIN MCEVENUE, Focusing Coordinator, Ontario, Canada

JOURNEY OF ALIVENESS: HOW KEVIN INSPIRES THE BODY’S PATH TO WHOLENESS
By GLENN FLEISCH, Focusing Oriented Therapist, California, USA

A WALK IN AN INNER LANDSCAPE
By PHILIPPE HUNAUT, Montreal, Canada

PARTICIPATORY SPIRITUALITY: THE ENERGETICS OF WBF
By KAREN WHALEN, Focusing Coordinator, Nova Scotia, Canada

FOCUSING WITH CHILDREN: THE ART OF COMMUNICATING WITH CHILDREN AT SCHOOL AND AT HOME
BY MARTA STAPERT AND ERIK VERLIEFDE, ROSS-ON-WYE, UK.: PCCS BOOKS, 2008
A BOOK REVIEW BY RICHARD C. BROWN


VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 3, SEP 2008

English (PDF 606KB)

THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF CLEARING A SPACE
By JOAN KLAGSBRUN, PH.D., Focusing Coordinator, USA

REVISING THE EXPERIENCING SCALE
By MAKI MIYAKE, PH.D., Focusing Trainer, Japan

FOCUS ON: DORALEE GRINDLER KATONAH, Psy. D.
By DIONIS GRIFFIN, Focusing Trainer, USA

CLEARING A SPACE PROTOCOL
As developed by EUGENE T. GENDLIN, PH.D., Univ. of Chicago

CLEARING A SPACE CHECKLIST
By DORALEE GRINDLER-KATONAH, PSY. D.

An Example of Focusing and Chronic Pain
By CHEL FERRARO, Focusing Trainee, USA

FOCUSING AND YOGA: THEIR EFFECTS ON BODY WEIGHT
By JULIE E. ANTROBUS, M.A., Focusing Member, USA

CLEARING A SPACE FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
By ANITA BHAT, M.A., Focusing Trainee, USA

 

VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 2, MAY 2008

English (PDF 1150KB)

TEACHING FOCUSING IN BUSINESS: REVELATIONS AND CAUTIONS
By CATHERINE JOHNSON, PH.D., Certified Focusing Trainer, South Africa

FOCUS ON: EDGARDO RIVEROS, COORDINATOR, CHILE
By DIONIS GRIFFIN, Certified Focusing Trainer, USA

APPLYING TAE TO UNIVERSITY COMPOSITION CLASSES IN JAPAN
By SATOKO TOKUMARU, Focuser, Japan

 

VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 2008

English (PDF 665KB)

FOCUSING AND CHAPLAINCY
By JAN HODGMAN, M.A, Certified Focusing Trainer, USA

FOCUSING, LIKE AN ANCHOR, OR FINDING A RELATIONSHIP TO CANCER
Excerpts from letters by MARTA STAPERT, Focusing Coordinator, The Netherlands

FOCUS ON: NICOLETTA CORSETTI, COORDINATOR, ITALY
By DIONIS GRIFFIN, Certified Focusing Trainer, USA

A MEETING OF WORDS AND TOUCH
By JACK BLACKBURN, Certified Focusing Trainer, USA

 

VOLUME VII, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2007

English (PDF 3614KB)

A ROLE FOR FIRST-PERSON SCIENCE IN RECREATION RESEARCH
By HERBERT SCHROEDER, Member, USA, excerpted from a presentation at the 2007 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

THE CONFIDENCE CLINIC
By ANNA WILLMAN, trainer, USA, as told to DIONIS GRIFFIN

USING NONVIOLENT COMMUNICATION AS A DOOR TO FELT EXPERIENCING
By BEATRICE BLAKE, Trainer, USA, and HARBERT RICE, Member, USA

Focus On: Nada Lou
By DIONIS GRIFFIN, Trainer, USA

Thinking Change
By KYE NELSON, in dialogue with DIONIS GRIFFIN

 

VOLUME VII, NUMBER 2, MAY 2007

English (PDF 406KB)

FOCUSING IN A MEDICAL PRACTICE
By JUAN B. PRADO FLORES, M.D., Mexico

FOCUSING LEADS TO A NEW STRESS TEST  
By MELINDA DARER, USA, Assistant Director, The Focusing Institute

FOCUS ON: JOAN KLAGSBRUN, PH.D. Coordinator USA
Interview by DAVID SMITH, Trainer USA

COPING WITH PAIN AND BODILY DISCOMFORT: AN EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING PROGRAM
By DIETER MUELLER, Focusing Coordinator, Germany

 

VOLUME VII, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 2007

English (PDF 1818KB)

FOCUSING AS A SCHOOL PROJECT
By HARRIËT TEEUW, Focusing Trainer, The Netherlands

Short Focusing Moments For Busy Kindergarten Teachers
By ÁGNES KOVÁTS, Focusing Trainer, Hungary

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING IN SIX AND SEVEN YEAR OLD LEARNING DISABLED CHILDREN
By LAURA BAVALICS, Focusing Trainer, USA

Focus On: Mari Orban
By JAN HODGMAN, Focusing Trainer, USA

FOCUSING IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN JAPAN
By KAZUKO AMAHA, Focusing Coordinator, Japan (English translation by Eriko Amaha, her daughter)

 

VOLUME VI, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2006

English (PDF 1470KB)

Focusing and Art Therapy: Bridging Inner and Outer Experiences of Creativity
By LAURY RAPPAPORT, Ph.D. REAT, ATR-BC, Focusing Trainer, USA

The Use of Focusing in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress: An Exploratory Study
By CATHERINE HUDEK, Focusing Trainer, Canada, Masters Candidate, University of Manitoba.

Focus on: Teruyuki Chikada, Focusing Coordinator, Japan
By MASUMI MAEDA, Focusing Trainer, Japan

SHORT EXCERPTS FROM A LONGER PRESENTATION: “The Town" and Human Attention
By EUGENE T. GENDLIN, Ph.D. Talk given at the first Focusing Institute Summer School, August 25, 2006.Transcribed from DVD by Nada Lou

 

VOLUME VI, NUMBER 2, MAY 2006

English (PDF 665KB)| Japanese (DOC 67KB)| Spanish(DOC 78KB)

Focusing in Prison
By GENA COREA, Focusing Trainer, USA

FOCUSING AND THE LIVING TORAH PROJECT
By STEVE MOSCOVITCH, Focusing Trainer, Canada

Focus On: Marine de Freminville, Ph.D.
By Jan Hodgman, M.A. Trainer, USA

Stories from Afghanistan: Women Learn to be Gentler
Told by LAILA MASJIDI, Focusing Trainer, Afghanistan, to PAT OMIDIAN, AFSC and Focusing Coordinator, Afghanistan, and to NINA LAWRENCE, Focusing Coordinator, USA and Afghanistan


VOLUME VI, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 2006

English (PDF 721KB)| Japanese (DOC 256KB)| Spanish (DOC 91KB)

Another Milestone--Our Work in Suriname, South America
By MARTA STAPERT, Coordinator, Holland, and JASMIN WESENHAGEN, Coordinator in Training, Suriname

FOCUSING AND GROUP DECISION-MAKING
By KATHLEEN MCGUIRE-BOUWMAN, PH.D., TRAINER USA

THE FELT SENSE CAN RELEASE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
By DORALEE GRINDLER KATONAH, Ph.D., Focusing Coordinator, USA

Focus On: CAMPBELL PURTON, Ph.D.
By JAN K. HODGMAN, Trainer, USA

VOLUME IV, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2004  
Espańol | Japanese

FOCUSING FOR THE POOR
By M. Susana Díaz, Trainer, Argentina

Compassion with ourselves ...
By Astrid Schillings, Clinical Psychologist/Focusing Coordinator, Germany

Unexpected Focusing Moments in a Psychiatric Hospital
By Ruth S. Rosenblum, CSW, Psychotherapist/Focusing Trainer, U.S.A.

FOCUS ON: Atsmaout Perlstein
By Ellen Kirschner, M.A., U.S.A.

Radical Ecopsychology
By Andy Fisher, Ph.D., Trainer, Canada

 

VOLUME IV, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 2004

How Does the Process of Body-Focusing Happen in Children?
By Pure Carrizosa Blanco and Mé Ángel González Pascual, Focusing trainers-in-training, Spain

Picture of Participants in the Stapert's workshop in Japan

FOCUS ON: Erna de Bruijn and Christine Langeveld
by Ellen Kirschner, M.A., Trainer, USA

Five Philosophical Talking Points to Communicate with Colleagues Who Don't Yet Know Focusing
by Gene Gendlin



VOLUME III, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2003

FOCUS ON: Kevin McEvenue and Paul Huschilt
by Ellen Kirschner, Trainee, USA

Whole Body Focusing: A Life in Crisis Explored
by Kevin McEvenue

The Theater and Focusing
by Michael Seibel

Changing the Unchangeable: A Special Project (CUSP)
By Jan Bronson and Anna Christensen, Focusing Trainers, USA

A Message from the Children's Focusing Corner
By Marta Stapert, Coordinator, Netherlands, Surinam

 

VOLUME III, NUMBER 2, MAY 2003

FOCUSING ON THE LIGHT: A Modest Proposal by Nancy Saunders, Focusing Trainee, USA

FOCUS ON: Kathleen Kavanagh and Mairead O'Brien by Ellen Kirschner, M.A., Member, USA

Focusing as a Force for Peace: the revolutionary pause by Mary Hendricks-Gendlin, Ph.D.

Dutch Focusers Celebrate After a Day at the International

 

VOLUME III, NUMBER 1  JANUARY 2003

Our Internal Weather by Shoji Tsuchie, TNT, Shimane, JAPAN

FOCUS ON: Heijo Feuerstein and Dieter Müller by Ellen Kirschner, M.A., Member, USA

Introducing The Focusing Partnership Program by Lori Ketover, CSW, Trainer and Partnership Program Coordinator, USA

Focusing and Therapeutic Intersubjectivity by Greg Madison, Coordinator, England

In Memoriam: Bob Sikkema

2002 Certification Workshop

 

VOLUME II, NUMBER 2   MAY 2002

The Ethics of Focusing Partnerships and Felt Community by Marilyn Frankfurt, Trainer, USA

Focusing is Great! by Lyman Griffin, USA

The Use of Focusing by Afghan Aid Workers by Patricia Omidian, Consultant to Coordination for Humanitarian Assistance, Pakistan and Afghanistan

FOCUS ON: Christiane Geiser Juchli by Ellen Kirschner, M.A., Member, USA

Clearing A Space in Judo Class by Jack Krystek, Ph.D., Trainer, USA

 

VOLUME I, NUMBER 3   SEPTEMBER 2001

Elevator Rides Help Children Learn Focusing by Lucy Bowers, Trainer, Canada

From Melinda's Desk by Melinda Darer

The Habit of Felt Sensing by Rev. Edwin McMahon, Ph.D.

FOCUS ON: Birte Robins by Ellen Kirschner, M.A., Member, USA

Building my Private Practice as a Focusing Trainer and Therapist by Cathy Pascal, M.Ed., LCSW, Trainer, USA

Excerpt from A Process Model Conversation with Gene at TAE 2001

 

VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2   MAY 2001

Focusing and Creative Process: Using Felt Sense in the Writing Classroom
By Sondra Perl, Ph.D.

Perl’s Focusing Composing Guidelines

From The Institute Desk by Kye Nelson

Focusing and Nursing by Virginia L. Burton

On the New Epistemology
Excerpts from Gene Gendlin’s awards talk at the American Psychological Association, August 6, 2000

FOCUS ON: Akira Ikemi by Ellen Kirschner, M.A., Member, USA

Irish International Coordinators Celebrating An Overwhelmingly Successful Conference

 

VOLUME I NUMBER 1   JANUARY 2001

Focusing with Children in the Surinam Jungle by Marta Stapert, Coordinator for Netherlands, Hungary, and for the Children’s Corner

From the Institute's Desk by Mary Hendricks, Director of The Focusing Institute

Integrating Focusing with Health Care by Joan Klagsbrun, Focusing Coordinator, Boston

Focusing and Spirituality by Susan Lennox, a Massachusetts, USA, Focusing Trainer

FOCUS ON: Shirley Turcotte by Ellen Kirschner, M.A., Member, USA

Impressions from the German TAE Workshop in New York by Teresa Dawson, Focusing Coordinator, Switzerland

Certification of New Trainees November 2000

 

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