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VOLUME XI, NUMBER 2, MAY 2011
English (PDF 2262KB) Español (PDF 440KB) 日本語(PDF 657KB)
MEET THE FOCUSING INSTITUTE BOARD
NOTES FROM MARY AND FROM GENE
JOAN KLAGSBRUN, CERTIFYING COORDINATOR, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
Interview conducted by Dionis Griffin, Focusing Trainer, North Carolina, USA
REVA BERNSTEIN, COORDINATOR, CALIFORNIA, USA
ASTRID SCHILLING, CERTIFYING COORDINATOR, KOLN, GERMANY
HARBERT RICE, NEW MEXICO, USA
ROSA ZUBIZARRETA, FOCUSING TRAINER, MASSACHUSETTS, USA
Interview conducted by Dionis Griffin, Focusing Trainer, North Carolina, USA
AKIRA IKEMI, COORDINATOR, NISHINOMIYA HYOGO, JAPAN
ELENA FREZZA, COORDINATOR, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
PAT OMIDIAN, COORDINATOR, KARACHI, PAKISTAN
VOLUME XI, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 2011
English (PDF 405KB) Español (PDF 252 KB) 日本語 (PDF 713 KB)
THE EASTERN EUROPEAN EXPANSION
By LORE KORBEI, CERTIFYING FOCUSING COORDINATOR, AUSTRIA
THE FELT SENSE IS THE DOORWAY TO THE ARTS
By LAURY RAPPAPORT, FOCUSING COORDINATOR, CALIFORNIA, USA
FOCUSING IN THE WORKSHOP
By DAVID ORTH, ILLINOIS, USA
CREATIVITY AND FOCUSING IN ART MAKING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
By ROBIN KAPPY, FOCUSING TRAINER, NEW YORK, USA
BODY-RHYTHMS AND THE MOVEMENT OF SOUND: INTEGRATING SOMATIC APPROACHES TO
HEALING
By FRANCESCA CASTALDI, FOCUSING TRAINER AND COORDINATOR, CALIFORNIA, USA,
AND ITALY
TRANSLATIONS
By ISABEL GASCON, FOCUSING CERTIFYING COORDINATOR, SPAIN
TRANSLATIONS
By CIRO CARO GARCIA, FOCUSING TRAINER-IN-TRANING, SPAIN
TRANSLATIONS
By LUCIA EMA, FOCUSING TRAINER-IN-TRAINING, SPAIN
TRANSCRIPTIONS
By JILL DRUMMOND, FOCUSING TRAINER-IN-TRAINING, NEW JERSEY, USA
VOLUME X, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2010
English (PDF 953KB) Español (PDF 95 KB) 日本語 (PDF 325 KB)
SHARING FOCUSING WITH OTHERS:
THE COMMUNITY FOCUSING LAB AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS FOCUSING WORKSHOPS
By NINA JOY LAWRENCE, Certifying Coordinator, Oregon, US
FOCUSING WITHIN THE MANAGEMENT OF NGO'S
By WILLIAM HERNANDEZ, Certifying Coordinator, Quito, Ecuador
TRAUMA RELIEF WITH MUSICIANS IN HAITI
By SESKA RAMBERG, Focusing Trainer, Maryland, USA
LERATONG ~ "THE PLACE OF LOVE" FOCUSING IN A SOUTH AFRICAN HOSPICE
By CATHERINE JOHNSON, Focusing Trainer, Cape Town, South Africa
VOLUME X, NUMBER 2, MAY 2010
English (PDF 4.1 MB) Español (PDF 590 KB) 日本語 (PDF 280 KB)
Focusing Inside is Alive and Well in Public School
161 in Harlem:
A Visit with Jan Rudd
By Dionis Griffin, Focusing Trainer, North Carolina, USA
My Pre-School Class
By Laura Bavalics, Focusing Trainer, Hungary
An After-School Program: The Inside Space Explorers Club
By Minda Novek, Focusing Trainer, New York, USA
Teaching the Teachers: The Santee Focusing Initiative
By Lucinda Gray, Focusing Coordinator, Costa Rica
VOLUME X, NUMBER 1, JANUARY 2010
English (PDF 944 KB)
“FEELINGS & NEEDS POKER,” OR
HOW NVC TEACHING TECHNIQUES CAN BE ADAPTED TO TEACH FOCUSING
By BEATRICE BLAKE, Focusing Trainer, Vermont, USA
Crossing Focusing and NVC
By SHULAMIT DAY BERLEVTOV, Focusing Trainer, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
FOCUSING DIRECTED RETREATS
By SR. RUTH MCGOLDRICK, Focusing Trainer, Massachusetts, USA
FOCUS ON: RENÉ VEUGELERS, Focusing Coordinator, The Netherlands
An interview with DIONIS GRIFFIN, Focusing Trainer, Georgia, USA
THE SUNFLOWER EXERCISE: FOCUSING FOR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES
By JAMES KULWA SHIMBALA, Focusing Trainer, Benin Republic, Africa
VOLUME IX, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2009
English (PDF 480 KB)
COMPLEX TRAUMA
By ROBERT PARKER, Focusing Trainer, New York, USA
FOCUS ON: DENNIS WINDEGO
An Interview with DIONIS GRIFFIN, Focusing Trainer, Georgia, USA
FOCUSING, TRAUMA AND TIME TRAVEL
BY LESLIE ELLIS, Focusing Trainer, British Columbia, Canada
IN THE RECOVERY ROOM
By JANET PENNY-COOK, Focusing Trainer, California, USA
A FOCUSING STORY
By LIENEKE HEWLETT, Focusing Trainer, British Colunbia, Canada
FROM FOCUSING-ORIENTED THERAPY TO COMMUNITY CHANGE
By ANNE POONWASSIE, Focusing Coordinator, Winnipeg, Canada
VOLUME IX, NUMBER 2, MAY 2009
English (PDF 427 KB)
A NEW TOWN AND NEW EARTH
By DIONIS GRIFFIN, Focusing Trainer, Georgia, USA
FOCUS ON: BALA JAISON, FOCUSING COORDINATOR, TORONTO, CANADA
An Interview with DIONIS GRIFFIN, Focusing Trainer, Georgia, USA
RECOGNIZING VOLUNTERS WHO SUPPORT THE FOCUSING INSTITUTE
FOCUSING AND MEDITATION
By STEFAN BEYER, Focusing Member, Werther, Germany
FOCUSING MEETS BUDDHISM
By MANJUDEVA, Focusing Trainer, England
FOCUSING AND RELAXATION
BY LUIS LÔPEZ GONZALEZ, Focusing Trainer, Barcelona, Spain
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
Español | 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 2, MAY 2004
Focusing in Afghanistan
By Nina Joy Lawrence
Cherry Blossoms in Japan
By Kye Nelson
FOCUS ON: Ann Wiser Cornell
An interview with Ellen Kirshner
TAE in Australia
By Nada Lou
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
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 Workersby 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 Focusingby 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 Therapistby 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
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