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 is Teaching on the Telephone
How the New Can Come - in Philosophy, and in Practices Like Therapy and Art
led by Gene Gendlin and Ann Weiser Cornell
May 24 to June 28, 2012 Click here to register
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SPOTLIGHT
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Reva Bernstein A beloved member of our community for over 30 years, who worked with great dedication to get focusing out into the world. Her gentle presence, and feisty humor and wisdom, will be greatly missed. With the suggestion and approval of Reva's family, we have created a Reva Bernstein Fund for donations in Reva's honor. Read more about Reva here. |
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This month, we continue our experiential explorations of the felt sense: Serge Prengel is talking with Mary Armstrong. |
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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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Giving a Language to Stress A 5-week phone course in Applied TAE With Evelyn Pross and Beatrice Blake sponsored by The Focusing Institute. Tuesdays, June 19 and 26, July 3, 10 and 17, 2012. |
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Focusing-Oriented Therapy and Complex Trauma JUNE 2-3, 2012 in Bethlehem, PA with Shaun Phillips. |
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Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapy (FOAT) Trainings: Level 1 and Level 2 Level 1: August 4-5, 2012, Level 2: August 7-8, 2012 in Santa Rosa, CA with Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., ATR-BC, REAT. |
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Connections and Crossings Across Cultures SEPTEMBER 8-14, 2012 at Garrison Institute in Garrison, New York. With Nicoletta Corsetti - Italy, Doralee Grindler Katonah - USA, Shaun Phillips - Canada, and Suzanne Noel - Costa Rica. |
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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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