Sunday, February 28, 2021
An Online Class Facilitated by Greg Walkerden and Jane Quayle
Part of The Focusing Highlights Series
In this class we will be exploring one fresh form of Focusing practice in particular called 'Feeling the contraction as lovingness'. We will experiment with feeling how a contraction (e.g. a 'critic' or other argumentative presence in Focusing space) is, from its own reference point, trying to help, and how allowing a deeper understanding of what is at stake to infuse it can foster a transformation into something much more helpful.
Resources:
Webinar Handout - Feeling the contraction as lovingness
Webinar Slides - Developing Fresh Forms of Focusing Practice
Developing Fresh Forms of Focusing Practice - some answers to QA questions
Bio:
Greg Walkerden PhD is a researcher based at Macquarie University in Sydney. His academic roots are in philosophy and psychology. His research has focused on practical problems of adaptation for communities and regions, and on felt sense grounded reflective practice as a support for this. He has been a Focusing practitioner for 35 years, is a Certified Focusing Trainer, and has taught felt sense based decision making for environmental managers and planners at Macquarie University for about 15 years. Gendlin invited him to teach A Process Model at his ‘Thinking at the Edge’ retreats in New York in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
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Jane Quayle is a Certifying coordinator and former member of the TIFI board of Trustees. She is a Focusing Oriented Psychotherapist, and has taught focusing in her private practice for 20 years. She has also taught in a variety of tertiary institutions including Western Sydney University, Macquarie University and developed a Focusing Oriented Therapy elective for the Jansen Newman Institute. Her teaching experience includes counselling skills, supervision of student therapists and Focusing Oriented Psychotherapy.
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