Robert L. Lee, Ph.D. Psychologist Coordinator Bio
Focusing Theoretician/Innovator. The method has 3 domains-Thinking, Felt Sensing , and Self-Empathy. It has 24 avenues into Felt Sensing, a safety protocol in the Self-Empathy Domain for intense phenomena including terror, trauma, dissociation, shame, grief, rage, vengefulness, jealousy; and a strong influence from TAE in the Thinking Domain. Elusive Felt Sensing: a comprehensive practice for working with difficulties in felt sense formation. |
In Psychotherapy he has developed: *DF 4 person 4 hour/month groups with intensely guided sessions yielding a high frequency of deeper, broader, stronger shifts. He theorizes that more difficult change requires more of these kinds of shifts *has taught & practiced FOT for over 3 decades He has maintained a private practice in Boston, Costa Rica, North Carolina and Europe. |
Institutional and Board Work Quakers: Created two successful Focusing Projects at Cambridge Friends Meeting (Cambridge, MA) |
Creating Focusing Community: Has lived and taught focusing in Europe-Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Portugal. Has taught focusing in Israel, Japan, Australia and China. Created Cross-Lingual Focusing Partnership and used it at several international gatherings to facilitate focusing partnership between people with an imperfect common language. |