Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy (English, Eugene T. Gendlin)

What I needed to ground my learning.

I am currently taking a program that is an adaptation of very grounded work. I needed the basis of it from the originator of the therapeutic approach to understand the adaptation and its utility in various contexts. Cheers!

An essential book for psychotherapists

I think it's safe to say that this book should be read by every psychotherapist. The method is described clearly and is illustrated vividly. Focussing is designed to lead and encourage patients to introspect about their inner "felt sense", which, the author explains, is felt unclearly at the boarder between the conscious and subconscious.

The Bible of Focusing Oriented Therapy

This book is very easy to read,and very practical guide to Focusing Oriented therapy. Research has shown that clients who start off with higher experiencing levels, do better in therapy. This book not only helps therapists to spot and facilitate those clients with higher experiencing levels, but also shows how therapists can facilitate clients who start off with low experiencing levels, to do thrapy better.Also Gendlin shows how any therapy, be it CBT, Behavioural, Person centred etc, can be done in a focusing oriented way.I am a focusing teacher, and focusing oriented therapist. I recommend this book on the courses that I run.

Five Stars

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CMcBSmith

This book can help a person get in touch with a different level of self for processing life's traumas and issues. Gendlin puts forth a method by which one may dispel bodily energy tied up with a personal issue and move forward, rather than merely evoking emotion again and again.