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Focusing

Focusing

 

Focusing was developed by Eugene Gendlin at the University of Chicago in the 1960s, as part of a study into the efficacy of psychotherapy. He discovered the inner process that leads, most predictably, to change in psychotherapy. To help people access this avenue for change, Gendlin devised a helpful practice, called Focusing, for identifying and exploring what he called the 'felt sense' - that richly intuitive and inwardly sensed knowing that can bring surprising new insights, novel steps, and deeper connection with oneself. Focusing can be used to advance personal development, and it is also an orientation for counselling and therapy that has been shown to enhance outcomes. 
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Learn Focusing
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In addition to offering counselling, I also teach the skills of Eugene Gendlin's Focusing method one-on-one.

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"One comes to know how to find one's own inner source, in regard to almost any situation or concern. It puts one beyond depending on a therapist or guru for how to live."  
 
Eugene Gendlin
Benefits of Focusing

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  • Deepens self-knowing

  • Fosters authenticity

  • Brings new insights

  • Builds self-empathy

  • Enhances embodied creativity

  • Develops deep listening skill

  • Promotes decision-making

  • Opens and shifts stuck places

Focusing 
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“will enable you to find and change where your life is stuck, cramped, hemmed in, slowed down. And it will enable you to change – to live from a deeper place than just your thoughts and feelings”
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Eugene Gendlin
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