Focusing (psychotherapy)
A psychotherapeutic process using bodily felt sense for insight and change.
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Focusing, a psychotherapeutic method created by Eugene Gendlin, directs attention inward. It asks people to hold a gentle, nonjudgmental awareness toward a bodily sense of knowing that hasn’t yet become words. This approach stands apart through three features: a “felt sense,” a quality of caring attention, and a research-backed technique that promotes personal change.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Eugene Gendlin
- Institution
- University of Chicago
- Research began
- 1953
- Duration of research
- 15 years
- Key publication
- Focusing (book)
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