Focusing

The classic guide to a powerful technique for personal transformation Based on groundbreaking research conducted at the University of Chicago, the focusing technique has gained widespread popularity and scholarly acclaim. It consists of six easy-to-master steps that identify and change the way thoughts and emotions are held within the body. Focusing can be done virtually anywhere, at any time, and an entire “session” can take no longer than ten minutes, but its effects can be felt immediately–in the relief of bodily tension and psychological stress, as well as in dramatic shifts in understanding and insight. In this highly accessible guide, Dr. Eugene Gendlin, the award-winning psychologist who developed the focusing technique, explains the basic principles behind focusing and offers simple step-by-step instructions on how to utilize this powerful tool for tapping into greater self-awareness and inner wisdom. As you learn to develop your natural ability to “focus,” you’ll find yourself more in sync with both mind and body, filled with greater self-assurance, and better equipped to make the positive changes necessary to improve and enhance every aspect of your life. Based on research at the University of Chicago, focusing is a new technique of self therapy that teaches one to identify and change the way personal proble ms exisist in the body. The process consist of steps that can bring a profound release of tension. This edition, originally published on the 25th anniversary of the revised edition, has been reprinted for those seeking a powerful technique to personal transformation. Gendlin explains the basic principles behind focusing, and offers simple step-by-step instructions on how to utilize this powerful tool for tapping into greater self awareness and inner wisdom. -- adapted from back cover and verso At the University of Chicago and elsewhere in the past fifteen years, a group of colleagues and I have been studying some questions that most psychotherapists don't like to ask out loud.