FOCUSING AND LISTENING: CHANGING PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS THROUGH EMPATHY AND INNER ATTENTION TO THE BODY’S MESSAGE

Physical symptoms, like a migraine headache, can be the body/mind's way of sending a message. Intuitive Focusing, accompanied by Focused Listening, can enable a "shift" to understanding and pain relief through empathy and self-empathy.

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FOCUSING TURN DEMONSTRATION: BIG “FELT SHIFT” IN LIFE-LONG “SCRIPT”

This was such a paradigmatic example of Gendlin's Focusing self-help technique (Focusing, Bantam, 1981,1984) and McGuire's Intuitive Focusing, that I wanted to share it here. It includes Clearing  A Space,…

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