Focusing: How to Gain Direct Access to Your Body's Knowledge (25th Anniversary Edition of the Classic Bestseller Revised and Updated)

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25th anniversary edition of the classic bestseller 'Focusing' is a technique first developed 25 years ago by American psychologist and philosopher Eugene Gendlin. Hugely influential, it offers six specific steps you can take to open up your inner world of deeper feelings and intuition - and shows you how to listen to others with more empathy. Short, very readable and so simple, you wonder why we aren't taught this fundamental life-skill at school!

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Focusing is a beautiful and meditative approach to psychotherapy and personal growth. It offers a deep parallel to the practice of mindfulness in a carefully developed and sensitive way. -- Jack Kornfield
Learning to access and dissolve personal problems by focusing on the language and wisdom of the body was a historic discovery. Gendlin's genius has stood the test of time and Focusing has become a classic. -- Harville Hendrix
The focusing skill can be learned by anyone in or out of therapy * Washington Post *
An original, innovative, exciting book -- Carl Rogers
At once a manual and a philosophy. It talks about the body's wisdom, the steps of the focusing technique, and how to discover the richness in others by learning to listen. It looks at the potential for a new kind of relationship and a new kind of society -- Marilyn Ferguson, author of The Aquarian Conspiracy

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An internationally recognized American psychologist and philosopher Eugene Gendlin teaches at the University of Chicago and has received three important awards from the American Psychological Association. The author of many books, including Let Your Body Interpret Your Dreams and Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, he has also published over 200 articles. More information on the Focusing Institute can be found at www.focusing.org