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Experiential Focusing ¨C Where Mind/Body/Spirit Meet |
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Name |
Doralee Grindler Katonah |
Nationality |
USA |
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Title |
Clinical Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty |
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Affiliation |
Argosy University American School of Professional Psychology |
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Workshop type |
Pre-conference workshop:
Oct 9th and 10th, 2008 (two days,12hours) |
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Language |
English with
Chinese
translator |
Number of
trainees |
30--50 |
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Abstract or brief
introduction of the workshop
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Experiential Focusing
(as developed by Eugene T. Gendlin,Ph.D.) is
a way of being with our experience that
directly connects us to the Felt Sense ¨C a
bodily sense of the ¡®whole of something¡¯ (a
problem, an experience, a direction, a
wondering) that is already mind/body/spirit
together. This sense is directly felt but
there are no words yet. By paying attention
to this ¡®something¡¯ felt in the body new
information emerges that gives steps of
change in the direction of greater
aliveness. These steps of change include
greater self-care and healing steps (Body),
newly formed expressions of unique personal
development (Mind), and a bodily felt
opening into the edge that is the ¡®more¡¯,
the ¡®larger consciousness¡¯, the energy of
all life (Spirit). This Change Process is
the result of having direct access to all
dimensions of our humanity.
Focusing makes any method of psychotherapy
work better and can be integrated into the
way you are already working. Interacting
with this bodily felt level opens up each
method¡¯s potential.
This workshop will introduce you to the
Focusing Process through experiential
exercises. We will work in small groups to
learn both how to engage in the focusing
process for yourselves and how to accompany
another person. You will learn how to
identify process markers of experiential
focusing and experience how steps of change
are generated from the body. You will
understand the importance of The Focusing
Attitude and how focusing is applied to
spiritual meaning and physical healing.
Examples of how to integrate this process
into other psychotherapy methods will be
provided..
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CV of the trainer |
| Doralee Grindler
Katonah, Psy.D., M.Div. is Adjunct and past
Associate Faculty at Argosy University
Chicago, The American School of Professional
Psychology. She has taught Focusing-Oriented
Psychotherapy in a graduate setting for 13
years and Focusing as a self-help process
for 30 years. She served as psychologist and
faculty for The Center for Complementary
Medicine (Park Ridge, Il.) where she
integrated a Focusing approach to mind/body
healing. She has conducted research in the
field of mind/body medicine applying
Focusing to recovery from cancer. Doralee is
also a practitioner of Zen Buddhism and has
published articles on Focusing-Oriented
Psychotherapy and its ability to integrate
mind/body/spirit for integrated growth. |
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