May 8 2007 – #110
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"is that the felt sense?"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Someone wrote: "I have been focusing on myown for over 12 months. I have read the bookonly. Is…
May 1 2007 – #109
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"What if I want to kill this person?"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Manju writes: "I was talking about listeningto our feelings, and someone asked me…’what if i…
April 24 2007 – #108
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Does Being With an Experience Naturally Bring Change?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Becky writes: In "Focusing-OrientedPsychotherapy," Gendlin says that repetitive,unchanging feelings, or "dead-end" feelings,"arise and remain unchanged…
April 17 2007 – #107
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sharing Focusing with People in My Daily Life~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Nina Joy writes: "My burning question aboutFocusing right now has to do with sharing itwith…
April 10 2007 – #106
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Spiritual Path of Focusing~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Nelle writes: "I am wondering if you feelcomfortable speaking to the spiritual path ofFocusing. You indicated that you…
April 3 2007 – #105
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Relational Differences Between Focusing Partner and Therapist~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Laura asks, "Would you describe thedifferences in the psychotherapeuticrelationship and the relationship between thefocuser and companion."Dear…
March 27 2007 – #104
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"How can Focusing be used to transform our relationships?"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Charles asks, "How can Focusing be used totransform our relationships–making themcloser, more intimate, creative,satisfactory?"Dear…
March 20 2007 – #103
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Using Focusing with Bodywork Clients~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kate writes: "I’m a bodyworker (massage andreflexology) and would be interested to hearyour suggestions of using Focusing techniqueswith…
March 13 2007 – #102
Using Focusing with Depression Fran writes: "I would like you to write about how to use Focusing with depression. I amgoing through…
March 6 2007 – #101
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"A pervasive and general unease"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Colin writes: "We’re all familiar with themore obvious recruits for Focusing – those invariably waiting for us each…
