Understanding Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy

Zack Boukydis Visiting Professor, Institute of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary; Visiting Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest and University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Árpád Kántor Psychologist, Focusing-Oriented Therapist, Director, Hungarian Association for Body Psychotherapy, www.habp.hu

Keywords: focusing-oriented psychotherapy, psychotherapy, psychotherapeutic practice, personality, felt experience, felt sense

Abstract

This paper outlines the fundamental understanding of Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy. Eugene Gendlin was the first to articulate the theory of experiencing, and the integration of focusing into psychotherapeutic practice. The basic methods of focusing-oriented psychotherapy are described and put into the interpersonal context of therapy. The paper includes a resource section so that the reader can read more about the theory, application and recent development of focusing-oriented psychotherapy.

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Author Biographies

Zack Boukydis, Visiting Professor, Institute of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary; Visiting Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest and University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Psychologist, Focusing-Oriented Therapist, Focusing Coordinator, Focusing Institute

Árpád Kántor, Psychologist, Focusing-Oriented Therapist, Director, Hungarian Association for Body Psychotherapy, www.habp.hu

Psychologist, Focusing-Oriented Therapist, Director,

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