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Getting Unstuck: An Introduction to FocusingDiscover a powerful technique that helps clients bypass intellectualization, modulate overwhelming emotions, experience their bodies, and get in touch with their inner wellsprings of change. Focusing, a process developed by psychologist Eugene Gendlin, is a powerful and effective way to bypass intellectualization, deal with otherwise overwhelming emotion, and go directly to the source of change. In this experiential course, you will learn tools for helping clients who report being stuck, out of touch with their bodily experience, and in the grip of repetitive patterns of thinking and feeling. We will explore concrete methods for helping people move into a position of being the compassionate witness to their own inner experience, without shame or self-criticism. You will come away with a deeper appreciation of how to create safety in your work with clients and enhance the level of presence in your therapeutic work.Meet The InstructorAnn Weiser Cornell is an internationally known teacher of Focusing, and the author of the best-selling The Power of Focusing. Her latest book is The Radical Acceptance of Everything: Living a Focusing Life.ContentsSession 1: Introduction to the Focusing process, background and historySession 2: The concept of the “felt sense” • How a felt sense is different from body sensation or emotion • Why it is so importantSession 3: The concept of “Presence” • Why an inner compassionate witnessing state is a key to Focusing • How to help clients find itSession 4: The four stages of Focusing • How to facilitate themSession 5: The power of empathySession 6: Tough cases: Clients who find Focusing hard to do • How to help themOpen to PU and above