Focusing: How to Gain Direct Access to Your Body's Knowledge (GENDLIN, E. T.)

Focusing is a powerful technique. In Gendlin's view (now underpinned by experiential research) our unresolved problems actually exist in our physical body. By 'Focusing' on them, we can identify and change them - and we know if we are doing it correctly because each of the six steps is marked by a release of tension.

Continuously in print for 25 years and translated into a dozen languages, this remarkable classic shows how we can find the entry point to this embodied knowledge, how we can stay long enough to interact with it, and the many different things we can do when we reach such a profound level.

'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, author of A Path With Heart

'The focusing skill...can be learned by anyone in or out of therapy' - Washington Post

'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...' - Harville Hendrix, author of Getting The Love You Want