Panel 08 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 - Psychotherapy Research
Featuring Eugene Gendlin, Ph.D.; Lynn Hoffman, A.C.S.W.; Donald Meichenbaum, Ph.D.; and Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.
Moderated by W Michael Munion, MA.
Panel 10 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 - Philosophical Issues and Psychotherapy
Featuring Eugene Gendlin, Ph.D.; Thomas Szasz, M.D.; Paul Watzlawick, Ph.D.; and Irvin Yalom, M.D.
Moderated by Carol Kershaw, EdD.
Supervision Panel 3 from the Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 - Chess, Gendlin and Haley
Educational Objective:
To compare and contrast clinical and philosophical perspectives of experts.
This experiential workshop will begin with a guided silent meditation. Gendlin will work with volunteers from the audience to show how to find "Focusing." The physically felt body sense of a problem is at first unclear and gradually opens and becomes clear. There will be discussion and demonstrations to show how Focusing is used in the context of psychotherapy.
In this experiential workshop, volunteers will be asked to describe a dream in detail and then work on it with Dr. Gendlin. It is not necessary to tell everything; private space and silent meditation are essential. The use of Focusing will be demonstrated.
Eugene Gendlin (2000) demonstrates with two volunteers. The first is guided through feelings of tension in her shoulders and shakiness in her stomach. Gendlin conducts a second demonstration. The next volunteer presents the trauma of a hysterectomy due to cancer. Gendlin concludes with an explanation of his method.