Digital Seminar
The Focusing Method: Inviting Clients into their Embodied Experience
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- Faculty:
- Leslie Ellis, PhD, RCC
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 06 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Jun 18, 2025
- Product Code:
- POS150251
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
In this brief introduction to Focusing, you will learn how to invite clients to listen to their authentic, embodied sense of any situation. The process, developed by Eugene Gendlin, opens up new ways of experiencing life situations that naturally carries them forward. Dr. Leslie Ellis will guide you through an experience of the basic steps of Focusing. You will leave the session with a clear, embodied sense of this gentle yet powerful process. Clinical application and brief examples will illustrate ways to apply this in practice.
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Handouts
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Focusing Method (2.1 MB) | 16 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - The Focusing Method (184.3 KB) | 16 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Focusing Method - French (2.1 MB) | 16 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Focusing Method - Italian (2.1 MB) | 16 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Focusing Method - German (2.1 MB) | 16 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Focusing Method - Spanish (2.1 MB) | 16 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Faculty
Leslie Ellis, PhD, RCC Related seminars and products
Leslie Ellis, PhD, RCC, is a registered clinical counsellor, teacher and author who lives and works in beautiful Deep Cove, British Columbia. Leslie has in-depth, specialized training in Focusing-oriented therapy, and is expert in its use for treatment of trauma.
A specialist in somatic approaches to therapy, Leslie has studied somatic experiencing, the Hakomi method, and psoma yoga. She has developed a method of embodied, experiential dream work, which combines focusing with Jungian active imagination techniques.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Leslie Ellis maintains a private practice and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Leslie Ellis is a member of the US Association of Body Psychotherapy.
Additional Info
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Objectives
After attending this presentation, you will be able to:- Describe the origins of Focusing.
- Catalogue the steps of the Focusing process.
- Explain the nature of a felt sense in Focusing.
- Demonstrate the ability to guide a client to find and follow a felt sense.
Outline
- A brief history of focusing: the radical impact of Gendlin on psychotherapy
- The six steps of focusing explained
- Clinical applications: trauma, depression, nightmares and more
- Focusing session examples
- Risks and limitations of the Focusing method
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Physicians
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Nurses
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