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“Reflective listening” without necessarily “empathic understanding”

I shared some listening practice sessions with a therapist trained in the orthodox perso…

Gendlin's View on “Gut Feelings”

Gendlin, the founder of Focusing, emphasizes the senses felt in the body. If so, does he…

Very old (“primitive”) sequences in dreams and with hypnosis

In his various writings, Eugene Gendlin discusses the differences between “dreaming/hyp…

Two videos temporarily available from last year’s Gendlin Symposium

The following article appeared on the website of the International Focusing Institute on…

Collection of Links: Dilthey and Gendlin

I have written five blog posts about how Dilthey influenced Gendlin. Therefore, I have c…

Focusing differs from hypnosis

“Look at my fingertips. Yes, yes, yes. And your eyelids are getting heavier and heavier…

Emotion and felt sense

Gendlin’s distinction between emotion and felt sense (direct referent) became increasingly important. I will first review the history of his distinction between these two types of feelings. Next, I will examine how what is discussed in “A P

Revisiting the International Focusing Conference site in Japan

The 2009 International Focusing Conference was held here at the Awaji Yumebutai Internat…

What does “direct” in “direct reference” mean? Determine the difference betw…

This article uses examples of conversations in Focusing sessions to clarify what the ear…

Anger and Felt Sense

In August 2023, the annual conference of the Japan Focusing Association was held in Fuku…

Comparing Felt Sense to Cotton Candy

People who are learning Focusing often ask me, "Is 'felt sense' the same as 'experiencin…

Focusing-oriented listening and “positive regard”

Is Focusing on one of the evolved forms of client-centered therapy (person-centered appr…

My webinar: Introduction to "Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning" for Focus…

I am pleased to announce a webinar entitled "Introduction to 'Experiencing and the Creat…

Anthology: Dilthey as a Precursor of Gendlin

I often quoted from the German Dilthey Collected Works, Volume 7, in my paper “A bibliographic survey about E. T. Gendlin’s early theory of experiencing: influences on his psychotherapeutic studies from W. Dilthey’s philosophy” (Tanaka, 200