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Leslie Ellis, PhD, RCC, is a registered clinical counsellor, teacher and author who lives and works along the west coast of Canada, in beautiful British Columbia. Leslie has in-depth, specialized training in focusing-oriented therapy, and dreamwork as a treatment of trauma. Dr. Leslie Ellis is the author of A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy (Routledge, 2019) and offers many training opportunities in embodied, experiential dreamwork based on her book. Her dissertation on using focusing-oriented therapy to…
Welcome to Episode 06 of The Living Process. Greg's guess is Yehudit First, a qualified Body Psychotherapist and Group Facilitator as well as a Focusing Oriented Therapist and a Focusing Coordinator from Israel. Yehudit is experienced as a therapist for individuals and couples, as well as a popular teacher and trainer of Focusing and FOT. She is well-known for her development of the Focusing space into explicit interpersonal interaction in the form of Social Oriented Focusing…
The Living Process episode 03 with Lynn Preston. Lynn Preston, MA, MS, LP, is a focusing-oriented relational psychoanalyst, teacher and supervisor. She is a graduate of the PPSC Advanced Self Psychology program, a faculty member of the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP) and the founding Director of the Experiential Psychotherapy Project (EPP). Lynn has written and presented internationally on the integration of focusing and relational psychoanalysis. She also has an abiding interest in experiential teaching and integrative processes.…
The Living Process is a new series of conversations about Focusing with Dr Greg Madison as host. These conversations will feature people from the Focusing world and eventually also those beyond our community who might have something to say about the practice of Focusing, Focusing-Oriented Therapy, and Gendlins' philosophy. New episodes will hopefully appear every 2-3 weeks so if you subscribe and click notifications you'll know when a new conversation is up. You can subscribe on…
Our London Focusing team hosts our new 2-year training in Focusing, Listening, and Focusing Oriented Therapy practices. A great diverse group of 30 people shared the weekend learning and experiencing together, starting from the basics and the profound practices of human presence and the unfolding bodily process .... Next weekend online in December. Great experience being with these engaged psychotherapists and other professionals.
London Focusing is planning its next Focusing and Focusing-oriented therapy certification training in the autumn of 2023. The training will be a mix of online and in-person events, culminating in The International Focusing Institute award of Certification as a Focusing therapist or Focusing professional. The training is highly experiential and requires an investment in the practitioner's own self-development and personal growth. More information at londonfocusing@gmail.com or www.londonfocusing.com https://youtu.be/E0YGKIs8dzk
I was pleased to present a session on 'thinking from the body', as well as participate on a panel on 'Embodiment' in existential therapy during this large international conference. It was wonderful to meet so many former students and colleagues from around the world. (Here is a photo with two esteemed colleagues, Dr Yaqui Martinez Robles (Existential Circle Training Centre, Mexico City) and Professor Ernesto Spinelli (London UK).
Apple podcast: What happens when discipline backfires? What happens when we drive ourselves into burnout, eating disorders, and struggles with mental health? When people used to talk with me about developing a better relationship with myself, and better relationship with food, I rejected those ideas because I was scared to lose my discipline which at the time I thought was my greatest asset. I believed my ability to force myself through challenges was the best thing…
Our Mental Self-Portraits contain clues about our Personalities If I ask you to picture your face and body in your mind, what do you see? And how do your beliefs and attitudes about your self — including your personality and your self-esteem — influence these mental self-images? Completely fascinating answers to these questions have now been reported in a new paper in Psychological Science. The findings are important not just for understanding how we all see…
This is a collection of brief accounts of what it is like to be isolating alone during the Coronavirus pandemic (CBC News). Living through a pandemic, alone: Thousands of people are living through the COVID-19 global pandemic while living alone. https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/living-through-a-pandemic-alone?fbclid=IwAR0HpOrwjkXDAUik8nxpRqKoepdgXJWVI8cERPcQfnltb1qexQhPV3HxQEILi
Spinelli & Madison. In Corona Times (An Existential Take) Ernesto Spinelli and Greg Madison, both existential psychologists living in the UK, discuss their experiences of living and working in 'corona times'. The video explores some of the deeper significance of daily life events, some existential themes that seem to be emerging because of the 'lock down' of society, and a few ideas about practicing as a therapist in the current context as well as a few…