Every 2 weeks there is a new episode of The Living Process, uploaded to London Focusing. Or search Youtube @gregmadisontherapy Or any of your favourite podcast platorms Latest episode:
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.…
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.
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…
Awards for Eugene Gendlin's work on Focusing. On Sunday, June 6, 2021, a Lifetime Achievement Award was presented at a special Awards Ceremony. hosted by the Society for Humanistic Psychology, a division of the American Psychology Association. At the beginning of his career, in 1970, Gene was the first recipient of the "Distinguished Professional Award in Psychology and Psychotherapy" from the APA's Division of Psychotherapy (Division 29). Receiving this award now puts a meaningful cap on the recognition…
This is a second unscripted conversation between myself and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli "What Really Matters (in corona times)". Ernesto Spinelli and Greg Madison, both existential psychologists living in the UK, discuss their experiences of living and working for the past year under lockdown and then now as restrictions ease and 'normality' can return. The video explores some of the deeper significance of daily life events, the opportunity for some uncomfortable existential insights, and a few ideas…
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…
Hello All. I'd like to offer another very basic and gentle tuning into self. Feel free to pause the video at any point. (click on the YouTube link below) The intention is for us, especially people in self-isolation alone, but anyone else too, to invite a deeper connection with themselves, fill in some of the relating that many are missing. The intention is to be able to tell ourselves the truth of what we are experiencing…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Ds2f2Q1ck&t=6s I have been thinking especially of those of us who are living alone and now isolated on our own. I wanted to offer a series of very simple Focusing practices for us to keep ourselves company and 'fill in' some of the relationships that we may now be missing. Of course, it's applicable for anyone else too. We are all experiencing this uncanny period in human history. Being a psychotherapist or psychologist does not make…