Existential Archives - Dr Greg Madison, PhD

May I Exist - First Experiential-Existential Study Day University of Leuven, Belgium. April 24, 2926. Episode 53 May I Exist?: • 'May I Exist?' Experiential-Existential Th... TLP YouTube video channel: • The Living Process. Practices in Experienc... The Living Process is available on Youtube and all podcast platforms. #Bodytherapy #Experientialpractice #Awareness #Somaticwork #authenticity #bodymind #focusingorientedtherapy #presence #trauma #existentialism #experiential #Gendlin #focusing #thelivingprocess #person-centred #somatichealing #psychotherapy #leuven #siebrechtvanhooren #experiential-existentialtherapy

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21 August 2026

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Experiential Dreamwork with Dr Leslie Ellis. E07 of The Living Process

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…

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1 January 2024

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Experiential Philosophy

The fifth episode of The Living Process is now available. This episode features Dr Donata Schoeller as my guest. It is a shorter episode because we decided to follow it up with further episodes where we will concentrate on specific areas, especially for outreach to people who are not already very familiar with Focusing, Focusing Oriented Therapy, or Eugene Gendlin’s philosophy. Please read below... Dr Donata Schoeller is a philosopher who teaches internationally at various universities and…

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8 December 2023

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The Living Process E02 with Dr Ken Bradford

Dear Focusing Friends The second episode of The Living Process is now available. I talk with Dr Ken Bradford. The conversation was instigated by Ken letting me know that he had a series of correspondence with Gene Gendlin back in the early 1980s and he was able to find and share some of those letters with me prior to us talking. The conversation is on my YouTube site (@gregmadisontherapy) and on the FOT YouTube Channel (@FocusingOrientedTherapies).…

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6 November 2023

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Therapy Dialogues with Lynn Preston and Greg Madison. Youtube.

This is the first part of Greg Madison and Lynn Preston's Dialogue Series "Talking About Therapy." To watch the rest of the dialogues, please view this playlist: • Greg Madison & Ly... Greg Madison and Lynn Preston, long-time Focusing-Oriented Therapists, discuss what drew them to Gendlin’s work and how they integrate Focusing and their other home base approaches, Existential Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis. https://youtu.be/TxQHUPaZ7VI

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12 May 2023

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New 2-year Focusing oriented therapy training online and in-person in London

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

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12 May 2023

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Creating a better relationship with yourself. Guest on Marcus Kain podcast.

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…

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17 February 2022

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How our beliefs about ourselves influence our personalities

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…

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20 January 2022

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New Research and Awards for Focusing

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…

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31 July 2021

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An existential take on living through the pandemic

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…

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1 May 2021

Read more about the article Living through the pandemic, alone….

CBC News stories of people self-isolating during the Corona virus pandemic.

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Living through the pandemic, alone….

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

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24 May 2020

Read more about the article “In Corona Times”

A conversation of existential themes of our current pandemic situation.

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“In Corona Times”

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…

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6 April 2020