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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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New training for psychotherapists and other professionals starts in London

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.      

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9 October 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
Read more about the article Third World Conference in Existential Psychotherapy, Athens May 2023
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Third World Conference in Existential Psychotherapy, Athens May 2023

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).  

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12 May 2023
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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 Audience with Greg Madison, Brighton University

Greg presented the inaugural 'An Audience with...' event for Brighton University School of Applied Social Sciences February 8th. After a brief introduction, the audience was guided through a Focusing experience in order to be able to assess the points Greg wanted to make by reference to their own experience. Greg addressed issues such as: what is the body, the celebration of not-knowing, process and metaphors in understanding and in therapy, personal presence or professional presence as…

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22 February 2020