Open to the Public
Imagine yourself developing an "emotional muscle" to deal with difficult situations that consist of fear, stress and frustration. Imagine yourself becoming your own best friend feeling safe and at home within yourself. By learning Focusing and making it part of your daily living, you dip into the implicit treasures of your body wisdom. Thus, you become a leader who chooses the right next step in challenging times.
Ordinarily you'd have to travel around the world to study with these six master Focusing teachers... but this week they're going to be all in one place, creating an opportunity for going in depth with Focusing and many of its special applications: to children, to aging, to thinking, to dreams, to psychotherapy, to spirituality, to personal growth, and much much more! New to Focusing? You're welcome too!
You'll be able to immerse yourself in the company of one teacher and sample all six... make it a time of intensive study or more like a holiday with lots of play and fun... and you'll be in a warm and connected community of Focusing people from all over the world. The Garrison Institute is a stately former monastery now used for meditation retreats. The food is fabulous, healthy and delicious... and there is WiFi in the lounges.
The Summer School is appropriate for anyone, at all levels of Focusing, from beginners to Focusing teachers, for both personal and professional development. Bring a friend! When you register at the same time as your friend, you both get a discount. If you're a beginner (or just feel like one!), there will be opportunities for extra training and support all through the week.
We'll have Gene Gendlin with us for just one day, so we won't schedule anything else when he's with us. The other five teachers will each offer one five-morning course so they can go in-depth... and will each offer the same topic in an afternoon session, so you don't have to miss anyone. The teachers will also offer other topics and special workshops in the afternoons and evenings. All the workshops will be experiential and will include some or all of the following: play, creativity, community-building, and interaction. And of course lots of Focusing!
If you are a psychotherapist, coach, or other healing professional, the Focusing Institute Summer School offers great benefits for you.
To register for this event, please visit the Focusing Institute website.
The Teachers:
Eugene Gendlin has been honored three times by the American Psychological Association for his development of Experiential Psychotherapy. He is internationally recognized as a major American philosopher and psychologist. His book, Focusing, has sold over 500,000 copies and is in seventeen languages. He's also a warm brilliant man who lights up a room with the quality of his listening.
Ann Weiser Cornell is the author of The Power of Focusing, and The Radical Acceptance of Everything. She has been teaching Focusing around the world since 1980, and has a special interest in making the Focusing process clear and accessible. Ann is well known in the Focusing world for her attention to facilitative language, her popular manuals, and her co-creation with Barbara McGavin of Treasure Maps to the Soul.
Nada Lou teaches Focusing, TAE and philosophy courses. She is also an artistic communicator who has created many Focusing-related DVDs. (Clips are accessible on YouTube.) After co-presenting TAE with Dr. Gendlin, she took her teaching around the world. She wrote Grassroots Introduction Manual to TAE as a tool for people who are interested in developing this practice. She also trains Focusing/TAE and Trainers who wish to become Coordinators.
Kevin McEvenue is internationally known for his development of Wholebody Focusing, bringing together the essential elements of the Alexander technique and the Focusing process with his own unique genius. He discovered that beneath our conditioned and unconscious patterns of being, thinking and moving, lies an inner wellspring of intelligence and vitality that knows how to unwind our stress and traumas and complete (move forward) our unfinished life situations.
Joan Klagsbrun is a beloved teacher who is known for her gentleness, warmth and clarity. As a psychologist and University teacher, she has practiced Focusing-oriented psychotherapy and taught Focusing internationally for over 30 years. She writes and teaches about the intersection of psychology, health and spirituality. Joan is passionate about teaching Focusing and enjoys teaching the public, psychotherapists, clergy, and health care practitioners. Her interest in positive psychology includes how Focusing can be used to enhance health, resilience, spirituality, and hopefulness - even in the midst of illness.
René Veugelers is a psychiatric nurse and art therapist who works with children and teenagers, specializing in non-verbal communication. As a Focusing Trainer and Coordinator for Children's Focusing he teaches parents, therapists, teachers and others how to be with children in a Focusing way. René lives in Holland and has taught internationally. He is an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher, who brings his experience, subtlety and joy to every training and workshop.
