Emerging Practice in Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: Innovative Theory and Applications

Emerging Practice in Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy brings together some of the world's most influential contemporary psychotherapists in the field to look at the future of Focusing-oriented approaches. Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy - a form of therapy that involves listening to the innate wisdom of the body - is a dynamic and growing field that has evolved greatly since Eugene Gendlin first introduced this approach to the world in 1996. This book explores recent innovations such as Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy as a response to trauma, Wholebody Focusing, and how Focusing has been adapted in Japan and South Korea. One section looks at specific contemporary issues and emerging practical applications of Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, such as how Focusing can be used in wellbeing counselling and to help decision making processes in counselling and therapy. By offering new alternatives to working effectively with difficult issues and specific client groups, this volume will appeal to a broad range of therapists, coaches, and other practitioners. Jessica Kingsley Publishers also publishes a companion volume, Theory and Practice of Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: Beyond the Talking Cure, edited by Greg Madison [9781849053242].

Greg Madison, AFBPsS is a registered psychotherapist, chartered counselling psychologist and a registered coach and mediator. He has lectured worldwide on topics including Focusing Therapy, Advanced Psychotherapy Practice, Self-Coaching for Business, Team Conflict Resolution, and contemporary experiences such as Cross-Cultural Relocation and Migration. He has served on the faculties of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology trainings in London (currently City University), New York, Lisbon, and Edmonton. Greg is a member of the Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors and the Register of Coaching Psychologists. He currently divides his time between his life and work in Brighton and London, UK and his retreat in Andalucia, Spain.