FOCUSING by Eugene T. Gendlin.
A Bernard Geis Associates Book/New Revised Edition by Bantan Books, 1978, 1981
    INTRODUCTION by Marilyn Ferguson (pvii-xii)

    PART 1 --- UNLOCKING THE WISDOM OF YOUR BODY

      1) The inner act (p3-9)

      2) Change (p10-31)

      3) What the body knows (p32-40)

    PART 2 --- FOCUSING (p41-109)

      4) The focusing manual (p43-50)

      5) The six focusing movements and what they mean (p51-64)

        [1] Preparation (p51-52)

        [2] 1st Movement --- Clearing a space (p52-53)

        [3] 2nd Movement --- "felt sense" of the problem (p53-55)

        [4] 3rd Movement --- Finding a handle (p55-56)

        [5] 4th Movement --- Resonating handle and "felt sense" (p56-57)

        [6] 5th Movement --- Asking (p57-60)

        [7] 6th Movement --- Receiving (p60-61)

        [8] Do you want to go another round of focusing? (p61-64)

          The "six movements" listed:

            (1) Clearing a space

            (2) The "felt sense"

            (3) Finding a handle

            (4) Resonating

            (5) Asking

            (6) Receiving

      6) What focusing is NOT (p65-70)

        [1] Focusing is NOT a process of "talking at oneself" (p65-66)

        [2] Focusing is NOT an analytic process (p66-69)

        [3] Focusing is NOT a mere body sensation (p69)

        [4] Focusing is NOT just "getting in touch" with your "gut feelings" (p69-70)

      7) Clearing a space for yourself (p71-82)

        The "1st movement" of focusing is enormously important because if it can happen, the rest will probably happen too. In the 1st movement, you "clear a space" for your SELF to live in while the rest of the focusing process is going on!

        [1] Clearing a "cluttered room" (p72)

        [2] Finding the right distance from your problems (p72-73)

        [3] Permission to feel good (p73)

        [4] Not as a monument (p73)

        [5] Setting down the burden (p74)

        [6] The comforting list (p75)

        [7] Body trust (p75-78)

        [8] A vast space (p78-79)

        [9] The friendly hearing (p79-82)

      8) If you can't find a "felt sense" (p83-101)

      9) If you can't make anything shift (p102-109)

    PART 3 --- PEOPLE HELPING EACH OTHER (p111-144)

    PART 4 --- FOCUSING AND SOCIETY (p145-161)

    APPENDIX (p163-178)

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR (p179)

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