The article offers a description of this new relational phenomenological method of Relational Wholebody Focusing Oriented Therapy. Multiple case studies offer diverse examples of its clinical application within the cultural context of Mainland China and Hong Kong.
Read moreTransforming Pain and Healing Physical Injury with Relational Wholebody Focusing: A Memoir
When I was thirty-three I suffered a debilitating spinal injury requiring eventual corrective surgery. Bed-ridden during those first three years of chronic pain, I lost everything meaningful in my life.
Read moreWorking With Incongruence in a Wholebody Focusing Oriented Approach to Psychotherapy: Towards a Mutuality of Shared Presence
The concept of congruence in psychotherapy and counseling refers to the process of achieving an organismic state of harmony between the body, mind and behavior of the client. Much time in the therapy session deals with psycho-behavioral markers of incongruence, or what gets in the way of the client expressing themselves in a genuine and spontaneous way which matches their present moment experiencing.
Read moreA Relational Wholebody Focusing Oriented Approach to Therapeutic Presence: Envisioning New Possibilities for the Therapist / Client Relationship
Person-centered and focusing oriented approaches to the therapeutic alliance emphasize therapist empathy and unconditional positive regard as crucial to the client’s healing process. However, therapists’ nervous systems may become burdened by empathy fatigue and “burnout” from listening to clients in this way (Stebnicki, 2007). Wholebody Focusing Oriented Therapy (WBFOT) offers an effective antidote to “- empathy fatigue -”.
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