Eugene Gendlin's contribution to the theory of language is the focus of this collection of essays edited by David Michael Levin. This compilation of critical studies--each followed by a comment from Gendlin himself--investigates how concepts grow out of experience, and explores relations between Gendlin's philosophy of language and experience and the philosophies of Wittgenstein, Dilthey, and Heidegger.

Eugene Gendlin's contribution to the theory of language is the focus of this collection of essays edited by David Michael Levin. This compilation of critical studies--each followed by a comment from Gendlin himself--investigates how concepts grow out of experience, and explores relations between Gendlin's philosophy of language and experience and the philosophies of Wittgenstein, Dilthey, and Heidegger.

Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: The Experiential Method addresses specific ways in which a therapist can engender the therapeutic process, especially with clients with whom nothing effective is happening. Working with transcripts of actual sessions, the author examines each client statement to show where therapeutic movement has taken place and then each therapist response to show how it did or did not help bring about a kind of direct bodily experiencing called "focusing." What the author shows can be used in any orientation of therapy. Individual chapters address bodily energy, action,...

Mit Hilfe von Focusing, einer Form nach innen gerichteter Aufmerksamkeit, knnen die Selbstheilungskrfte des Krpers mobilisiert werden. Focusing ist in jede Therapieform integrierbar, gestaltet jede Therapie effektiver.

Die Weisheit der Träume erleben

Wie Träume sich mit Hilfe der Focusing-Technik erschließen, stellt der Autor Schritt für Schritt an Beispielen dar. Darüber hinaus zeigt er theoretisch wie praktisch, wie sich schon bestehende Traumtheorien mit einer neuen und überraschenden Sicht auf das Träumen verbinden lassen.