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The Power of Focusing: A Practical Guide to Emotional Self-Healing Paperback – May 1, 1996

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Focusing is a gentle yet powerful skill that lets you tap into your body's wisdom and make positive changes in your life. The Power of Focusing shows readers how they can train themselves to learn this vital technique of self-exploration and self-discovery.

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“The Power of Focusing clarifies an essential human skill many of us have forgotten and takes it a quantum leap farther along its evolutionary path. Here are germinal teachings and deep human wisdom expressed in a way that can improve anyone’s emotions, well-being, and life.”
—Dan Millman, author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior and The Laws of Spirit

“Ann Weiser Cornell approaches Focusing with moment-by-moment sensitivity and years of depth. This is one of the most powerful therapeutic techniques of which I am aware an may even be said to be the basis of all good therapy.”
—Jeffrey Mishlove, author of Roots of Consciousness and host of television’s Thinking Allowed

“Most people make life’s important decisions by using their intellect. They think and become logical. Thus their path in life becomes path-o-logical. As a physician, I know how important our feelings are. We store a lifetime of feelings in our bodies. If not felt and responded to, they lead to disease—once again, a state of pathology. Learn to focus, and let the wisdom of your body teach you what it feels like to be happy. The wisdom of this book can help you heal the pathology. This book is an excellent resource for healing your life and body while guiding you to your life’s true path.”
—Bernie Siegel, M.D.,author of Love, Medicine and Miracles; Peace, Love, and Healing; and How to Live Between Office Visits

“I have included Ann Weiser Cornell’s Focusing work in Intuitive Training classes with excellent results. I see the Focusing technique as an invaluable tool for students of the inner life, particularly psychic-intuitive training.”—Helen Palmer, author of The Enneagram

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Ann Weiser Cornell learned Focusing from Eugene Gendlin, who first discovered the technique. She has gone on to achieve an international reputation as one of the field’s leading innovator and theoreticians. She taught at Gendlin’s Focusing Institute in Chicago, developed the first workshops for Focusing guides, and now regularly teaches popular workshops throughout North America, Europe, and the Far East. Ann is editor and publisher of The Focusing Connection newsletter and has served as president of the Association of Humanistic Psychology. Ann currently makes her home in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she offers classes and workshops through her organization, Focusing Resources.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Harbinger Publications; First Edition (May 1, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 157224044X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1572240445
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 0.5 x 9.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #174,354 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #214 in Popular Psychology Psychotherapy
- #3,341 in Personal Transformation Self-Help

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Ann Weiser Cornell was getting her PhD in Linguistics at the University of Chicago when she met and studied with Eugene Gendlin, the originator of Focusing, in 1972. Learning Focusing with him has led to a lifelong process of discovery and personal development.

In 1980, Eugene Gendlin invited Ann to assist with his Focusing workshops. This started her on a path to become a Focusing teacher, and in 1990, Ann became the first person to support herself full-time as a Focusing teacher.

Today, Ann is internationally recognized as one of the leading innovators and theoreticians of Focusing. She has taught Focusing in eighteen countries, and her Focusing books and manuals have been translated into seven other languages.

She's well-known in the Focusing world for her attention to the language that facilitates Focusing, her popular manuals, and her co-creation with Barbara McGavin of Treasure Maps to the Soul, a body of work applying Focusing to difficult areas such as addiction, depression, action blocks, self-criticism, and unfulfilled desire.

Ann currently lives in Berkeley, California.

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David Orth

Best way to learn Focusing

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023

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I am a longtime Focuser. Gendlin's original 6 step instructions (Focusing 1978) work well. I used them for decades. But this book by Cornell, was written by compiling many years of experience in teaching it to many types of folk and her discussions with other experienced Focusing teachers. It presents the process more organically and more simply.

Gendlin's book, Focusing, is still important and presents the process with a little more background and more explanation in terms of its relationship to other ways of knowing the world.

What neither book does however, is place Focusing in its broader relationship to Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy. While Gendlin's later book, A Process Model, does some of this, I am still looking for a clearer discussion of how Gendlin's unique work is founded on the holistic, process philosophy of Whitehead - especially Whitehead's brilliant phenomenology of "concresence." While the felt sense and felt shift are applicable to just about every human project, it would be helpful if someone would write the book that makes these connections. As it stands now, you can discover those connections by delving deep into Gendlin's other essays and Whitehead's own exceedingly dense philosophical system. Felt sense knowing is so much broader in application than just within psychology.

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Tamera L.

The best focusing manual

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2023

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Ann Weiser Cornell's focusing manual is the best focusing instruction out there!

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Barbara S.

if feelings are hard to deal with, this may help you.

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2018

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this is a rare book that you can actually get some healing just from reading it. the title says it all. ann weiser cornell writes in a style that helps you pay attention inside yourself as you are reading it and feel what she is talking about, if you pay close enough attention to yourself as you read it. it is not like most other self help books where you go to the end of the chapter and do some exercises which i personally don't like to do. it takes too much time. this book is very effective. just by reading it you experience what she is describing. for me, focusing is an easy and very effective technique to learn to understand your self and your feelings better. it is a very easy to read, practical. and very short length book. i think you will enjoy it and get great value from it. i know i did. i have had a lot of trauma from childhood that has really made it difficult for me to access feelings and this is one of the best techniques i have found.

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David L Stark

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2018

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my life is now complete

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David M. Bell

Excellent and Pointed

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2010

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I looked into Focusing at one point in time. It looked promising, but difficult, and too good to be true. I picked up Gendlin's book and was unimpressed. I was turned off by these absurd assumptions he made. Such as how Focusing will soon make psychotherapy obsolete. And how it was sold too much as a self-help technique, and brief therapy. And what I saw as an overly high focus on grand experiences and releases. It seemed like that same fallacy I see when some thinker finds something new, and suddenly takes it too far, as if they have THE answer.
I have to say that this book has none of the above flaws or dumb assumptions. This author seems to have thought long and hard about teaching Focusing effectively. It is a short self-help book. But the author emphasizes how Focusing can be used in conjunction with therapy, or other life events that require looking into oneself. It is accessible without being cheezy or shallow. The tips and descriptions help very much to clarify the subtle process of Focusing.
Many practices talk themselves up as if it all you need, such as this or that meditative path, or this or that therapy. Focusing is very flexible and can be used with the contemplative and psychological methods of inner change, very effectively.
This book is highly recommended. Forget Gendlin's book.

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well-presented and needs to be used as a class resource

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2016

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I find this to be an excellent introduction to Inner Relationship Focusing (which is a branch off of the work of Eugene Gendlin known as "Focusing".) That said, I believe you can't learn IRF or Focusing from any book. It should be used in conjunction with taking a class. Focusing is a very deep and powerful way of getting in touch with yourself. Fairly easy but just takes time. Incredibly sensitive and respectful. I've been doing it for 5 years now and it has markedly changed my ability to understand myself and make choices that better meed my true needs. The author of this book, Ann Weiser Cornell, offers classes over the telephone as well as other useful tips.

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Joseph B Dubowski

Useful and practical guide to focused mindfulness

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2013

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Ms. Cornell describes the "Focusing" techniques discovered by Eugene Gendlin in language that is simple to understand for a broad audience, both those trained in the mental health and healing professions and those who are not. Readers are introduced to the topic in a logical and practical way, and can gain confidence in their understanding and practice as they learn to trust their own senses and gain new and better acceptance of what their inner senses are trying to communicate. Therapists can also learn from the book how to apply the suggestions to the needs of individual clients, making it a tool for the professional who wants to incorporate Focusing techniques into their treatment plans.

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Just ok

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2013

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I wasn't thrilled with this book. It's a bit too far-fetched for me, but if you are into psycobabble, you might like it.

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J. L. Threadgold

The Power of focusing, a woundeful book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2008

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I am a psychotherapist, and also a focusing teacher, and this book is the clearest and most easy to understand book on the subject that I have come across. Ann Weiser Cornell, is an expert communicator, and conveys with wonderful clarity, what focusing is, how to focus, and how focusing can help with a whole range of life issues. Focusing as a skill represents the best way of achieving healing of our hurting feelings, as well an interpreting dreams and making decisions

When teaching focusing I always recommend this book,for students to read. I also recomend my psychotherapy clients to read it and access the profound wisdom in these pages. Buy - read - and heal, and maybe supplement it by going on a Focusing course as well !

I also use focusing for my own self development, and have also successfully taught focusing to my counselling clients.

Read this book if you want to discover who you really are, how you really feel,make better decisions,interpret dreams, or simply become more grounded as a person. This book is a masterpeace,and well worth buying and using !

John T

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KM

Clear writing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2022

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Book was in very good condition. Arrived punctually. Helpful, practical book

A Pinsky

Excellent intro to Focusing

Reviewed in Japan on July 6, 2019

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This book was recommended to me as a good introduction to the practice of Focusing. The cover design put me off as it seemed quite dated but it well worth the purchase. he structure and content are excellent. Chapters are easy to read and set out to help prepare you also before you start the practice. The tone is balanced and pragmatic.
For anyone interested in wanting to reconnect or relearn how to connect with emotions and feelings as part of wider self development or coaching, I'd recommend it as an easy to digest introduction.

sarah

Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2020

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Easy to read, great to increase my understanding of focusing.

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Lnw

Excellent read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 4, 2014

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I recommend this to anyone who is interested in body work or their own inner physical voice. Written in clear understandable language with step by step instructions and examples. Teaches us how to tune into our own physical tensions, aches and pains and learn what our body is trying to tell us that we would not otherwise hear

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