What is Focusing, how does it work? Focusing
is a body-oriented process of self-awareness
and emotional healing. It is a learned skill, not
a therapeutic technique, although many therapists
incorporate Focusing in their work. 

We have all heard that it is good to be in touch with
yourself. Focusing teaches you how. 

What else can Focusing help you accomplish in your life? 

Focusing can lead you to:
       * Having better relationships
       * Managing stress
       * Personal growth
       * Making better decisions
       * Ridding yourself of addictions
       * Unleashing your creativity
       * Promoting health and wellness
       * Coping with illness
       * Managing anger, grief and anxiety
       * Turning off your inner tape recorder
       * Enhancing your immune system
       * Getting your therapy going
       * Or doing inner work without therapy
       * Becoming a better listener
       * Balancing work/life
       * Coping with aging
       * Taking charge of YOUR Life

Learning Focusing is pretty much like learning
a musical instrument: First, you need to learn
the technique and then it’s time to practice.
The more you practice, the better it will work
for you. Once learned you can use it all your
life long, for every situation.
 
You can do Focusing alone; but many people
find that it works better with a partner, and
sometimes you would like an experienced
person guiding you in a private session.
 
The story behind Focusing: In the 1960s,
Gene Gendlin, University of Chicago, came
to realize that some people are successful
in therapy while others aren't. 

Already in the first session the result could be 
predicted. The people ultimately successful, 
would – despite their normal fluent language – 
grasp for expressions, would then name and 
correct them. Gendlin named this process 
of making contact with these vague feelings 
or sensations in our body and bringing them 
into focus “Focusing”. His findings have been 
supported by research. 

Today, Focusing is taught in many countries 
all over the world.
 
Gene Gendlin:
“Focusing works best in conjunction with
something else that is going on in our lives,
another discipline, another art form, or other
forms of human experience and expression.”

    Heidi Gaissert
studied Focusing and client-centered psycho-
therapy with Dr. Rainer Eggebrecht at the Institut fuer Gespraechstherapie und Focusing (IGF)
in Germany, continued her studies in California
and New York with Ann Weiser Cornell, and
is a Focusing Trainer, certified by the
International Focusing Institute, New York, N.Y.

Heidi lives in San Jose, California, and teaches
Focusing in workshops, holds seminars for
corporations, guides private sessions in person
or on the phone, and enjoys public speaking.

To schedule an appointment, sign up for a
workshop, or obtain more information,
please contact:

Heidi Gaissert
Phone: (408) 559-0425
email   mgaissert3 at gmail  com