Direct Engagement with the Cleared Space in Psychotherapy / Direkte Verbindung mit dem Cleared Space in der Psychotherapie / Compromiso directo con el espacio despejado en psicoterapia / S'ouvrir à un processus en prise directe avec l'étape “dégager un espace” dans la psychothérapie / Compromisso directo com o<i>espaço limpo</i>em psicoterapia /

Katonah, Doralee Grindler

doi:10.1080/14779757.2010.9688515

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“…Its practice helps the development of the ability to pause and find the optimal distance from problems without disengaging from them, as well as the bodily experience of what is personally "right," or adaptive. The clearing a space process helps in experiencing a safe, clearer, resting place within, and restores the client's trust in his or her body and process (Katonah, 2010(Katonah, ,2012Klagsburn, 2008;Rappaport, 2006). The ability to pause, however simple, is needed in re-establishing personal regulation and choice, which leads to the sense of empowerment.…”

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Restoring the Wholeness of Being: Working With Trauma From the Focusing-Oriented Experiential Therapy Perspective

Dearly¹

2019

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia

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From the focusing-oriented experiential therapy (FOT) point of view, trauma involves emotionally overwhelming experiences with a severe or complete stoppage of the life-forward process and consequent multiple disturbances in functioning. FOT has a unique, safe way of dealing with trauma; approaching it through a felt sense, thereby preventing re-traumatisation by not confronting trauma directly. The critical therapeutic element is that change-steps arise from the felt sense through many incremental, bodily felt shifts. This paper synthesises the authors knowledge of FOT and extensive experience in working with clients presenting with different forms of trauma. The four main phases of FOT’s distinct approach to working with traumatic experiences are discussed. A detailed case study highlights the depth and richness of working with trauma by using the FOT method.

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Section: (B) Regaining the Holding Groundmentioning

confidence: 99%

Restoring the Wholeness of Being: Working With Trauma From the Focusing-Oriented Experiential Therapy Perspective

Dearly¹

2019

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia

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“…The meetings began with a guided exercise to attune to the Felt Sense level of experience before we engaged each other's memoirs. We brought our attention to our individual bodies and invited a Felt Sense to form by CAS (Katonah, 2010). After CAS, a researcher would share a personal memoir of a transformational Focusing experience.…”

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“…According to Grindler Katonah (2010), Clearing a Space (CAS), the first step of Focusing, leads to transformation. In practicing CAS, problems are placed at a distance and a bodily Felt Sense of “space” opens up, which changes one’s relationship to particular problems (Klagsbrun, et al 2010).…”

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“…In practicing CAS, problems are placed at a distance and a bodily Felt Sense of “space” opens up, which changes one’s relationship to particular problems (Klagsbrun, et al 2010). Staying with the cleared space for further steps of living “shifts one’s relationship to particular issues towards a greater unification of the person and alignment with higher values and purpose” (Katonah, 2010, p. 157). Through her research findings, Grindler Katonah (2010, 2012) identifies characteristics of experiential outcomes, all of which are directly felt in the body and include a direct experience of one’s essence, an awakening to the significance of one’s life, and a changed perspective on life’s situations.…”

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Transformational Focusing Experiences: A Thematic Analysis of Memoirs

Katonah

Grafanaki

Krycka

et al. 2018

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

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Transformation is a profound change process culminating in a fundamental shift in one’s sense of self and way of being-in-the-world. Research on transformation is limited, particularly transformation as a holistic, bodily felt process. A process called Focusing was identified by Gendlin (1981), who formulated how the body participates in personal change and meaning creation. The aim of our study was to explore the characteristics and qualities of transformation by examining 19 published memoirs of people who had gone through a transformational experience via Focusing. Two questions guided the inquiry: What kind of inner environment is necessary for transformation? What are the characteristics and qualities of transformative experiences that unfold through a Focusing-oriented process to weave together a “new kind of person?” Researchers conducted a thematic analysis of the memoirs through a new qualitative method called Felt Sense Inquiry. Results revealed five themes: expanded bodily self, attuned attention, novelty, interactive exchange, and elastic time. Results suggest a way of experiencing that does not divide, but rather connects the person to a unified felt process that unfolds on its own. Future research comparing Focusing with other practices that seem to promote transformation may reveal “common factors” of transformation.

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Impermanence focus: for more detailed mechanism of clearing a space

Takasawa

2020

Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies

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Restoring the Wholeness of Being: Working With Trauma From the Focusing-Oriented Experiential Therapy Perspective

Restoring the Wholeness of Being: Working With Trauma From the Focusing-Oriented Experiential Therapy Perspective

Transformational Focusing Experiences: A Thematic Analysis of Memoirs

Impermanence focus: for more detailed mechanism of clearing a space

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