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We are delighted to offer these Resources for exploring Interactive Focusing. 

We look forward to adding more resources for future generations. These are slippery times! If you have any suggestions or requests for additions to this collection, please use our contact form to get in touch with us.

 

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Books by Dr. Janet Klein

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"Something is Happening Inside-Me!" 

Janet Klein Psy.D. Teacher's combined edition. Volume One: Grades 3-5 and Volume Two: Grades 1-2 The Inside-People Press, 1998 (Revised Feb.2000)

A manual for children and teachers. It has stories that can be read to children to help them focus and exercises and suggestions to teachers.

 

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Interactive Focusing Therapy

Interactive Focusing Therapy

by Janet Klein Psy.D. 126 pages which fully describes Interactive Focusing. Extremely helpful to those who want to learn and teach the process.

Using the power of Focusing within the context of relationship. A new way to experience psychotherapy for both the therapist and the client.

Product Code: FB-20 $25.00

Available at TIFI HERE. 

 

The Empathic Listening/ Focusing Manual

Empathic Felt Sense Listening and Focusing Manual

by Janet Klein, Psy.D.;

A softcover manual - 105 pages

Section One: Empathic Felt Sense Listening and Focusing Description

Introduction

The Five Levels and Modules
Focusing and the Healthy Organism
Focusing as an Ongoing Process
A Felt Sense Exercise with a Partner
Why Do We Call It the Focusing Attitude?
Discerning Exercises from the Felt Sense

Focusing

Focusing: Gendlin's Six Steps in Brief

Listening
Empathic Felt Sense Listening for the 'More'
Process Suggestions

Teaching

The Coached Model
The Focuser-as-teacher Model
The Focuser-as teacher Exercise
Can the Focuser Teach the Listener to Listen Empathically?

Section Two: Interactive Focusing

Interactive Focusing (The Folio, Spring 1994)
Interactive Focusing and Empathic Felt Sense Listening (The Folio, Winter 1995)
Interactive Focusing and Empathic Felt Sense Listening: Article Outline
The Empathic Moment
Interactive Focusing: Group Format
Interactive Focusing in the Real World
Coaching Interactive Focusing
The Interactive Focusing Model Short Form

Section Three: Healing the Inner Critic and Strategies for Dealing with the Critic

Healing the Inner Child by Mary McGuire
The Inner Child and the Critic: How to Recognize Them
Listening to the Wounded and for the Healing
The Critic and Strategies for Dealing with It
The Critic: A compassionate Journaling
Outlines of the Critic Articles

Product Code: FB-7 $35.00 

Available at TIFI HERE.

Articles

“What is Interactive Focusing” by Dr. Janet Klein

“A Brief History and Hallmarks of the Interactive” by Dr. Janet Klein

“The Empathic Moment and the Empathic Response” by Dr. Janet Klein

Seminar Papers by Dr. Janet Klein

“Interactive Focusing”, published in “The Focusing Connection, May 2002

 

YouTube Videos of the Developers

Interactive Focusing - Teaser

1 min. The Interactive Focusing Process with Dr. Mary McGuire and Dr. Janet Klein is incorporating Focusing into the building of relationships. Through the Interactive Focusing Process, we are able to develop empathy and compassion as well as self-empathy and self-compassion. This video is featured at the top of this page. 

Introduction to Interactive Focusing with Janet Klein and Mary McGuire

6 min. Dr Janet Klein and Dr Mary McGuire introduce Interactive Focusing. From the dvd 'The Interactive Focusing Process' shot in 1997, with music by Goran Petrovic, and produced by Nada Lou.

Interactive Focusing Origin

4 min. The Interactive Focusing Process is a forward moving edge of Focusing, incorporating Focusing into the building of relationships. Through the Interactive Focusing Process, we are able to develop empathy and compassion as well as self-empathy and self-compassion. We finally have a "how to" teach empathy and compassion using the Interactive Focusing Process.

Interactive Focusing - Safety with Janet Klein and Mary McGuire

9 min. Dr Janet Klein and Dr Mary McGuire introduce and discuss Safety (1 of 4 Building Blocks) in Interactive Focusing. From the dvd 'The Interactive Focusing Process' shot in 1997, with music by Goran Petrovic, and produced by Nada Lou.

Interactive Focusing - Storyteller as teacher with Janet Klein and Mary McGuire

6 min. Dr Janet Klein and Dr Mary McGuire introduce and discuss Storyteller as Teacher (4 of 4 Building Blocks) in Interactive Focusing. From the dvd 'The Interactive Focusing Process' shot in 1997, with music by Goran Petrovic, and produced by Nada Lou.

The Interactive Focusing DVD - Clip

3 min. A clip from The Interactive Focusing Process created by Dr. Mary McGuire and Dr. Janet Klein. Excerpt from DVD 112 min produced by Nada Lou Focusing in Focus productions

 

The Interactive Focusing DVD

1 DVD 112 minutes. The Interactive Focusing Process is a forward moving edge of Focusing, incorporating Focusing into the building of relationships. Through the Interactive Focusing Process, we are able to develop empathy and compassion as well as self-empathy and self-compassion. We finally have a "how to" teach empathy and compassion using the Interactive Focusing Process.

Available for Sale through Nada Lou:

and at TIFI's store. 

 

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