Focus is a process that guides you to gain deeper awareness and understanding of your experience through conscious attention to bodily sensation. It is based on existentialism and phenomenology. I incorporate the Focusing attitude and process into my clinical work. This approach is very complementary to several interventions that go beyond the humanistic approach such as psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral and short-term counseling, as well as long-term psychotherapy. Fortunately, the staff at my office is very open to my theoretical orientation. They encourage incorporating my past training with different approaches such as CBT, DBT and motivational interviewing. I appreciate that they push me to expand my clinical skills and theoretical orientation without asking me to abandon my favorite
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