Philosophy, Focusing & Changing the World
A 5-week phone course with Eugene Gendlin
and Ann Weiser Cornell
"Hearing Gene for the first time in ten years was a treat - he displayed his usual talent for welcoming everything and then taking it farther. Having him paired with Ann, who brings not only her extensive experience of teaching Focusing, but her gift for a process that's both personal and effective, seems ideal. Ann's facilitation was masterful, managing time and the mechanics of participation well, elaborating where she felt it was needed. Gene showed both his almost impish joy in living and his pointed and discerning mind when it comes to Focusing - a wonderful teaching combination." –Dick Ridington
How we think and understand the world is important, and not only because thinking leads to productive action joined with others. The trouble is that when we try to think about what goes on around us, we run up against a dichotomy. On the one hand we have clear categories that create technology but cannot possibly enable us to think about ourselves or society. On the other hand, we have our feelings and our senses of wrongness and rightness, but how do we think and speak from there?
At the exciting leading edge of his philosophy, Gendlin has a new way of forming concepts with the felt sense. This resolves dualities and dichotomies, as we understand that what's real is neither made up only of defined units nor is it the least bit arbitrary. The implicit is different from either of those two. The implicit is a forward implying, not already finished.
Perhaps we have been feeling hopeless and stuck about the larger movements of society. But Focusing lets a felt sense come – and that can change the world. Join us in exploring the implications for living things, human beings, organizations, economics, and society.
Pre-requisite: There are no pre-requisites, however those with some familiarity with Focusing and Gendlin’s Philosophy of the Implicit will probably have an easier time grasping where this course goes.
Fee: $195 until March 7, then $245
Where: By phone seminar
When:
March 14 to April 11, 2012
5 Wednesday afternoons
1 ½ hours per week
Starting times:
1:00 PM Pacific time
4:00 PM Eastern time
9:00 PM UK & Ireland
10:00 PM Europe
11:00 PM Israel & Greece
(Thursdays)
6:00 AM Japan
8:00 AM Australia NSW
10:00 AM New Zealand
Focusing-Oriented Case Consultation for Healing Professionals
About Gene Gendlin:
Eugene T. Gendlin received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Chicago and taught there from 1963 to 1995. He is internationally recognized as a major American philosopher and psychologist. He has been honored four times by the American Psychological Association. He co-founded the Psychotherapy Division of the American Psychological Association and received the APA’s first Distinguished Professional Psychologist award in 1970. His book, Focusing, has sold over 500,000 copies and is in seventeen languages. His other books include Let Your Body Interpret Your Dreams, Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, A Process Model and Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning. He's also a warm brilliant man who lights up a room with the quality of his listening.
About Ann Weiser Cornell:
Ann Weiser Cornell was getting her PhD in Linguistics at the University of Chicago when she met and studied with Eugene Gendlin, starting in 1972. In 1980, Gene 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 is the author of The Power of Focusing, and The Radical Acceptance of Everything.