joan klagsbrun  

I'm a practicing psychologist, and a Boston area certifying coordinator for the Focusing Institute. I'm also a member of the Institute's Board of Directors and co-director of the Institute's Focusing and Medicine Project. I have 34 years experience integrating Focusing into psychotherapy practice with individuals and couples. Since 1976, I've introduced over a thousand people to Focusing through local, national, and international workshops and classes. I teach to the general public, psychotherapists, Clergy and healthcare professionals.

I am an Adjunct Professor in Psychology at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and formerly at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton, Massachusetts.

Saturday April 3, 2010, 2-5 PM

Focusing on What You Love:
Positive Psychology in Everyday Life

At the Arlington Center, 369 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, MA
Contact Susan Lennox at slennox1@juno.com for information
To Register, go to ArlingtonCenter.org or download and mail a registration form.

Most of us reflexively dwell on our problems and concerns. However, there is convincing recent research that by placing attention on positive experiences and positive feelings (such as gratitude and enjoyment), we can think more effectively and expansively. In addition, attending to the positive in one’s life has been shown to cultivate psychological resilience. People who have a higher ratio of "positivity" to “negativity” have more energy and better health. In this workshop, we will explore how Focusing can be used to enhance and deepen “positivity.” We will reflect on the three types of experiences that constitute happiness. We will conclude by evoking our personal signature strengths and exploring ways to apply those strengths to the challenges we face.

CHANGES:

a Monthly Drop-In Group For Focusing & Listening To The Deeper Self

Facilitated by Joan Klagsbrun, PhD.

at The Arlington Center,
369 Massachusetts Avenue,
Arlington, MA

Focusing, developed by Eugene Gendlin, is a mind/body/spirit process for accessing the body’s innate wisdom and cultivating compassion towards oneself and others.

Focusing is useful for decision-making, clarifying life issues, moving past blocks, enhancing creativity, deepening spirituality, and knowing oneself more deeply in each moment.

This monthly drop-in group provides an opportunity for both those new to Focusing, and experienced Focusers, to practice within a supportive community. Newcomers will have an opportunity to be taught the Focusing process. A voluntary donation of $8 helps cover the rent.

All meetings are at The Arlington Center, on Sundays from 2-4 PM, and are open to both experienced Focusers, and those with no previous Focusing experience.

The dates for CHANGES in 2010 are:

  • No CHANGES in December
  • January 17
  • February 21
  • March 14
  • April 11
  • May 16
  • June 27
  • July 18
  • No CHANGES in August

Jan 22, 2010

What is Focusing? at the Boston Behavioral Medicine lunchtime seminar.
January through May 2010

Focusing-Oriented Therapy supervision group for advanced Focusing Oriented Therapists, meeting one Saturday morning per month.

March 25-28, 2010

Two presentations at the Psychotherapy Networker Conference in Washington D.C.:

A daylong workshop in Focusing: Contacting Your Creative Flow

A morning workshop in Dealing with Life-Changing Illness

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April 10th anD 11th, 2010

a presentation for FORP (Focusing Oriented Relational Psychotherapy) in NYC on Learning Focusing and How to teach Focusing to professional colleagues.

April 17, 2010

Daylong seminar on Opening Doorways to the spiritual in psychotherapy through Focusing.

 

Phone: 617-924-8515
Email: joanklag@aol.com
links

TRANSFORMING FEAR: What We Can Learn from Some People with Cancer

Featured in Discovering the Power of Focusing: An Introduction to Focusing, a video produced by NadaLou Productions.

Featured practitioner on Healthjourneys Guided Imagery Resource Center.

Listening and Focusing: Holistic Health Care Tools for Nurses Published in Nursing Clinics of North America, Volume 36, No. 1, 2001

Focusing, Illness and Healthcare The Folio, Volume 18, No.1,1999, issue on Focusing and Medicine

How to Teach a Workshop in Focusing A two-hour script that can be amended for workshops, classes, or presentations of any length. Available from the Focusing Institute online book store.

A Focusing Approach to Life-Changing Illness A videotape produced by Nada Lou. You can order from Nada Lou Productions.

What is Focusing? a chapter in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Body-Mind Disciplines ed. Nancy Allison, The Rosen Publishing Group, 1999.

Focusing: a Tool for Insight and Stress Reduction a chapter in Medicine and the Mind
ed. Ian Gawler, 1999 Available from The Gawler Foundation.

Focusing - Listening to the Deeper Self CD which you can order through the Focusing Institute online book store or from joanklag@aol.com.