Differences between Focusing and Psychotherapy

I offer both psychotherapy Focusing oriented as sessions Focusing accompaniment, so it should be noted are the differences between the two are.

In the community of Experiential Psychotherapy and focusing it has written much about (there is among others the magnificent article Ann Weiser Cornell English “What is the Difference Between Focusing and Therapy”) and I note the points that are basic in my practice.

psychotherapy Focusing oriented and sessions Focusing accompaniment They look in:

• depth: the person and (as a therapist or as companion Focusing) we will explore one or more experiences of the person politely and with all the depth she wants.
• service person: suggestions are proposed, but it is the person, Contact your inner world, who decides where to go.
• confidentiality: everything that is said is in session and is not discussed outside it, unless it is at the request of the person accompanied or with his consent.
• The common ethical limits: respect, professionalism, watch out…
• The fact that there is a exchange: accompany remuneration.

However, the psychotherapy Focusing oriented and sessions Focusing accompaniment They differ in:

• amplitude: psychotherapy we aspire to treat all the themes that are relevant to the life of the person, albeit gradually; in individual sessions focusing accompany only what is alive at the time.
• commitment: psychotherapy there is a medium-term commitment (or even long term), trying to go and solving various issues until the person find an improvement in your life, This requires that we meet regularly over time; Focusing individual sessions can be point, at the request of the person, without greater commitment.
• content: psychotherapy it is necessary to know in depth the person, with the basic elements of his life and relationships; in individual sessions Focusing It is not even necessary to know what topic will work the person (we can call “that matter” throughout the session), only how to live this matter at body level.
• relationship: psychotherapy we will work hard on the relationship between the person and the therapist, and so you can not mix with other relationships (families, of friendship, neighborhood, deformation…) and requires exclusiveness (I will not accompany psychotherapy to people with another therapist, unless either as co-therapy, being me, for example, individual therapist of a person who is also in psychotherapy with another couple or family therapist in a different field); Focusing individual sessions They do not involve a kind of special relationship and can be combined with other relationships nonexclusive (I can accompany friends, people known, people with relationship between them, trainees me… and also the person may have different companions in Focusing, and it is highly recommended for people in training as a way to discover different styles).
• workplan: psychotherapy we will know the life of the person and let's set ourselves a long-term goals that are reflected in changes outside of therapy; in individual sessions focusing our work plan is limited to accompany and listen to what the person is alive during the session, no intentions outside the session (though often changes the living person sitting outside).
• And finally, evidently, the techniques: psychotherapy we will use all elements available so that the process of the person moving towards something healthier for her, which means from my point of view Focusing use, of course, but also tools of Gestalt, Centered Approach Person, Attachment theory, etc.; in individual sessions we will use Focusing exclusivamente Focusing.

For all these psychotherapy sessions and sessions have Focusing different rates and different ways of working. For any clarification you can contact me directly.