Explicating the Implicit: Working online, Focusing in person
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https://doi.org/10.65828/hvgq4639Keywords:
Focusing, embodiment, intersectionality, liminality, bereavementAbstract
Working online through the Covid epidemic lockdowns has shown many of us that embodied practice is not only possible online, but welcome. I explore how the therapist’s Focusing can offer an opportunity to be-with the client in embodied connection, regardless of physical or online emplacement, and particularly how felt sense can support us to approach ‘edgy’ material. I welcome comment and response, especially around the embodied possibilities in online work and from those with more Focusing experience than my own.
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