NEW YORK METRO FOCUSING
Sunday, September 25, 2011
MEETING PROGRAM
5:30 pm Registration and networking with light refreshments
5:50 pm Welcome and Introduction of Facilitator: Larry Hurst
6:00pm Entering a New Territory: A Focusing Exploration of Aging
A Focusing Conversation facilitated by Joan Lavender
The recent folio, Aging . . . Focusing Through the Transitions of Later Life, inspired us to plan a meeting with a different format. Led by Joan Lavender, one of the Folio’s authors, participants will have the opportunity to speak from their own felt sense of what this topic evokes in them. Joan will help to us to share from this deeper level and address, in a felt sensing way, the experience of growing older - as individuals and in relationship to others.
This particular evening will be something of a unique exploration, facilitated on a group level through a continuous Focusing process . . . slowing down, listening carefully, sensing into what others are contributing, and reflecting upon how their words and images touch into our own experience. It is our hope that this evening will help to build community and connection among us.
Joan Lavender, Psy. D. is a clinical psychologist and relational psychoanalytic psychotherapist with over 30 years experience. She is a graduate of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and a Fellow of the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy Research at the State University of New York. She is a certified teacher of Experiential Focusing, is on the faculty of the Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia, and is a supervisor in the Relational Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy Program. She has written on body image, eating disorders, loneliness, envy, and other challenges of contemporary life. Her early training in movement and music provide a unique perspective that unifies all of her work.
7:40pm Closing
7:45pm Thank you: Larry Hurst
FUTURE NYMF MEETINGS NEWS
Friday, December 2, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Program TBA
Friday January 27th 6:30-9:00 p.m. Program TBA
Sunday April 15th 5:00-7:30 p.m. Program TBA
Friday June 22th 6:30-9:00 p.m. Program TBA
Sunday September 23rd 5:00-7:30 p.m. Program TBA
Friday November 30th 6:30-9:00 p.m. Program TBA
Planning Committee:
Larry Hurst with Christine Bubbico, Cynthia Callsen, Barbara Chutroo, Susan Deisroth, Naomi Glicken, Diana Kirign, and Anne Shollar
This is a grass roots, member-run organization. We welcome your involvement. The planning group meetings are open to anyone interested in attending.
New York Metro Focusing Mission Statement
Adopted on 8/15/08
The mission of New York Metro Focusing is to embody and carry forward the practice of Focusing and the philosophy that supports it as developed in the work of Eugene Gendlin and others. By holding regularly scheduled meetings, NY Metro Focusing will offer members of this local geographic community ongoing opportunities to connect, share and grow in their appreciation and practice of Focusing. The group will welcome newcomers by offering them an opportunity to learn about the life-enhancing practice of Focusing. In this way, NY Metro Focusing will help to engender a thriving and visible presence for the practice of Focusing in the New York Metropolitan area.
Visit us on the Web: www.nymetrofocusing.org
Sunday, September 25, 2011
MEETING PROGRAM
5:30 pm Registration and networking with light refreshments
5:50 pm Welcome and Introduction of Facilitator: Larry Hurst
6:00pm Entering a New Territory: A Focusing Exploration of Aging
A Focusing Conversation facilitated by Joan Lavender
The recent folio, Aging . . . Focusing Through the Transitions of Later Life, inspired us to plan a meeting with a different format. Led by Joan Lavender, one of the Folio’s authors, participants will have the opportunity to speak from their own felt sense of what this topic evokes in them. Joan will help to us to share from this deeper level and address, in a felt sensing way, the experience of growing older - as individuals and in relationship to others.
This particular evening will be something of a unique exploration, facilitated on a group level through a continuous Focusing process . . . slowing down, listening carefully, sensing into what others are contributing, and reflecting upon how their words and images touch into our own experience. It is our hope that this evening will help to build community and connection among us.
Joan Lavender, Psy. D. is a clinical psychologist and relational psychoanalytic psychotherapist with over 30 years experience. She is a graduate of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and a Fellow of the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy Research at the State University of New York. She is a certified teacher of Experiential Focusing, is on the faculty of the Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia, and is a supervisor in the Relational Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy Program. She has written on body image, eating disorders, loneliness, envy, and other challenges of contemporary life. Her early training in movement and music provide a unique perspective that unifies all of her work.
7:40pm Closing
7:45pm Thank you: Larry Hurst
FUTURE NYMF MEETINGS NEWS
Friday, December 2, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Program TBA
Friday January 27th 6:30-9:00 p.m. Program TBA
Sunday April 15th 5:00-7:30 p.m. Program TBA
Friday June 22th 6:30-9:00 p.m. Program TBA
Sunday September 23rd 5:00-7:30 p.m. Program TBA
Friday November 30th 6:30-9:00 p.m. Program TBA
Planning Committee:
Larry Hurst with Christine Bubbico, Cynthia Callsen, Barbara Chutroo, Susan Deisroth, Naomi Glicken, Diana Kirign, and Anne Shollar
This is a grass roots, member-run organization. We welcome your involvement. The planning group meetings are open to anyone interested in attending.
New York Metro Focusing Mission Statement
Adopted on 8/15/08
The mission of New York Metro Focusing is to embody and carry forward the practice of Focusing and the philosophy that supports it as developed in the work of Eugene Gendlin and others. By holding regularly scheduled meetings, NY Metro Focusing will offer members of this local geographic community ongoing opportunities to connect, share and grow in their appreciation and practice of Focusing. The group will welcome newcomers by offering them an opportunity to learn about the life-enhancing practice of Focusing. In this way, NY Metro Focusing will help to engender a thriving and visible presence for the practice of Focusing in the New York Metropolitan area.
Visit us on the Web: www.nymetrofocusing.org