Homenaje a Eugene Gendlin, psicoterapeuta, humanista e investigador, con motivo de su muerte

Carlos Alemany Briz; Enrique Aguilar Peñas

Authors

Carlos Alemany Briz
Enrique Aguilar Peñas

Keywords:

Gendlin, experiencing, felt-sense, focusing, thinking at the edge

Abstract

A vital balance about Eugene T. Gendlin, philosopher and psychotherapist, professor at the University of Chicago, creator of the «Focusing Oriented Therapy» (FOT) school, is made. The most outstanding concepts that this autor addresses are experiencing, felt- sense, focusing and Thinking at the Edge (PDB/ TAE). The tribute includes a selection of research carried out over the last 20 years, sorted by fields of application. This homage is completed with the Spanish adaptation of the Focusing Manner Scale (Aoki and Ikemi, 2013).

Author Biographies

Carlos Alemany Briz

Catedrático emérito de Psicología. Madrid. Coordinador internacional diplomado.
The International Focusing Institute of New York

Enrique Aguilar Peñas

Profesor titular de Psicología. Centro de Magisterio «Sagrado Corazón». Universidad de Córdoba

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