When It Is Used
Use it during live work when experience is sensed but not yet symbolized clearly enough for deeper processing.
Focusing for Felt-Sense Clarification
Focusing is a live-session emotion-focused therapy task for practitioners working with clients who have a vague, unclear, or bodily felt concern. It helps the practitioner capture what becomes clearer as emotion, meaning, image, word, bodily shift, or direction.
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Tool guide
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Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
Partial Work Is Valid
A session may end with only a located felt sense and no emergent shift. The review should show that as incomplete clarification, not failure.
Is this a self-guided client exercise?
No. Focusing is specified as a live-session practitioner-guided task. Client participation is collaborative and optional within the shared workspace.
Does the tool interpret the felt sense?
No. The tool organizes what is entered but does not infer meanings, diagnose, score, or generate therapeutic conclusions.
Can I save the tool if there are no settings?
Yes. Saving adds the fixed Focusing tool itself to the practitioner's account as-is.