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  Lerissa Patrick

Biography,
Experience,
Specialties, & Orientation		 Lerissa PatrickI first heard about Focusing from David and Rebecca Grudermeyer, with whom I wrote Sensible Self-Help. These San Diego-area psychotherapists had hired me to co-author their book about the stages of emotional wounding and healing. They described Focusing as one of their primary tools, and essential to the healing process. I bought Focusing and a tape, but didn't make any headway in teaching myself the technique.

Then, in 1994, as I planned a vacation to the San Francisco Bay Area, I decided to see what was being offered at The Esalen Institute in Big Sur. There in the catalog was Ann Weiser Cornell and her weeklong Focusing workshop on "Action Blocks!" I had always wanted to participate in something at Esalen, so I signed up. I was surprised to discover that I was already a focuser (although not yet a Focuser!), having unconsciously used these skills in my own therapy.

Back in San Diego, I tried to find someone to Focus with. After a year, I realized that the only way I was going to find Focusing partners was if I trained them myself, so I began traveling to Berkeley to take Ann's weekend workshops and then to study with her and Diana Marder (of Huntington Beach) to be a trainer.

I was certified by the Focusing Institute in 1998, although I had been teaching others in San Diego in 1996. When Reva Bernstein moved to San Diego from Chicago in 1997, I gained another mentor. I recently started studying Tibetan Buddhist meditation, and find that it has deeply enriched my Focusing experience and teaching -- and that Focusing has made my path into meditation easier.

I love teaching Focusing. I love watching the light of discovery go on in the eyes of a new Focuser.

Sessions?
 Yes.

by Phone? Yes.
Session Lengths
& Fees

 First-time session (for someone with no Focusing experience) $95 for up to 90 minutes. Regular sessions: $75 for 60 minutes.
Workshops

I offer Levels 1 through 4. Please see my website for my workshop schedule.
Mailing Address   P.O. Box 151492
San Diego, CA 92175
Phone   Cell: 619-957-2493
Office: 619-583-1024
Fax   --
Email   lerissa@clarifyfocusing.com
Website   www.clarityfocusing.com

 

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