In the landscape of human interaction, presence is not a static destination but a dynamic regulatory capacity, a living movement between connection and disconnection, between the private interior and the shared horizon. Social Oriented Focusing (SOF) offers a unique methodology that shifts the focus from cognitive narrative, the "story" of why we are, to the embodied felt sense, the "living reorganization" of how we are. Through two foundational models, SOF provides a compass and a map...

Beyond Words: The Three Paths of Human Encounter Have you ever felt that you were speaking, but not truly meeting? In his profound article, "Fitting In, Pouring Out and Relating,"  philosopher and psychologist Eugene Gendlin (the founder of Focusing) outlines three distinct modes of human communication. This presentation was created as an inspired visual journey through Gendlin’s insights. It explores the tension between our internal "Felt Sense" and the external structures of our...

Abstract These slides introduce the threshold stance at the heart of Social Oriented Focusing (SOF), an interpersonal extension of Eugene Gendlin’s Focusing practice. Using a collective poem that emerged spontaneously in an SOF class, I explore four thresholds—Releasing Control, Sensing the Relational Field, Connecting Within, and Trusting the Not-Knowing. The aim is to illuminate SOF as a relational, embodied methodology that supports presence, deepens connection, and facilitates...