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Our story begins with in the '70s when Edgardo Riveros, our founder first met Eugene Gendlin, through his book _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_la Theory of Personality Change, a work that he translated into Spanish, beginning a deeply felt path, following and exploring change from the Experiential Paradigm. Since then to date in different areas and on different continents.
Museum
Focus Chile
January 1976
Edgardo Riveros defends his thesis at Universidad Chile
Thesis director Salvador Cifuente, Founder of the Person Centered Approach in Chile.
First Thesis in Spanish referring to the work of Eugene Gendlin “Therapeutic language in Client-Centered Psychotherapy and Experiential Therapy”.
August 1976
Edgardo Riveros First translation of EG
Translation of Eugene Gendlin's Theory of Personality Change
1976 - 1978
Foundation of the Humanist Approach in Bolivia.
Professor at the Bolivian Catholic University.
1979
First publication of the Journal of Pedagogical Studies of the Austral University of Chile, "Education and Humanistic Psychology", where the thought of E. Gendlin is exposed.
1979-1980
Professor in Humanistic Psychology. University of San Simon Cochabamba Bolivia.
1986
Foundation of the Persona Institute in the city of Concepción - Chile. Organization specialized in:
Atención clínica, Asesoría organizacional y Educación, bajo los enfoque Fenomenológico Existencial y el Enfoque Experiencial de Eugene Gendlin._cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
1989
1989
Chicago October 30 First personal meeting with Eugene Gendlin.
Invitation from E. Gendlin and start of the Translation plan of the main works of E. Gendlin known to date.
1992
Full Professor Chair of Experiential Psychotherapy of Eugene Gendlin and Focusing. University of Tarapacá.
2000
Edgardo Riveros receives the Appointment by Eugene Gendlin as First Focusing Coordinator for Chile. (Focusing Institute of New York, currently known as the International Institute of Focusing / TIFI).
2000
Book launch: “The new Experiencing Paradigm”. Author: Edgardo Riveros.
2001
The Focusing Institute of Chile is founded. Organization specialized in:
Training in Focusing, Training, Organizational Consulting, Clinical Care and Education, under the Experiential Approach of Eugene Gendlin and other Humanist schools.
2002 - 2003
The first promotion for Focusing Trainer (FT) in Chile is certified. Professors invited to the Certification ceremony, Robert Lee from USA, and Margarita Brenes Costa Rica.
2004 - 2015
Appointment Professor Adolfo Ibañez University (UAI), Chile and Director of the annual Focusing Diploma for Focusing Trainer certification _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b_cf-136 years . Strategic Alliance with Adolfo Ibáñez University and the Focusing Institute of Chile.
2005
Book Launch: Experiential and Existential Focusing. Author Edgardo Riveros. Special guest for the ceremony Ann Weiser Cornell PHD, held at Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (UAI).
2008
Book Launch: Focusing a Paradigm for the Psychology of the XXI Century. Author: Edgardo Riveros.
2009
Realization of the Second Ibero-American Meeting of Focusing in Ressort Marbella Chile. Organized and produced by the Focusing Chile Institute. Sponsored by la Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (UAI), Diario el Mercurio Financiero.
Launch of the first Edition Spanish Edition of “A Procedural Model, paraphrasing Eugene Gendlin”
2014
Brill Agency Foundation. Co-creation and Design”, a space to create brands and different visual products, with an experiential methodology based on the philosophy of the Implicit.
2015
Heart to Heart Focusing Book. Author: Edgardo Riveros. Special guests Catherine Torpey (Executive Director of the International Institute of Focusing / TIFI) and Victor Kullmer (Professor Emeritus of the Adolfo Ibáñez University / UAI). Santiago de Chile.
2016 - 2020
Appointment of Edgardo Riveros as a member of the Teaching Team of the Weeklong International Certification Programm, together with Jan Winhall and Jeffrey Morrison
2017
Foundation of the Continental School of Focusing in Spanish. B-learning modality. Specially designed space to get to know Focusing as a bodily and cosmic phenomenon, to learn and apply it to thousands of people, from different areas and disciplines around the world. Director: Gabriela Riveros Aguilar.
2019
Realization of the International Focusing Weeklong 2019, in Punta de Tralca, Chile. Event held for the first time outside the United States, organized by the Focusing International Institute in alliance with the Focusing Chile Institute.
Launch of the Second Spanish Edition of the Book: A procedural model, paraphrasing Eugene Gendlin.
2019
Felt sense Conference 2019: Creativity.
Presentation of papers from the Focusing Chile Institute.
Gabriela Riveros Aguilar “Branding from the felt sense” & Edgardo Riveros “Panoramic view the creative dimension of the felt sense”.
2019
First edition of the book: "Focusing and Creativity in Interface Design". Author: Gabriela Riveros Aguilar. Santiago, Chile
2020
Focusing Chile participates as a member of the organizing committee of the first Weeklong online.
Focusing Chile participates as a member of the organizing committee of the first FOT Conference online.
2020
Gabriela Riveros is appointed Focusing Coordinator for Chile.
2020
Organization and production of the “Ibero-American Meeting Focusing without Borders. United from home to together transcend our isolation ”. Annual program designed to support the Community Focusing of the American continent. Online mode. Languages: Spanish and Portuguese. Special guest Mary MacGuire, accompanying the Christmas ceremony and tribute to the birth of Eugene Gendlin