A series of eight such process/outcome studies would now profit from further statistical analysis. Since the EXP Scale predicts outcomes already from early interviews, a teaching of this success-predicted mode of attention was developed. Called "focusing", it consists of small-step instructions, the results of which can be separately studied. One recently completed study goes beyond mere correlation: Failure-predicted clients referred by therapists, when taught focusing by us here, become successful with their therapists. Cancer patients are being taught these steps in brief teaching sessions. A study measuring the effects is nearly complete. Differential responses of other patient groups are beginning to be studied. The measure and its teaching have been widely applied in dream-interpretation, creative writing, stress-reduction, and other settings (including public schools) in which research is planned. (Methodology)
Publications:
1. Focusing . Bantam Books, New York: 1981.
2. Let your Body Interpret Your Dreams . Wilmette, Chiron, 1986.
3. What comes after traditional psychotherapy research? American Psychologist, Feb. 1987.