ABSTRACT
In searching for the focus one ‘goes for the jugular’, ‘pins the patient to the floor’, ‘gets to the point’. These phrases are used in talking of finding the focus. In fact, the client is usually relieved that the therapy is getting to the point. It gives them hope and confidence that the therapist has understood where their issue or problem lies. The anniversary of a death, or losing a job, or the breaking up of a relationship may be the trigger. The body somehow remembers these traumatic events even though, consciously, therapists have moved on and forgotten all about them. In the encounter with the client, the therapist needs to be aware all the time of ‘the music’ beneath the words. When the client has decided to trust the therapist and is willing to open up and reveal the real reason for their visit, very often their body will turn towards the therapist.
