Experiencing presence involves four

Experiencing presence involves four aspects. The first aspect is immersion, which is an experience of absorption and being centred in the present. Although the experience of immersion is deep, the therapist is not attached to it. Therapists also claim that when they are in presence, they are intensely focused, aware, and alert in their moment-to-moment involvement with the client and therapy session. The second aspect is expansion, which refers to the experience of timeless, energy and flow; an inner spaciousness; enhanced awareness, sensation, and perception; and an enhanced quality of thought and emotional experience. The third aspect is grounding. It is from the grounding of one’s self that the therapist can enter deeply and wholly into the experience of the client. Connectedness and separateness are well balanced in presence. A basic trust in one’s self and the client is also strongly felt. The fourth aspect is being there with and for the client. The being and actions of the therapist are experienced asunconstrainedly altruistic in presence. Clients are always full of feelings of awe, wonder, warmth, compassion, love, caring, profound respect and admiration. There is also a lack of self-conscious awareness on the side of the therapist.