Asking the Felt Sense

Deepening the work: once the precise handle is found, the therapist helps the client pose a question directly to the felt sense. The answer comes not from analysis but from the body. Asking opens deeper layers: what stands behind the experience, what it is afraid of, what it needs.

Step-by-step guide

1. Make sure the handle resonates — the client is in contact with the felt sense
2. Invite asking the felt sense: "Ask this sensation: what about this problem makes it exactly this?"
3. Important: the client senses the quality AFRESH, freshly, in the present moment
4. Wait — let the answer come from the felt sense, not from the head
5. If an answer comes — help the client stay with it and check the resonance
6. If there is no answer — offer another question or give more time
7. Each answer is a possible new felt sense to keep working with

When to use

• The handle is found and resonates — we want to deepen understanding
• The client is stuck: senses "something" but cannot move further
• When we need to reach a deeper meaning of the experience
• The search for resources: "What does this sensation need?"
• The search for direction: "What would be good?"

Key phrases

Follow-up questions

Alternative phrasings