Abstract
A qualitative study was conducted with expert therapists who are proponents or have written about presence and its importance in psychotherapy. Based on a qualitative analysis of therapists' reports, a working model of therapeutic presence was developed. This included three emergent domains. One domain entails preparing the ground for presence, referring to the pre-session and general life preparation for therapeutic presence. The second domain describes the process of presence, the processes or activities the person is engaged in when being therapeutically present. The third domain reflects the actual in-session experience of presence. Presence is discussed as the foundation of Rogers' basic conditions of empathy, congruence and unconditional positive regard and as the overarching condition that allows them to be expressed.
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