"Close Process" means your emotions and body sensations tend to be strong, sometimes too strong.
Here are some tips for close process:
(1) Take time even before you start Focusing to look around, feel yourself in the here-and-now, feel your body's grounded support. Breathe. (Repeat during the process any time you need it.)
(2) When you bring awareness into your body, notice what you become aware of, and then acknowledge it . "Hello, I know you are there."
(3) Let a gentle hand move to the place in your body where the feeling is. As if you are saying, with your hand, "I am with you now." (Or if placing your hand doesn't feel right, just say the words.)
(4) If you feel scared of the strong feelings, or have the urge to escape, try saying "Something in me is scared of the feelings," or "Something in me has the urge to escape."
(5) And say Hello to that part of you as well! YOU are not the one who is scared... that is another part of you.
When feelings could become overwhelming, what is needed is for you to be Self-in-Presence... And you can cultivate your Self-in-Presence with small, simple steps
"Distant Process" means your emotions and body sensations are faint, elusive, easily lost. Often you feel nothing.
Here are some tips for distant process:
(1) Go slowly. It will take you longer, probably, to feel something clearly enough to describe. It can help to know that this is normal! Think of winning the trust of a shy animal.
(2) Do not say an inner Hello. Saying Hello is a great move for close process but it can make distant process disappear.
(3) If after going slowly, you feel nothing, then you might check to see if there is something that is feeling good or enjoyable. Either you are aware of something enjoyable of the opposite. This can help attune you to the feelings that are there.
(4) When you do feel something, say “something is here” so you don’t feel a pressure to describe it quickly. "Something" may be the only description you have for quite a while
(5) Once there is a “something” there, then proceed slowly... including asking it things... and take care to stop doing anything that makes the felt sense go away or get less. It can guide you to what it needs.
(6) Very likely it needs you to just be with it... and eventually describe it… but not quickly.
(7) You might try an "evoking" suggestion such as "You might ask, in your body, if it feels fine about ...(an issue they have brought up. It is a good idea when working with those with distant process to have her speak a bit about an issue at the start of the session)