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As a helping profession, maintaining therapeutic presence is the most fundamental and essential foundation from which we can scaffold our therapeutic work in an effective way. Presence is the pre-requisite for active listening, empathic attunement and making appropriate empathic responses. Presence can enhance our ability to listen accurately and to make deep connection with our clients. It is also the base for building up a collaborative working relationship with our clients. With a strong bonding with our clients, the drop-out rate is drastically decreased. Paradoxically, the more we can be present with our clients, the lesser risk of burnt-out we would have. This workshop is aiming at giving a practical guide on how to cultivate our therapeutic presence so that we can build up a therapeutic relationship efficiently and effectively. ​Empathic attunement is a continuous flow of moment-to-moment interpersonal experiences. It is a mindful and bodily felt process supporting our capacity to communicate our empathic understanding accurately and to engage our clients in the process of deeper exploration. This workshop would lay a solid foundation for further learning on other process-experiential approaches and emotion-focused interventions.