British Focusing Teachers Association

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Jan until Oct 2010	Focusing Skills Certificate Course A combination of 16 phone seminars and 1 residential long-weekend retreats	Kay Hoffman 01767 261565 kay.hoffmann@homecall.co.uk
July 3rd 10am – 5pm London	Focusing and Psychotherapy	Susan Jordon 07949 140941 A one-day workshop for practising psychotherapists and counsellors who would like to learn more about Focusing, both as a practice in its own right and in relation to psychotherapy. There will be teaching, experiential exercises and time for discussion. This workshop is part of the CPD programme organised by the Association of Core Process Psychotherapists. Fee: £65, non-refundable deposit £20. Contact Susan
July 10th-11th 2010 10am – 5pm Dartmoor	Learn Focusing Level 3 Companionship	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 See Fiona's Website For more information. Learn how to support the Inner Relationship of the Focuser with their felt experience. Deepen your own Focusing skills. By the end of Level 3, you will have a deeper understanding of the Focusing process, and will be able to guide yourself through the process. You will also be able to support another Focuser with your listening skills. Prerequisite: Level 2
July 24th-25th 2010 9.45am – 5.30pm Saturday and 9.45 -5pm Sunday London	'Let Your Body Make Your Mind Up'	Peter Afford A workshop on using Focusing for decision making, £125 (£115 if booked 2 or more weeks in advance) 020 8673 1860 peter@focusing.co.uk
July 25th 2010 10am – 5pm Glasgow, Scotland	Meditative Listening One day workshop	Rob Foxcroft For more information, please contact Rob Foxcroft: 0141 943 1449 rob@robfoxcroft.com
Sep 2010 to May 2011 Norwich	Postgraduate Certificate in Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, University of East Anglia	Course leader: Martin Langsdon For more information go to www.uea.ac.uk/edu/counselling/masters/pgfocus or email Jane Ramsbottom: j.ramsbotton@uea.ac.uk This one-year course was developed by Campbell Purton, and is taught over six weekends. It is designed for qualified counsellors and psychotherapists who wish to extend their expertise into the area of focusing-oriented psychotherapy. It provides experiential training and a grounding in the theory and philosophy of the approach. Masters degree The Certificate can be combined with a Research Methods module, a Dissertation, and appropriate accredited prior learning (such as a counselling diploma), leading to an MA. The Dissertation can be on any topic related to focusing-oriented therapy, though for administrative reasons the degree title will be ‘MA in Counselling’.
Sep 4th-5th 2010 10am – 5pm Dartmoor	Learn Focusing Level 4 Reminders	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 See Fiona's Website For more information. Learn how to offer reminding suggestions in a Focusing partnership. This takes you deeper into the heart of the Focusing Process, and the relationship between a Focuser and their companion. By the end of Level 4, you will be able to offer guiding suggestions to your Focusing partner, and to extend your ability to self-guide. Prerequisite: Level 3.
Sep 4th-5th 2010 10am – 5pm North London	Focusing and Dreams	Manjudeva 07905 360318 www.livingfocusing.co.uk The Dreaming Body. Using Focusing to explore dreams What can dreams tell us about our life?, How does Focusing help to understand them? Might there be a way to explore them in a new way that brings clarity and change in our lives? During the workshop we will be exploring these and many other themes in an experiential and focusing way. We will be exploring how to take the skills we learn in Focusing into the world of dreams.
Sep 11th-12th 2010 10am – 5pm Dartmoor	New People 1 for Practitioners Part of the Practitioner training	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 See Fiona's Website For more information. Learn how to introduce Focusing to new people. Prerequisite: Level 5.
Sep 11th-12th 2010 10am – 5pm Manchester	The wisdom of the bodyIntroductory Focusing Weekend	Manjudeva and Jutika 07905 360318 www.livingfocusing.co.uk A weekends introductory workshop learning Focusing and listening Skills. Costs: £120/90 concs.
Sep 15th Phone course	Skype Distance Learning Focusing Course	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 This distance learning opportunity is for you If you can’t get away at weekends If you can’t travel to courses If you would prefer to learn in shorter weekly chunks If you would prefer to learn Focusing without leaving the comfort of your own home
Sep 18th - 19th 2010 10am – 5pm Bristol	Focusing Level 1	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 Learn how to listen to your inner wisdom through creating a positive inner relationship with yourself.  Develop the knowledge and skills to begin to practise Focusing alone, and to begin to listen to an other, so you can Focus with a companion. By the end of Level 1, you will have a basic understanding of the Focusing process. Prerequisite: An individual Focusing session See Fiona's Website
Sep 24th to Oct 1st Vajraloka retreat centre. wales	The body's knowing Focusing and Meditation retreat	Manjudeva (with Appicha and Jutika) 07905 360318 www.livingfocusing.co.uk A week long retreat for those who know Focusing and Meditation. Dive into the these mysterious practices in the stillness of a weeks retreat in the countryside.
Oct 2nd-3rd 2010 10am – 5pm Dartmoor	Learn Focusing Level 5 Deeper and Further	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 See Fiona's Website For more information. Learn more about ‘presence and partiality’ – developing your ability to be fully with whatever needs you attention, and the biases and no-go areas that can interfere with that. Also ‘wanting and not-wanting’, which takes your Focusing to a deeper level. Prerequisite: Level 4
Oct 2nd-3rd 2010 10am – 5pm North London	Untangling the knots Weekend 4	Manjudeva 07905 360318 www.livingfocusing.co.uk Weekend 4 exploring how we can take Focusing to our most difficult tangles and issues. Costs: £100/80 concs.
Oct 8th-11th 2010 Arrive after 3.30 on Friday. Leave before lunch on Monday Boswedden, Cornwall	Focusing Holiday	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 See Fiona's Website For more information. Boswedden is a comfortable and beautiful retreat centre on the coast at Cape Cornwall near St Just, minutes from the sea and spectacular scenery. We meet after breakfast for a check-in and then go into pairs for plenty of time for Focusing. The afternoons are free for personal time, resting, walks, creative work and painting, or exploring the spectacular area with others or on your own. There's a chance to meet at 5pm for more Focusing before supper and an option for socialising or creative group time in the evenings. Prerequisite: Level 2
Oct 9th-10th 2010 9.30-4.30 each day Penistone, near Sheffield	Me and my Elephant Self-in-Presence in the midst of life	Barbara McGavin Living from a calm, centred, confident core can be a real challenge. Life throws you a curve ball, knocks you off your perch or you just lose it when your spouse/daughter/colleague burns dinner/crashes the car/criticises you… How do you regain your Self? How can you recognise when you have drifted from Presence? How can you cultivate it day by day? This weekend will be an exploration into all of these issues. We will concentrate on strengthening your ability to find, cultivate, maintain and return to a state of Self-in-Presence whatever life throws at you. This is a workshop for people who already are familiar with the Focusing process and want to bring it into their daily lives. *Elephant (metaphoric) – large, powerful, easily spooked parts of us that can charge off trumpeting and trampling the undergrowth and small creatures or can sit down in the middle of the road and refuse to be moved or can move mountains when given loving leadership. Practicalities: Cost:£160 (£30 non-refundable deposit) Payment plans available to spread cost. Please contact Karen to find out about this option if you wish. Some free accommodation at venue is available (sleeping bags will be helpful). First come, first served. Food: refreshments and simple lunch will be provided: donations towards cost accepted but not obligatory. Sat evening supper: large kitchen available, takeaways close by. Booking and information available via webpage: Karen Sage; sage.karen@gmail.com or 01457 870 630
Oct 23rd-24th 2010 9.45am – 5.30pm Saturday and 9.45 -5pm Sunday London	'Focusing in Helping Relationships'	Peter Afford A workshop on introducing people to Focusing and combining it with other approaches, £125 (£115 if booked 2 or more weeks in advance) 020 8673 1860 peter@focusing.co.uk
Oct 30th-31st 2010 10am – 5pm Bristol	Learn Focusing Level 2 Becoming Companions	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 See Fiona's Website For more information. Practise the listening skills that enable you to companion someone else in a Focusing partnership. Expand your Focusing skills and deepen your ability to listen to yourself. By the end of Level 2, you will be able to join a peer group of Focusers, form a Focusing partnership, and attend further or advanced classes and workshops. Prerequisite: Level 1.
Nov 4th-7th 2010 South Wales	New life in dark places Focusing Residential weekend	Manjudeva and Jutika 07905 360318 www.livingfocusing.co.uk A long weekend residential course. For experienced Focusers. For more information see me website. Costs: £190/170/145 concs.
Nov 13th 2010 10am – 5pm Dartmoor	Nourish your Spiritual Life with Focusing	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 See Fiona's Website For more information. A nurturing day in a shared space with a small group. Make space and time to replenish your spiritual needs. Stay on Dartmoor for an extra day for walks and quiet time. Prerequisite: Level 2
Nov 13th-14th 2010 10am – 5pm Dublin	The wisdom of the bodyIntroductory Focusing Weekend	Manjudeva 07905 360318 www.livingfocusing.co.uk A weekends introductory workshop learning Focusing and listening Skills. Costs: £120 euros - please confirm costs with venue (see my website)
Dec 4th-5th 2010 10am – 5pm Bristol	Learn Focusing Level 3 Companionship	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 See Fiona's Website Learn how to support the Inner Relationship of the Focuser with their felt experience. Deepen your own Focusing skills. By the end of Level 3, you will have a deeper understanding of the Focusing process, and will be able to guide yourself through the process. You will also be able to support another Focuser with your listening skills. Prerequisite: Level 2
Dec 11th-12th 2010 10am – 5pm North London	The path to Wholeness Weekend 5	Manjudeva 07905 360318 www.livingfocusing.co.uk Weekend 5 exploring how Focusing and its basis in philosophy enhances our spiritual path. Costs: £100/80 concs.
Jan to Sep 2011 To be arranged by group Phone course	Focusing skills telecourse A combination of 16 phone seminars and 1 residential retreat	Kay Hoffmann 01767 261565 kay.hoffmann@homecall.co.uk An opportunity to learn the gentle, refreshing art of Focusing in a small group from the comfort of your own home. The course will be largely experiential. Together we will explore ways of listening to one another which allows the life in us to soften and open in new and surprising ways. Cost per block of 4 seminars £100, or £375 for all 16. Cost of residential long-weekend retreat approx. £200
Jan 15th-16th 2011 10am – 5pm Bristol	Learn Focusing Level 4 Reminders	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 See Fiona's Website Learn how to offer reminding suggestions in a Focusing partnership. This takes you deeper into the heart of the Focusing Process, and the relationship between a Focuser and their companion. By the end of Level 4, you will be able to offer guiding suggestions to your Focusing partner, and to extend your ability to self-guide. Prerequisite: Level 3.
Feb 27th-28th 2011 10am – 5pm Bristol	Learn Focusing Level 5 Deeper and Further	Fiona Parr 01837 840165 See Fiona's Website Learn more about ‘presence and partiality’ – developing your ability to be fully with whatever needs you attention, and the biases and no-go areas that can interfere with that. Also ‘wanting and not-wanting’, which takes your Focusing to a deeper level. Prerequisite: Level 4