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  • London

    Farrukh Akhtar 

    I have found Focusing to be one of the most gentle, but powerful ways to cut through all the noise and connect with the wisdom in the body.

  • Bristol

    Gordon Adam 

    Focusing has been an integral and transformative part of my life for the last 17 years: I Focus several times each week; facilitate a monthly Focusing group; run regular 5-day Focusing Retreats in Dartmoor; offer 'Focusing with Poetry' workshops; and I have been editing the BFA newsletter since 2016

  • Doncaster

    Marie Connors 

    Marie is a caring, Intuitive and experienced Therapist and Teacher. Her work is deep, yet gentle and nurturing.

  • CCWC+79 Bristol, UK

    Mareike Ringena 

    Focusing has shown me how to open the door to the ‘ME’ inside – I am particuraly passionate to integrate Focusing with non verbal creative forms of expression. I am offering Focusing on its own as well as integrating Focusing into my practise as a Dance Movement Psychotherapist.

  • Cambridge

    Simon McKibbin 

    I met Gene Gendlin, the founder of Focusing in 2008 and I was so moved by this meeting, it endeared me to want to embrace this precious approach. I am inspired to share the magic of Focusing so the fresh edge of all that knows it's rightness in you can show itself in its fulness and more.

  • London

    Andy Philpott 

    I am a BFA Certified Focusing Practitioner and an IFI Certified Focusing Trainer. I support people exploring their personal relationships and Financial Freedom. I practice Nonviolent Communication (NVC) which I integrate with Focusing to work with groups for social change and in conflict mediation.

  • Liverton

    Fiona Parr 

    Focusing has given me so much and I enjoy sharing its riches and gifts with others. I teach Focusing from my home on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, and online. I enjoy working with people in individual sessions and teaching small groups.

  • Kennet

    Addie Van Der Kooy 

    I have been fortunate to work closely for many years with Kevin McEvenue, the founder of Wholebody Focusing (WBF). First as his client and later as co-presenter of many WBF workshops and retreats in the UK. We also produced the WBF workbook “Focusing With Your Whole Body”. I am registered...

  • Bristol

    Nigel Gibbons 

    I've been a Focusing practitioner since 2012, and use it within my counselling and supervision practice, and in creative writing.

  • London

    Abdul Mateen Omary 

    I have got BA in Psychology, Certifying Focusing professional coordinator and TOT in Psychosocial and peace building. Focusing has changed my life, it taught me how to build effective relationships, it gradually changed my behaviour. Focusing helped me develop my listening skills and I learnt to put myself in a...

  • Kingston upon Thames

    Sonya Steller 

    Hello. I fell in love at first encounter with focusing some 12 years ago in Scotland and have been practicing one way and another ever since. My ongoing focusing partnerships are some of the most valuable relationships I have.

  • Torridge

    Sarah Hadfield 

    Sarah is a GP and Mind-Body Practitioner. She integrates Focusing into her work helping clients to understand their physical symptoms from a whole-person perspective. She guides her clients to cultivate an inner relationship to their body, mind and spirit that facilitates self-healing.

  • Brighton

    Sarah Hopkins 

    Focusing supports me to feel confident in my own unique experiencing and navigation of life, without defaulting to authority, convention or expectation. After years feeling constricted under the weight of others' ideas of who or what I should be, Focusing frees me up to be fully myself, right now.

  • Bradford

    Celia Dawson 

    I am a Certifying Co-ordinator with the International Focusing Institute. I train therapists in working with complex trauma and we incorporate Focusing in our work together with many other modalities. I am a Director of the Complex Trauma Institute.

  • Edinburgh

    Marion Stumpe 

    Focusing has beautifully enriched my life. I see every moment as an opportunity to engage and connect with life in its fullest and have a heartfelt wish to bring this wonderful gift to others. I am here for you for when you are ready to connect to your body’s innate knowing, aliveness and wholeness.

  • Tywyn

    Bernie Heaney 

    Having practised meditation for years and being a mindfulness teacher, I luckily found focusing. To me focusing is a gateway to self-acceptance and self-compassion. It is in the spirit of 'everything is welcome' that I now share focusing and mindfulness with others.

  • Stroud

    Claire Owen 

    Celebrating and sharing Focusing, a profound process which has been life changing for me. I love how it gently takes me out of my ruminating into a world of symbol and kindness, where all is allowed to be and where realisation, understanding, relief and next steps can unfold.

  • Jászberény

    Ildiko Davis 

    As an online Counsellor and Focusing Practitioner, I have retained strong personal and professional connections in the UK even after I have moved back to Hungary. Focusing allowed me to create a life that suits me well and I like to support others in finding their uniquely fitting path in life too.

  • South West

    Carla Walsmley-Esteves 

    I discovered Focusing by chance when looking at a website that was naming the similarities between Focusing and Authentic Movement. For years I have been a practitioner in Somatic Movement, including Authentic Movement and had train in different embodiment approaches but I had never come across Focusing before. I was...

  • Bristol

    Vicki Thomas 

    Finding Focusing 4 years ago has definitely changed my life – both inner and outer. Being deeply listened to and heard is such a healing experience in itself and Focusing has been a big part of my own inner journey and an intrinsic part of recovery from depression. I love sharing it with others.