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Focusing is a process of listening to the wisdom of your body

The British Focusing Association (BFA) is a community of Focusing practitioners, teachers and Focusing-oriented therapists. We are here to support your learning and deepening of Focusing and listening in all its forms. Here you can find practitioners, search for events, read articles and blog posts and more.

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Focusing has deepened my therapy practice, helping clients (and me) to understand and integrate unconscious parts.

Vajrasara Rankin. Therapist

Focusing enables me to live my life and to counsel clients with a deeper level of self-awareness.

Paula Newman – Counsellor.

Focusing has transformed my life

Cathy Rowan

What I love about Focusing is that it offers a practical way to develop self compassion, to meet all aspects of ourselves, the good, and especially the bad and the ugly!

Taravajra

Focusing has been for me a gentle process that can access to a bodily-felt sense from which meaning arises with intricate detail and empathy.

David

Learning focusing helped me feel more human – I had feelings too, the unwanted ones shifted when I paid attention to them, and I could empathise with other people’s feelings. Relief!

Peter Afford

Focusing has opened the door to my inner world, giving me greater confidence in myself, and a belief in the innate wisdom we all share, when we learn how to find it

Elizabeth English  DPhil (Oxon)

Focusing has helped me feel more alive

Suzi Mackenzie

Focusing, for me, is a doorway to an open, kindly, wise and profound connection to Life.

Helen Bryant


We are excited to announce the opening of the registration for the Focusing School 2025 which will take place in the West Midlands on 20th-24th August 2025.

 
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Courses & events

  • 1st November 2025

    Exploring Focusing – Focusing Skills Module 2 

    Focusing Skills Certificate

    This online workshop is the second module of a five-module Focusing Skills course. In it we will continue to practise Focusing ourselves and will also explore and practise more the skills of being a Focusing…

    Susan Jordan

  • 6th November 2025 Zoom

    1.5-hour Taster: Nervous System Reset Online Course 

    Introductory

    relaxed – connected – creative 1.5-hour informal meeting to introduce my 20-week Nervous System Reset Online Course After accidents, certain neurological illnesses, or emotionally challenging incidences, the autonomic nervous system can get stuck in repetitive…

    Amona Buechler

  • 10th November 2025 Sheldon Retreat centre, Devon.

    Path of Freedom: Untangling® retreat 

    Specialist

    Are you longing for change but keep repeating the same patterns? Do you sense that more freedom is possible but are totally stuck with how to get there? Maybe you have a tangle! The Untangling®…

    Peter Gill

  • 15th November 2025 Germany, Wolfgang-Heinze-Str. 35, 04277 Leipzig

    Wochenend-Workshop FOCUSING Dein Innerer Kompass 

    Focusing Skills Certificate

    15. – 16. November 2025 in Leipzig Warum Focusing? Unser Leben ist ein ständiger Prozess des Wandels und Wachsens. Täglich stehen wir vor Wegkreuzungen und fragen uns: Was ist der nächste Schritt? Genau hier hilft…

    Amona Buechler

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