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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

  • 25th January 2025 Online – Zoom, South East

    Listening, Language and the Body 

    Focusing Skills Certificate

    Two Saturdays: We will look at deepening your listening practice, making the Focusing process collaborative and how use of language can influence the Focusing process. We will also explore our connection with the body and…

    Suzi Mackenzie

  • 27th January 2025

    Focusing on the Good (with Ann Weiser Cornell) 

    Introductory

    Cultivate positive feelings and enjoy more of life. Learn how to discover joy, meaning, wonder, and your body’s “yes”!   Your Body is a Resource for Feeling Good You might be used to thinking of…

    Peter Gill

  • 30th January 2025 Lake Vyrnwy, Wales, UK, Oswestry

    Rekindling Connection Retreat 

    Introductory

    Join Bethany Rivers and Paula Charnley during the Celtic Festival of Imbolc, which marks the beginning of spring. In this nourishing 4-day retreat we’ll create a space, to emerge from the dark months of winter.…

    Paula Charnley

  • 8th February 2025

    Focusing Skills Level 4 

    Focusing Skills Certificate

    BFA accredited Skills Course Level 4 Becoming familiar with parts In This 12 hour course our focus will be working with and understanding parts. Focusing becomes embodied when we can stay with and stay curious…

    Paula Charnley

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