The home of Focusing and listening in the UK
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.
Focusing enables me to live my life and to counsel clients with a deeper level of self-awareness.
Focusing has transformed my life
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!
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.
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!
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
Focusing has helped me feel more alive
Focusing, for me, is a doorway to an open, kindly, wise and profound connection to Life.
Courses & events
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10th October 2026 Central London, near London Bridge
Introduction to Focusing
Introductory
We offer excellent opportunities to learn Focusing from Certified Focusing Professionals/Certified Focusing Therapists from our London Focusing team. Feel free to contact us for individual sessions or any groups/communities who would like to learn this…
Greg Madison -
10th October 2026
Focusing for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
Specialist
Many counsellors and psychotherapists learn something about Focusing in their training, but may not feel they know enough to bring it into their work.This short online course will teach you the basic elements of Focusing,…
Susan Jordan -
13th October 2026 Online
Relational Presence: Focusing Skills Course for Coaches, Therapists and other Spaceholders
Focusing Skills Certificate
What makes the difference with those clients who are hardest to reach? More often than not it’s not the tool that you use, but the quality of your very presence. This Focusing Skills Course is…
Ruth Friedman -
14th October 2026
Explore Your Inner Landscape: A Focusing Journey of Self-Discovery
An online series designed for both beginners and experienced practitioners If you are curious about personal growth and ready to know yourself at a deeper level, this online workshop series is for you. Together, we…
Paula Newman
Articles & Blogs
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28th Aug 2026
We are Interaction
Focusing in the Space Between What a fox taught me about presence One of the gifts Focusing has given me is a deeper, embodied way of listening — to myself and, at the same time, to my interaction…
Deirdre Kennedy -
21st Oct 2025
Staying Connected
Introductory Practitioner projects
Staying connected with one self traveling and teaching worldwide Children and Focusing a personal journey!
Download Staying-Connected.pdf (pdf)
René Veugelers -
18th May 2025
Creative Compassion – Toward A Culture Of Relational Empathy. Training Social Skills Through Art-Based Focusing
Creative Compassion for Peacebuilding (CCP) is a Focusing-oriented, art-based approach that helps individuals understand and practice Relational Empathy (Maureen O’Hara) through receptive-active art activities. This article outlines the theoretical framework of the CCP approach, as…
Download Creative_Compassion©Freda-Blob.pdf (pdf)
Freda Blob -
16th Jun 2024
The autistic wall of tears
The autistic wall of tears When I was first introduced to Focusing through training with Peter Gill, I very quickly realised that the inside world was a bit of a mystery. In my introductory Focusing…
Catherine Flynn
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