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

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Courses & events

3rd September 2019 Skype Worldwide
Online Focusing Practitioner Training
Specialist

Do you love Focusing, and want to share this valuable resource with others? Starting September. A new online professional training for people who have done the basic course. This is…

Fiona Parr
5th December 2019 Skype Worldwide
Online Level 3: Focusing Partnership
Focusing Skills Certificate

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…

Fiona Parr
6th February 2020 Skype Worldwide
Online Level 4: Reminding Suggestions
Focusing Skills Certificate

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….

Fiona Parr
31st May 2020 North London Buddhist Centre, Holloway Road, London
Introductory Focusing Workshop
Introductory

An introductory focusing workshop at the North London Buddhist Centre. Learn the basics of focusing in the beautiful environment of a Buddhist shrine room in North London. This day long…

Rob Gibbs