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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.

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

  • 14th February 2026 Zoom

    The Older Women’s Self-Appreciation Society 

    Focusing Skills Certificate

    Live and lead from the inside out NB Course dates have changed. A course designed for women in their 50s and beyond, who want to move through life with more clarity, presence, and self-connection. Build…

    Helen Dillon

  • 16th February 2026

    Dream Wisdom: Focusing and dreams 

    Specialist

    What can dreams tell us about our life? How can Focusing help with understanding them? Might there be a way to explore them in a new way that brings clarity and change in our lives?…

    Peter Gill

  • 17th February 2026 Karl-Heine-Straße 54 04229 Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig

    Changes Group Leipzig, Germany 

    Specialist

    Changes Groups sind Orte für Partnerschaftliches FOCUSING. In regelmäßigen Treffen bieten Changes Groups einen Raum, um gemeinsam FOCUSING zu praktizieren. Bei einer Changes Group handelt es sich nicht um eine feste Gruppe, sondern um ein offenes Treffen. Die…

    Amona Buechler

  • 17th February 2026

    Focusing Practitioner Training: Open House Seminar 

    Introductory

    Come and find out about my 2026 Practitioner Training. (which begins Tuesday 28th April) Find out more about the training here: https://www.livingfocusing.co.uk/practitioner This free 45 minutes seminar will go over the essentials of the BFA…

    Peter Gill

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