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

25th April 2024 Zoom, South West

Module 4: Radical Acceptance

Focusing Skills Certificate

Module 4 of the BFA skills series exploring how to use Focusing to explore deeper emotional tangles and difficulties Topics: Developing grounding Inner visitors and guests in Focusing Dynamics of the inner world Guiding skills…

Peter Gill
29th April 2024 Zoom Meeting (Video Conference)

Levels/Modules 3,4,5 of Basic Focusing Skills Course Level 1-5

Focusing Skills Certificate

Deepen your Focusing Partnerships Relate to yourself and others with freshness, emotional intelligence, and an open heart. If you have done a basic Focusing course, you can join: Levels/Modules 3, 4, 5 of my Level…

Amona Buechler
2nd May 2024

Deepen Your Life Through Focusing

Introductory

4-day Online Beginner Focusing Course Focusing has a tremendously gentle, often meditative quality. It is a process in which the heart and the intellect meet. With a kind of felt inner listening that is friendly,…

Amona Buechler
2nd May 2024

Focusing Practitioner Training

Professional Training

The British Focusing Association (BFA) Practitioner Training Programme enables you to work professionally with Focusing. You will learn how to integrate Focusing into your exising professional field, and you will also be able to offer…

Fiona Parr