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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.

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.

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Courses & events

  • 4th November 2024 Zoom

    1.5-hour Taster for: Beginner Focusing Course Online 

    Introductory

    Deepen the art of listening to yourself & another This is an introduction to an online Focusing course in which you learn all the fundamentals for having Focusing Partnerships, and for Focusing alone or in a group. You…

  • 6th November 2024 Zoom

    Get a Taste 1.5 hours: Nervous System Reset online course 

    Specialist

    relaxed – connected – creative After accidents, certain neurological illnesses, or emotionally challenging incidences, the autonomic nervous system can get stuck in repetitive patterns, overreacting to specific cues. This challenges our health, well-being, sense of…

  • 7th November 2024 Online

    Focusing Level 2: Living Forward Energy 

    Focusing Skills Certificate

      Level two is the second of five Focusing levels which form the British Focusing Association Certificate in Focusing Skills. You will need to complete level one before joining the level two training. During Level…

  • 9th November 2024

    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,…

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