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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.

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

  • 20th November 2025 Zoom

    Listening, language and the body 

    Focusing Skills Certificate

    How we feel about the body generally and our relationship with our own body may affect our Focusing process and these modules give space to explore this. We also delve deeper into the realm of…

    Suzi Mackenzie

  • 20th November 2025

    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

  • 21st November 2025 Zoom

    Autumn- Focusing Skills Certificate Level 3 – online 

    Focusing Skills Certificate

    Module 3  Focusing partnerships – The Art of Guiding November 21/28 & December 05/12  @ 13:00 – 16:00 UTC 4 x 3 hours In this 3rd Level of the BFA Skills Certification we learn more about the role…

    Paula Charnley

  • 24th November 2025 Zoom Online

    Safe Inner Space Felt-sense Relationship: Level 2 Focusing Skills Course on Zoom 

    Focusing Skills Certificate

    British Focusing Association (BFA) Accredited Course 2025 What is Focusing? Focusing is a journey of self-discovery, where the body serves as a guide toward healing and intuition, nurturing self-friendship and transformative insight. Course Structure: This…

    Simon McKibbin

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