Finding the Help Within (BFA Level 1)
2nd June 2026 - 30th June 2026 Zoom
Introductory Workshop/Event
Life is complex. Work is challenging. Focusing helps you make sense of it.
(An introductory 5 week online small group course | Tuesdays 4-6:30pm | £150 )
You can think something through carefully, talk it over, reflect on it from every angle, and still not arrive at clear sense of what is going on.
And then something shifts. A decision settles. A direction begins to form. You notice what you actually sense in the situation, not only what you think about it.
A different way of making sense
Focusing is a practical way of working with experience so that meaning and clarity can form as you pay attention.
It offers a way of making sense of experience that doesn’t rely only on analysis or reflection.
For many people, it becomes a reliable practice for working with complexity, uncertainty, and decision-making as they arise in daily life.
Rather than analysing from the outside, you learn to pause and attend to the subtle, bodily “felt sense” of a situation, decision, or life circumstance, and allow fresh clarity and meaning to emerge from there.
This beginner-friendly course offers a grounded introduction to Experiential Focusing as both:
- a personal practice for self-understanding, clarity, and decision-making
- and a way of listening to others that helps them hear themselves more clearly, without advice or fixing
Many people come to Focusing because they are at a crossroads, navigating change, or wanting a deeper way of relating to themselves. Others come because they sense there is a different kind of knowing available beyond analysis and overthinking.
Over five weeks, you’ll learn the core elements of the Focusing process through guided practice, demonstration, reflection, and supported partnership work in a small group setting.
In this course you’ll learn:
- the foundations of Experiential Focusing
- how to recognise and stay with a “felt sense”
- how clarity forms through attention, rather than force or analysis
- how to companion another person in a Focusing-oriented way
- how to build trust in your own sensing and inner process
This course may particularly suit:
- thoughtful people who tend to live “in their heads”
- coaches, therapists, and helping professionals
- people navigating transition, complexity, or important decisions
- anyone looking for a more embodied and reflective way of relating to themselves
No prior experience of Focusing is needed.
About the course
This course meets the requirements for BFA Level 1 and includes practice in both Focusing and companioning.
Participants often leave with:
- a practical process they can continue using in daily life
- greater trust in their own inner sensing
- and an experience of being listened to in a deeply respectful and non-directive way
Finding the Help Within
This course supports you in developing trust in your own sense-making, rather than relying only on logical thinking or analysis.
About your facilitator
Helen is a British Focusing Association certified Focusing Practitioner and a Certified Focusing Professional with The International Focusing Institute. She has been practising Focusing since 1997 and integrating it into her daily life and professional work since 2018.
With a background in person-centred therapy and over 20 years’ experience as a coach, Helen works with people navigating change, decision-making, self-trust, and life transition. Focusing forms a central part of her approach, alongside other embodied and reflective practices.
Alongside one-to-one work, she facilitates groups and workshops exploring self-understanding, inner clarity, and deeper ways of listening both to ourselves and others.
She maintains a regular Focusing partnership practice and ongoing professional development, and is currently completing her Focusing teacher training with mentoring and support from Peter Gill and Fiona Parr.
Helen’s teaching style is grounded, spacious, and practical, with an emphasis on helping people develop greater trust in their own sensing and inner process.