Focusing Grounding & Listening / Companioning skills – Level 1
John Threadgold
21st June 2025 - 12th July 2025 Calstock Therapy Hub. Calstock Cornwall , Calstock
Focusing Skills Certificate Workshop/Event
This is a Level 1 Focusing & Listening skills course. In this course we will explore –
- How we commonly deal with our hurting feelings & emotions – & how we can use grounding & focusing to resolve them.
- Grounding – what it is – how it can help resolve difficult emotions & deepen our focusing experience
- Focusing as a natural skill that was discovered not invented.
- How do we spot ‘focusing moments’ and have focusing conversations
- Guided focusing – learn the skills to be a focusing partner , and to experience being a focuser.
- Learning how to listen to yourself – and others – and be develop guiding & reflective listening skills to be an effective focusing partner to others.
- Looking at focusing resources – and further training.
- How to find & develop focusing partnerships.
Teaching methods
- There will be group experiential exercises associated with Grounding & Focusing
- Everybody will have the opportunity to experiencing focusing on an individual basis with me.
- I will be modelling both Listening & Focusing skills
- You will be able to practice both focusing & Listening skills with each other, taking it turn to be a Focuser & Focusing Companion
- Everybody will have an opportunity to join a Focusing Watts App group, to link up with other workshop participants for focusing & companioning practice in between sessions & beyond.
Dates. The course will be in person over 4 Saturday mornings 9.30 for a 10am start, (10am- 1am) at the Calstock Therapy Hub. Maximum 6 participants. The cost for this 12 Hour course is £150 per person. Notes & Attendance / CPD certificate included in the price.