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  • Brighton

    Suzi Mackenzie 

    I rediscovered Focusing in 2008 when I was training as a counsellor: Something in me knew that I needed it! I found that while I knew I needed to empathise with and accept myself, I didn’t always manage it and Focusing showed me how to do this. Focusing has been...

  • Bristol

    Vicki Thomas 

    Finding Focusing 4 years ago has definitely changed my life – both inner and outer. Being deeply listened to and heard is such a healing experience in itself and Focusing has been a big part of my own inner journey and an intrinsic part of recovery from depression. I love sharing it with others.

  • Leipzig

    Amona Buechler 

    Amona has been offering courses, workshops, and sessions online & offline since 1998. She is a Certified Focusing Trainer/Coordinator in Training and a Certified Feldenkrais Assistant Trainer. Of German origin, she lived in Chicago 1998-2015, traveled the world until 2021, and now lives in Germany.

  • South West

    Barbara McGavin 

    My greatest joy is exploring the frontiers of the Focusing process – what it is and how it can be applied in daily life. Since 1991, Ann Weiser Cornell and I have been developing Inner Relationship Focusing to help people learn Focusing more easily. Since 1994, we have been exploring...

  • Tunbridge Wells

    Kirsty Pakes 

    Focusing has been transformative in my life and I am deeply passionate about sharing its gifts with others. It has enabled me to develop a strong, containing yet tender relationship with myself and this supports me to access a kinder and wiser way of being in the world and with others.

  • Coimbra

    Gonçalo Moreira 

    By allowing our essence of peace and compassion to illuminate our felt experience, we can flourish. This process is unique to each person. For me, attentive listening and a beginner’s mind are essential to be fully available to support this journey of growth. It is a process that is not linear, but

  • Stroud

    Lisa Blaine 

    I love Focusing! It has changed so much for me personally, allowing a kind curiosity to be present much of the time for myself and others and professionally, working as an outdoor person centred counsellor.

  • Cambridge

    Simon McKibbin 

    I met Gene Gendlin, the founder of Focusing in 2008 and I was so moved by this meeting, it endeared me to want to embrace this precious approach. I am inspired to share the magic of Focusing so the fresh edge of all that knows it's rightness in you can show itself in its fulness and more.

  • Calstock

    John Threadgold 

    Hi. I am John Threadgold. I am a focusing teacher, therapist and supervisor and specialist in Trauma. I am also accredited for counselling and psychotherapy by the BACP.

  • Brighton

    Matt Farren 

    Hi, I'm Matthew! Focusing for me is a Somatic Dialogue of Prayer, Meditation and Self-Inquiry where the poetic, embodied language of the Soul and the Unconscious emerges to be seen, heard, and honored.

  • Stroud

    Caroline Redmond 

    Focusing is life-changing. As a counsellor, I rarely include focusing by teaching, or even mentioning its name. I know its power however, and hold it close as a possibility for each session. People know focusing - it is a natural way - it only needs space and safety and it unfolds as it will

  • Bristol

    Gordon Adam 

    Focusing has been an integral and transformative part of my life for the last 17 years: I Focus several times each week; facilitate a monthly Focusing group; run regular 5-day Focusing Retreats in Dartmoor; offer 'Focusing with Poetry' workshops; and I have been editing the BFA newsletter since 2016

  • London

    Abdul Mateen Omary 

    I have got BA in Psychology, Certifying Focusing professional coordinator and TOT in Psychosocial and peace building. Focusing has changed my life, it taught me how to build effective relationships, it gradually changed my behaviour. Focusing helped me develop my listening skills and I learnt to put myself in a...

  • London

    Sarah Paul 

    Focusing has become one of my most treasured resources for finding clarity, inspiration, and meaning - both in the practice itself and through exploring the philosophy it's founded on. I love seeing others discover their own capacities for Focusing, and its value for them.

  • Hove

    Nora Larimar 

    (previously Alison Thorpe) I'm a Counsellor and Focusing practitioner. I work with an approach called 'Clean Language' which has a lot in common with Focusing. Here's an example video to see it in practice. https://youtu.be/suAaFjoazbc?si=YWFqPVtmi6gb9szU It works online as well as in-person.

  • Kennet

    Addie Van Der Kooy 

    I have been fortunate to work closely for many years with Kevin McEvenue, the founder of Wholebody Focusing (WBF). First as his client and later as co-presenter of many WBF workshops and retreats in the UK. We also produced the WBF workbook “Focusing With Your Whole Body”. I am registered...

  • Shrewsbury

    Bethany Rivers 

    I love the compassion, the freshness, the insight that comes from focusing. I'm especially interested in focusing with regards: creativity, dreams and grief.

  • Stroud

    Claire Owen 

    I am profoundly grateful for the way Focusing has helped me grow more confidently into my authentic self, become more resilient and connected in the world. I'm passionate about sharing this beautiful and I would say radical practice, with others.

  • Southampton

    Elizabeth Smith 

    I qualified as a Person-Centred Counsellor in 1996 and since then have worked in private practice in Harrow. I am a Senior Accredited member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and also a member of Association of Christian Counsellors. I first discovered Focusing through witnessing a demonstration given by...

  • Paris

    Danielle McShine 

    Focusing is a key to unlocking a natural human inheritance. Through this gentle and transformative approach, I've learned that we can be at home with ourselves, whatever the outer circumstances of our lives, and grow more skilled at welcoming both challenges and joys, as new possibilities unfold.