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  • Breda

    René Veugelers 

    heis an international Children Focusing coordinator, FOT, Art therapist, Psychiatric nurse trained in Emerging Body Language (EBL). He lives in the Netherlands, where he works with parents, toddlers, children and adolescents, emphasizing the non-verbal world and (early) inner child experiences

  • Stanmore HA7, UK

    Paula Newman 

    I find Focusing enriching and healing. It supports empathic and accepting listening, which is in tune with my person-centred therapy approach. I value Focusing as a way of coping with physical ailments, and include this as a topic in my Focusing Skills Training.

  • Chesham

    Julia Brammer 

    Discovering focusing was a revelation and has profoundly changed my life! It has enabled a deep and compassionate connection with my inner world and a peace that comes from feeling fully heard. It is my joy and privilege to now teach and share focusing as a BFA Certified Focusing Practitioner.

  • Chalfont Saint Peter

    Sabine Lees 

    I am a BACP registered Counsellor and work for the past 9 years in private practice in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire.

  • London

    Peter Afford 

    I'm something of an old timer with Focusing - I've been immersed in it for most of my adult life. It's a reflective practice that finds its way into most things I do. I've also been studying neuroscience for a long time - Focusing helps in understanding how our brains and bodies work.

  • East Sussex, UK

    Amanda Raine 

    I struggled for over twenty years with depression, CPTST, eating disorders and addictions, and it was Focusing that brought the deep empathic listening and longed for change.  Sharing this life changing process continues to inspire and touch me as I witness people's unique journeys unfolding.

  • Cornwall, UK

    Hilary Thorn 

    Focusing takes you on a journey out of your thinking mind and into your feeling body, connecting you to your inner wisdom with curiosity and compassion. I love to combine it with creativity, exploring how giving the body another language to express itself can be both liberating and surprising!

  • 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.

  • Edinburgh

    Ruth Friedman 

    I help my clients overcome self-doubt, value themselves more and increase their confidence so that they can bring more value to their projects I have been focusing since 2014 and trained in Inner Relational Focusing and Relational Whole Body Focusing

  • 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.

  • Unnamed Road, Drummin, Co. Galway, Ireland

    Marta Fabregat 

    Focusing has deepened my sense of presence and embodied relating, keeping me humbled by the unexpected next steps that life unfolds. Living a Focusing life is a gift, one of continuous discovery, deep listening, and ever-unfolding connection.

  • Scotland

    Carol Ervine 

    Individual focusing sessions

  • Ventnor

    Trudie Johnston 

    I discovered Focusing shortly before the lockdown and have found it helps support me in my everyday life.

  • 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.

  • Bristol

    Nigel Gibbons 

    I've been a Focusing practitioner since 2012, and use it within my counselling and supervision practice, and in creative writing.

  • 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...

  • CCWC+79 Bristol, UK

    Mareike Ringena 

    Focusing has shown me how to open the door to the ‘ME’ inside – I am particuraly passionate to integrate Focusing with non verbal creative forms of expression. I am offering Focusing on its own as well as integrating Focusing into my practise as a Dance Movement Psychotherapist.

  • London

    Mary Louise Morris 

    I am a Mindfulness teacher and Focusing practitioner who works with adults, children and teenagers. Through Focusing I have learnt to listen to and trust my body's wisdom, and have developed confidence that in any situation, something in me knows the next right step.

  • English Speakers Abroad

    Astrid Schillings 

    Focusing came into my life in 1981, when a student of Person Centred psychology. It resonated deeply with my wondering what it is to be human, why we are here. In that spirit I became a Psychotherapist/Psychologist. I have been been exploring and teaching extensively on the interface of Sensitive...