Focusing professionals directory

Brighton and Hove

Sandy Gee 

I've been a keen focuser for over 20 years and a focusing oriented psychotherapist for 10. In recent years I've undergone further advanced training and incorporated into my work Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) both approaches that integrate focusing in a more directly relational...

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.

Rob Foxcroft 

Meeting focusing was a homecoming: 'These are my people. I knew this all my life. Now I have friends in this inner world.' Focusing and listening have carried my life forward for many years. It has been a joy and a privilege to share focusing with others, and to listen to their inward explorations.

London

Karen Liebenguth 

I have been a Focusing practitioner since 2011. Focusing has greatly enhanced and enriched my own experience of life as well as my coaching and mindfulness work with clients.

London

Farrukh Akhtar 

I offer warm, spacious Focusing sessions to support you in listening inwardly with compassion. I welcome those feeling soul-tired, stuck, or at a turning point. Sessions are online or in-person. Nothing is pushed—everything is welcome.

Wyre Forest

Jerry Conway 

Retired.

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.

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.

Alan Tidmarsh 

After training at the UEA I worked as a focusing-oriented therapist until my retirement in 2024.

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

St Werburghs, Bristol, UK

Isla Macdonald 

I have practiced Focusing for over 18years and since qualified as a psychotherapeutic counsellor with Re-vision

Yorkshire And Humberside

David Garlovsky 

Teacher trainer/CEO Schools and Homes Energy Education Project – Using Focusing/Listening to develop problem solves skills and combine education and invention to facilitate decisions about energy use and climate change. Successfully pioneered an education method and STEM renewable energy resources

Stroud

Peter Gill 

I came across Focusing on a retreat in 2003, and since then I have not looked back. It has made a huge difference to my life. For me it is much more than a therapeutic tool: it connects to a whole approach to living that brings wisdom and compassion to all that life bring us.

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...

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.

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...

Rickmansworth

Halina Rozensztrauch 

Embodiment is not just listening to the body but listening through the body - that’s been a life-reorienting and enriching perspective that Focusing opened so tangibly. The trust that not knowing becomes knowing moment by moment became irreversible, so here I am, open to explore and inquire with you

Livingston

Helen Dillon 

Conscious Career coach, with 20 years experience coaching women through significant career & life transitions. I offer Focusing-oriented coaching and Focusing training. For me Focusing is a superpower for a fully lived life and meaningful work. Click on my photo to find out more...

West Midlands, UK

Katherine Long 

I love introducing people to Focusing practice, and am constantly in awe of the many ways it can enrich our lives, as well as to heal past trauma, or stuckness. As well as 121 and group programmes, I combine Focusing with coaching and organisation development.

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.