Focusing professionals directory

Leek ST13, UK

Paula Charnley 

I feel very alive in my job as a Person Centred Counsellor and Focusing Practitioner /Teacher. I support the people I work with people in making the shifts neccesary to become unstuck. I am an accredited Teacher with BFA & hold a Masters in Counselling Psychology.

Tübingen

Freda Blob 

It took more than 25 years of Focusing to find my true calling, that is to teach Focusing with the arts. Making space for arts in Focusing is my joy and mission. I am founding director of FOCUSZART The Focusing Studio, offering Focusing and Intermodal Focusing with the Arts (IFA)

London

Farrukh Akhtar 

I have found Focusing to be one of the most gentle, but powerful ways to cut through all the noise and connect with the wisdom in the body.

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...

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.

Norfolk

Martin Langsdon 

I work as a counsellor and supervisor and Focusing is a key part of my practice.

Liverton

Fiona Parr 

Focusing has given me so much and I enjoy sharing its riches and gifts with others. I teach Focusing from my home on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, and online. I enjoy working with people in individual sessions and teaching small groups.

Trondheim

Vera Rolfine Fryd Lyngmo 

Hello! :) One of the greatest things about Focusing is that it allows me to keep practicing standing in 'Not Knowing'; I don't have to choose between what seems contradictory from the everyday perspective. Plus I get to be with others as they discover genuine fresh insights from inside. Yay!

Sheffield

Colette Cameron 

Creative practice and Focusing are perfect companions. Images can be made in a Focusing way, and Focusing can be enriched by creative responses. It is this fertile ground of cross pollination, where the two practices enrich each other, that I am especially interested in sharing

Ventnor

Trudie Johnston 

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

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...

London

Andy Philpott 

I am a BFA Certified Focusing Practitioner and an IFI Certified Focusing Trainer. I support people exploring their personal relationships and Financial Freedom. I practice Nonviolent Communication (NVC) which I integrate with Focusing to work with groups for social change and in conflict mediation.

North West

Patricia Foster 

I have been living and working (Financial – Shipping Sector) in Greece since 1981 and came across Focusing in 2002. From the out-start I was captivated (and I mean out-start!). I then trained and qualified as a Focuser and Focusing Oriented Therapist with the Focusing institute, HFC and UEA. During...

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.

Kingston upon Thames

Sonya Steller 

Hello. I fell in love at first encounter with focusing some 12 years ago in Scotland and have been practicing one way and another ever since. My ongoing focusing partnerships are some of the most valuable relationships I have.

adriana dorsett 

As well as being a Focusing Practitioner I have been working with individuals and couples as a relationship counselor, with Relate Avon in Bristol. My passion for Focusing and Counseling led me towards (IFS) Internal Family Systems, specialising in intimacy.

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.

Stroud

Claire Owen 

Celebrating and sharing Focusing, a profound process which has been life changing for me. I love how it gently takes me out of my ruminating into a world of symbol and kindness, where all is allowed to be and where realisation, understanding, relief and next steps can unfold.

Bradford

Celia Dawson 

I am a Certifying Co-ordinator with the International Focusing Institute. I train therapists in working with complex trauma and we incorporate Focusing in our work together with many other modalities. I am a Director of the Complex Trauma Institute.

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.