Focusing professionals directory

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

Stroud

Helen Bower

As a trainer I mainly teach care and supporting worker’s own development in areas such as resilience, self-awareness, managing stress, self-regulation and capacity for personal change. Focusing is the main tacit unpinning for this. I Focus regularly and it is my main personal practice.

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...

York

Jude Robinson

I am a BFA qualified Focusing practitioner, Soul Plan practitioner and Sound Healing for Trauma coach.

Neston

Antoinette Carr

In Focusing i feel as if i am exploring new adventures and have a completely new perspective on life. i am at the beginning of this journey of curiosity and have already developed interest in Witnessing, Spirituality and Nature work as well as looking at generational trauma and healing.

Marion Winslow

Since meeting Focusing I have again and again come back to it as a core resource when I have felt strayed from ‘myself’, & I used its magic a lot in my therapy practice When writing on the links between psychotherapy and spirituality, Focusing became absolutely central, so I became a Practitioner.

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...

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

South East

Russ Kendall

I have a background in Psychology, which I remain passionate about, and I worked as a Psychology lecturer for many years. My particular interest in Humanistic Psychology led me to train as a Counsellor 10 years ago and I have been running a private practice for the past 6 years....

Norfolk

Martin Langsdon

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

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.

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

Torridge

Sarah Hadfield

Sarah is a GP and Mind-Body Practitioner. She integrates Focusing into her work helping clients to understand their physical symptoms from a whole-person perspective. She guides her clients to cultivate an inner relationship to their body, mind and spirit that facilitates self-healing.

Amy McCormack

I am an integrative counsellor working in private practice and a focusing practitioner. Learning to focus and developing a regular practice has transformed my relationship with myself. Consequently it is now at the heart of my therapeutic work.

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.

Bristol BS1, UK

Harriet Brown

I love sharing focusing and helping you make sense of the strands of your life and finding a way forward that feels right at a deeper level. I value the peace that can come from living life in the inner-directed way.

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.

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.

Malvern Hills

Cathy Rowan

Focusing has enabled me to transform my life from an existence of micromanaging chronic pain to one of finding myself again. The Focusing process gently created showed me how to feel safe living in my body rather than being stuck in dissociation and freeze which had underpinned much of the pain.