Focusing professionals directory

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

County Antrim, UK

Cliodhna Davis 

I am a BACP registered Integrative Psychotherapist, a Focusing- Oriented Psychotherapist and a Focusing Trainer. I have a small private practice in Northern Ireland and work with both adults and children.

Alan Tidmarsh 

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

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.

Norfolk

Martin Langsdon 

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

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.

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.

South West

Carla Walsmley-Esteves 

I discovered Focusing by chance when looking at a website that was naming the similarities between Focusing and Authentic Movement. For years I have been a practitioner in Somatic Movement, including Authentic Movement and had train in different embodiment approaches but I had never come across Focusing before. I was...

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Gwen Williams 

Focusing offers us a way to meet and be with ourselves in a way that is gentle and compassionate, where everything in our experience is welcomed and every part of us valued.

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.

Reading

Angela Hicks 

I first started Focusing in 2002. I soon realised I'd found something special. Focusing was life changing for me and helped me to deal with many issues that had previously been blocking me. I trained as a Focusing practitioner and then a Focusing teacher as I want other to benefit as much as I have.

London

Alex Brew 

I am a BFA-recognised Focusing Practitioner with over ten years of experience. I am part of the LGBTQI+ community and welcome everyone. In Focusing sessions you can expect to develop trust in your felt sense of your life situations and move beyond talking about issues and allow for somatic release.

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

Nigel Gibbons 

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