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Sara Bradly
Norfolk, UK
- Spirituality
- Creativity
- Focusing Oriented counselling
- Inner relationship Focusing
- Children Focusing
Introduction
I am a BACP-registered Child and Adult Counsellor offering Focusing-Oriented Therapy. I also deliver workshops and training in Focusing which carry certification from either the International Focusing Institute (TIFI) or from the British Focusing Association (BFA).
What services do I offer?
* One-to-one guided Focusing sessions - by phone, online or in-person
* One-to-one Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy/ Counselling - by phone, online or in-person
* BFA Focusing Skills Course (60 hours over 6 months)
* BFA Practitioner Training (60 hours over 6 months)
* I visit Counselling Training Organisations and Counselling Charity Organisations to deliver:
1) workshops on Focusing for Counsellors / Psychotherapists
2) workshops on Children's Focusing / Creative Focusing (Focusing using creative resources)
My background in Focusing
Long before I was introduced to Focusing I practised mindfulness meditation. I studied Religious Studies at Kings College London for my first degree and was fascinated by Indian religions and their philosophies and practises. Meditation transformed my life.
Some years later whilst on my person-centred counselling diploma course at the University of East Anglia I was thrilled to discover Focusing. Inspired, I set out on my vocation to be able to bring Focusing to both adults and children. I studied Focusing at the University of East Anglia (UEA) as part of my counselling training and went on to complete a research study on Focusing with Children in Schools for my MA. Following my MA I spent two years studying Focusing-Oriented Therapy with Greg Maddison at 'London Focusing'.
My passion for Focusing with children, took me to the Netherlands to complete my Children's Focusing Training with Réne Veugelers and Harriet Teeuw.
I am now director of Inner Focus Limited - a small company in Norfolk dedicated to providing Focusing-Oriented Therapy/ Counselling to adults and children. In addition to providing therapy I also deliver Focusing workshops to counselling organisations and provide Focusing training courses for counsellors/ psychotherapists.
Experience:
Previously I have worked at the University of East Anglia (UEA) as a Personal Development Group Facilitator on the PGDip Counselling course where I delivered group Focusing sessions for the counselling trainees. I co-tutored on the Post-Graduate Certificate in Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy course at the UEA. I have experience of working for CAMHS tier 2 delivering focusing-based counselling to children aged 4-11, and have delivered training in focusing using body maps to the clinicians there.
I have spoken at conferences on Focusing with Children - one for BACP CYP/families conference (2020) and one for the International Conference on Children's Spirituality (2012).
I have a chapter on Focusing with Children in 'Senses of Focusing', Volume 1, edited by Judy Moore and Nikolaos Kypriotakis (Eurasia Publications, Athens, 2021).
For me personally, Focusing has been transformative and I have been enormously grateful for it. It has been the thing that has helped me get through life's challenges. Being able to attune to what is going on in the body, to listen to it, give it space, and attend to it absolutely creates a movement forward, a shift in awareness and self-compassion. I have a passion to pass on this wonderful skill/ process to others.
Qualifications
Focusing Coordinator-in-Training (International Focusing Institute)
Certificate: Focusing-Oriented Therapy (International Focusing Institute)
Certificate: Focusing Trainer (International Focusing Institute)
Certificate: Children Focusing Trainer (International Focusing Institute)
BFA Teacher/ Mentor
BFA Focusing Practitioner
MA Person-Centred Counselling (University of East Anglia)
PG Dip Person-Centred Counselling (University of East Anglia)
PG Cert Person-Centred Counselling (University of East Anglia)
BA (hons) Religious Studies (Kings College London)
PQ Dip Counselling Children and Adolescents (Iron Mill College)
How do I practice?
Training mentor
I am a BFA training mentor and offer BFA Practitioner Training Courses specifically to Counsellors and Psychotherapists. Please see my website for more information
Supporting mentor
I can support counsellors/ psychotherapists who are looking at how to integrate Focusing into their clinical work. I can offer support with using creative resources to express a felt sense (such as art, sand tray, body mapping). I am able to support you if you are working with adult clients or child clients.
Prices: £58 / 50 minutes
Testimonials
Sara has delivered a series of children’s focusing workshops for our charity, which supports children's mental health. From the outset, Sara’s flexibility and responsiveness to the needs of the service were infallible. Sara has a clear passion for and comprehensive understanding of this technique, alongside a friendly and patient delivery manner that allowed all staff to fully engage in the sessions. Sara offered a holistic service – from sourcing and collation of resources to offering ongoing support for staff through regular practice group sessions. Focusing has become a key part of the services intervention toolkit, with staff feedback positively identifying the outcomes from use with children. We would like to thank Sara for her insight and support.
Toni Bentley, Operations Manager, Ormiston Families, Point 1
I liked the pace, time to talk and ask questions. I loved the content of the course, the theory behind it and the practice. Can’t wait to try it out. It was brilliant. Thank you Sara!
G.H Senior Practitioner
The experiential part of the workshop was empowering and fab learning content. Presentation was informative and not dull! Another workshop please!
D.M Counsellor
Clear, sensitive, compassionate, informed, passionate delivery of powerful material. [What I liked about the workshop:] To experience the process first hand, to be supported to navigate difficult feelings to a place of resolution. The containment and sensitivity in which the workshop was delivered. I would happily have extended the day and had more time to process the experience.
P.J Counsellor
Fascinating subject I hadn’t explored previously. I enjoyed the experiential elements which backed up the theory. Sara was very knowledgable and engaging. She made me feel comfortable about asking questions. An interesting way of working with children.
D.L.E Psychotherapist
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