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Introduction

After years of meditation and psychotherapy, it was Focusing that finally taught me how to go about making a friendly relationship with everything in me. There's always something special about sensing deeply into that open, accepting Focusing place, and I love helping others to discover it.

What services do I offer?

I run Focusing Skills courses as well as workshops on a various themes including Focusing for counsellors and psychotherapists, although I am now retired as a psychotherapist and supervisor. I'm happy to tailor courses for existing groups. I've published both poetry and fiction and enjoy running workshops on writing and creative process. Other workshop themes have included Focusing with the climate crisis, and the world situation as well as personal topics such as What do I Want? I'm available for individual Focusing sessions and one-to-one teaching as well as group teaching. I also offer practitioner training, whether you intend to become a Focusing professional, to use Focusing in psychotherapy or other healing work, or simply to deepen your knowledge and practice of Focusing.

My background in Focusing

I first learnt Focusing as part of my Core Process (Buddhist-based) psychotherapy training in the early 1990s. After the training I attended a two-weekend course and began to see how much Focusing had to offer. A couple of years later I did the full Focusing Skills course with Barbara McGavin and loved Focusing so much that I went on to train with Barbara as a practitioner and teacher. I've been a member of BFA since 2003. Since my training I've Focused as regularly as I can with one or more Focusing partners, and it's a great resource in my life. I've attended Ann Weiser Cornell and Barbara McGavin's Treasure Maps and Advanced Treasure Maps courses, all three UK Focusing Schools and the 2016 International Focusing Conference in Cambridge. I continue to Focus because it feels good, even when things seem dark and difficult. I love teaching Focusing and hope I'll now have more opportunities to do so.

Qualifications

BFA recognised Focusing practitioner and teacher.
Focusing Institute certified trainer.
UKCP registered psychotherapist and supervisor (retired).
MA in Core Process Psychotherapy.
Diploma in Supervision.

How do I practice?

• In person
• Phone
• Online

Training mentor

I am currently a mentor-in-training and am offering practitioner training on both a one-to-one and a group basis. As well as having taught Focusing for over 20 years, I have run other kinds of training courses and have supervised student counsellors and psychotherapists. I was trained in Inner Relationship Focuisng and it is the basis of the way I teach, but I am happy to support you in finding an approach that feels right for you. I will encourage you to find your own way of learning and your own pace, and to be as creative as you can about your Focusing project.

• I offer a free 15-minute chat (as training mentor)

Prices: Please contact me for details.

My availability: I am available now to discuss and take forward your practitioner training.

Supporting mentor

I'm happy to support your work with your main Mentor and hope I may be able to offer a slightly different perspective to support your training. I can help you explore your feelings and thoughts about the training through Focusing and discussion and can share my experience as a practitioner and teacher when appropriate. I have experience of supervising psychotherapists working in a Focusing-oriented way.

• I offer a free 15-minute chat to support trainees in finding their Supporting Mentor

Prices: £52 per hour or pro rata for half or three-quarters of an hour. I am willing to negotiate if you are not able to pay the full amount.

My availability: I am available currently.

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