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Focusing is a process of listening to the wisdom of your body

The British Focusing Association (BFA) is a community of Focusing practitioners, teachers and Focusing-oriented therapists. We are here to support your learning and deepening of Focusing and listening in all its forms. Here you can find practitioners, search for events, read articles and blog posts and more.

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Focusing has deepened my therapy practice, helping clients (and me) to understand and integrate unconscious parts.

Vajrasara Rankin. Therapist

Focusing enables me to live my life and to counsel clients with a deeper level of self-awareness.

Paula Newman – Counsellor.

Focusing has transformed my life

Cathy Rowan

What I love about Focusing is that it offers a practical way to develop self compassion, to meet all aspects of ourselves, the good, and especially the bad and the ugly!

Taravajra

Focusing has been for me a gentle process that can access to a bodily-felt sense from which meaning arises with intricate detail and empathy.

David

Learning focusing helped me feel more human – I had feelings too, the unwanted ones shifted when I paid attention to them, and I could empathise with other people’s feelings. Relief!

Peter Afford

Focusing has opened the door to my inner world, giving me greater confidence in myself, and a belief in the innate wisdom we all share, when we learn how to find it

Elizabeth English  DPhil (Oxon)

Focusing has helped me feel more alive

Suzi Mackenzie

Focusing, for me, is a doorway to an open, kindly, wise and profound connection to Life.

Helen Bryant


We are excited to announce the opening of the registration for the Focusing School 2025 which will take place in the West Midlands on 20th-24th August 2025.

 
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Courses & events

  • 30th July 2024 Zoom

    Focusing Foundations Training Level Three & Level 4 

    Focusing Skills Certificate

    This course offers a rich potential for change. It opens a doorway to a space where it is possible to transform your life in a way that feels right for you. Focusing is a practice everyone…

    Marie Connors

  • 14th August 2024 Noah’s Ark Children’s Venture, Macaroni Wood, Eastleach, Cirencester GL7 3NF, Cirencester

    BFA Summer Focusing Camp 2024 

    A wonderful opportunity for Focusers and their families to get together to focus, have fun and socialise in a relaxed and natural setting. Everyone is welcome to join the ‘Focusing Camp Tribe’! On offer are…

    Gordon Adam

  • 27th August 2024 https://calendly.com/paulacharnley/a-taste-of-focusing_august

    Focusing to Manage Digital Detox 

    Introductory

    Focusing to manage Digital Detox – free Seminar Tuesday August 27 @ 19:00-20:15 Simply Register to join Join me in this session to explore how we might use Focusing to help us manage our digital…

    Paula Charnley

  • 5th September 2024 Online

    BFA Certificate in Focusing Skills. Level 1, Introduction 

    Focusing Skills Certificate

    Taught by Paula Newman, Online. Dates: September 5th, September 12th, September 19th, September 24th Time: 10am-1pm Focusing is a gentle way of paying ourselves attention and deepening self-awareness. It trusts that our body knows and can…

    Paula Newman

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