Bulletin Board: Focusing Workshops

USA - East Coast  |  Midwest  |  West Coast & Southern States    |    Canada     |     International  |   Teleconferences

As a service to the international focusing community, The Focusing Institute provides this space for the posting of dates and times of Focusing-related workshops.  Ongoing "Changes" groups are listed on the Changes Support Groups page. ("Changes" groups meet to share Focusing either with or without a facilitator). The Focusing Institute does not monitor, and is not responsible or accountable for the following workshops. However individuals list as Certified Trainers have been certified by the Focusing Institute to be highly competent Focusing teachers. For  information on Institute workshops, please refer to our Workshops page. For further information on workshops put on by others, please contact them directly at the address or phone number listed.

Are you holding a focusing-related workshop that you would like listed here? Email our webmaster with the workshop particulars.

[Some of the following entries are courtesy of Ann Weiser Cornell's publication The Focusing Connection.]

Please also visit our Changes Support Groups page.

Teleconferences

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD (by telephone): A Six-Month Course Leading to a Proficiency in Focusing Partnership: includes four Levels, two manuals, and email support. $890 if fully paid in advance. Taught by Ann Weiser Cornell, PhD, author of The Power of Focusing. Next series starts September 13. www.focusingresources.com 510-666-9948.

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD (by telephone): My Body Already Knows How to Fall Asleep: Robin Kappy, LCSW and Susan Rudnick, LCSW invite you to join an introductory international phone workshop called My Body Already Knows How to Fall Asleep to be held on Saturday, June 7th from 12:00-1:30 PM EST. To register and find out more about our focusing oriented multifaceted approach to sleep issues, whether it be trouble falling or staying asleep or even the experience of poor quality of sleep, just log on to www.Restwelltonight.com. This workshop is both for experienced focusers and those new to focusing.

USA - East Coast

NEW YORK, NY: Focusing and Authentic Movement meets Sunday afternoons in midtown Manhattan from 4 - 6. A wonderful opportunity to warm-up your body and invite the focusing process. Barbara Chutroo is a certified focusing trainer, licensed social worker and dance/movement therapist. She has studied Wholebody Focusing with Kevin McEvenue and integrates a range of creative movement ideas and exercises. For information, call 212 721-4284 or email bchutroo@earthlink.net

NEW YORK, NY: Introductory Focusing Workshops. Two and a half hour introductory workshops in New York City. Limited to six or fewer. I want to do this in a group that small so I can be sure to meet each person wherever they are, give them the individual attention they need, and help them experience how Focusing can enhance THEIR lives. Cost: $35. For other workshops offered by The Focusing Institute in New York, please see our Workshops page.

USA - Midwest

CHICAGO, IL: For those of you in need of CEU credits for the next LCPC license renewal in 2007, the Illinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University/Chicago (ISPP/AU--Chicago) is offering a course this coming summer in Focusing Oriented Psychotherapy Supervision and Consultation! Click here for more info.

 

USA - West Coast and Southern States

BIG SUR , CA: Taking Courage, Taking Heart: Writing with Felt Sense with Sondra Perl at the Esalen Institute October 14-19, 2007.  Click here for more info.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA area and elsewhere:The Focusing Resources offers many workshops and retreats.  Click here for current information.

SANTA BARBARA, CA: Focusing Training and Focusing in Psychotherapy groups forming quarterly. Ongoing Focusing Group meets monthly for four weekend hours. Contact Deirdre P. Morse, Ph.D., Three West Carrillo, Suite 215, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. 805-965-7730, rickpsyc@cox.net.

 

Canada

MONTREAL, QC: Focusing and BioSpiritual Focusing workshops, group meetings, training and private sessions. Focusing videotapes and resources available. Nada Lou Coordinator, 908 Lake St. Louis Road, Lery, Qc. J6N 1A7. Phone/Fax (450) 692-9339, e-mail: nadalou@nadalou.com.

MONTREAL, QC: Focusing and Introduction to TAE with Nada Lou.  Certified Coordinator, Nada offers Certification Training for people who wish to become Focusing Trainers. Individual, private sessions are available upon request. Nada Lou, 908 Lake St. Louis Road, Lery, QC. J6N 1A7. Phone/Fax (450) 692-9339, e-mail: nadalou@nadalou.com  www.nadalou.com

TORONTO, ON: Innovative Focusing training for professionals with Bala Jaison, Ph.D., at the University of Toronto. Please see our Focusing For Creative Living brochure for more information on all our programs. Upcoming workshop schedule:

Level I Focusing: Moving Clients from Insight to Change – February 23rd & 24th, 2008. Please see PDF for details.

Level II Focusing: The Next Steps – April 12th & 13th, 2008. Please see PDF for details.

Year-long Certification in Focusing Oriented Therapy – Starting September, 2008. Please contact balaj@sympatico.ca for details.

Please free to contact Bala Jaison at balaj@sympatico.ca or 416-482-6689 to discuss your individual training questions and areas of interest. We look forward to hearing from you.

TORONTO, ON: Focusing-Oriented Therapy Level 1
with Sheila Stevens, BSM, BRE, MTS, MDiv, RMFT on February 29th & March 1st, 2008 at Tyndale University College & Seminary, Toronto, Ontario.  Focusing-Oriented Therapy is a two day training course in which you will learn the steps and skill of Focusing and experiential listening, with in-depth practice sessions and applications to your present or future professional work with clients.  Details here.
 

International

COSTA RICA, SAN JOSE: FOCUSING LEVEL I - Saturday, Nov. 3rd to December 6th, 2007 - a five-week course in Costa Rica, for therapists or professionals. Twelve and a half hours of basic Domain Focusing skills, including the 12 Avenues of Felt Sensing and Embodied Listening. Presented in San Jose, Costa Rica by Suzanne L. Noel, CFT. Contact inner_wisdoms@yahoo.com for more information or call 011-506-372-0347.

UNITED KINGDOM and REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Newsletter, contact list, Annual Gathering. Roger Barrett, 56 Elmside, Mount Pleasant, Exeter EX4 6LS. 01392-490984.

 

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