Bulletin Board: Focusing Workshops

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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. $275 for Level One, $795 for Levels 2, 3, and 4 if paid together. Taught by Ann Weiser Cornell, PhD, author of The Power of Focusing. www.focusingresources.com 510-666-9948.

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD (by telephone): New! Rob Parker seminars on A Process Model from the beginning. One or more new groups, starting on Fridays in January, 2010. Please respond by email to happybones@telus.net. More info...

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD (by Skype or Telephone):  Focusing Classes with Katarina Halm, July to December, 2010. Welcoming students new to Focusing, those who wish to study Gendlin's Philosophy of The Implicit, and those who wish become Focusing Teachers. Email happybones@telus.net. More info...

USA - East Coast

NEW YORK, NY:  Offering Focusing level 2, July 24-25, 2010. Presenter: Yael Bacharach is a Focusing trainer, Psychotherapist and Coach. She has a private practice in which she provides coaching and Psychotherapy to individuals and couples, provides training and workshops and has presented her work in International conferences. She holds an MA in Dance therapy, MA in Clinical Social work, Certified Gestalt Psychotherapist and Focusing Oriented Psychotherapist. For more information Email: yaelbacharach@nyc.rr.com  Click here for brochure...
 
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: New York Metro Focusing community meetings: Each evening has its own theme. For more information, contact@nymetrofocusing.org PLEASE JOIN OUR ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUP which archives important New York Metro Focusing documents http://groups.google.com/group/ny-metro-focusing


USA - Midwest

CHICAGO, IL. Upcoming Events with Chel Ferraro and Jim Iberg in July and August 2010: We are especially enthusiastic about our new workshops: Focusing and Writing; Focusing on the Job Search; and Level I Introduction to Focusing. The third Thursday of the month is Loop Changes and the first Thursday is Loop Dialogue, which is a combination of Dialogue/NVC. Focusing skills are used as we practice being in conversation. Check out our website  (www.empathywork.com) for more information. More information...

MADISON, WI. Focusing Level One: Learning Focusing to Help Free the Artist in You on Sept. 10, 11, 12, 2010. Focused Centered Expressive Therapy with Karen Wallace, BCATR. Email: kwallace@islandnet.com  Website: http://www.islandnet.com/~kwallace

 

USA - West Coast and Southern States

NORTH CAROLINA, Durham:  Day-long workshops for Focusers who have had at least Level I or three private sessions with a Focusing Trainer. $75 per workshop. 3500 Westgate Drive, Suite 504, Durham, NC 27707. To register call Barbara Culbertson, Certified Focusing Trainer, 919.452.8490 or email: barb0714@gmail.com  website: www.heartsinbalance.com .

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 

(Also see the listings in the Midwest)

NEW WESTMINSTER, BC: Focusing-Oriented Therapy and Complex Trauma Certificate.  This is an advanced 21-day (10.5 credit) program that uses Focusing-Oriented Therapy as a safe and effective method of working with clients who experience complex trauma. The program emphasizes both knowledge and application through classroom instruction, clinical practice (logged and supervised therapy sessions) and clinical supervision/observation. This program is taught from an Aboriginal perspectiveProgram starts September 23, 2010. More information...

ST-JEAN-BAPTISTE DE ROUVILLE, QC:  Focusing and Healing with Horses.
Workshop with Danielle Brabant intended for both experienced Focusers and new people. On Saturday, July 31, 2010 or Sunday, August 1, 2010 from 9:00 to 4:00 p.m. Cost:  $85. Reservations required: 514-910-7475 before July 24, 2010.  More information...

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

REGINA, SK: Focused Centered Expressive Therapy Focusing.  Level One through to Level Four: Regina SK. Starting Oct. 2, 3, 2010. with Karen Wallace, BCATR. Email: kwallace@islandnet.com  Website: http://www.islandnet.com/~kwallace

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. 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. Upcoming workshop schedule:
Year-long Certification in Focusing Oriented Therapy
– Please contact balaj@sympatico.ca for details.

TORONTO, ON: Soul Spa Retreats (A Boot Camp for the Brain.) with Mary Armstrong and Judy Steed. What's Soul Spa? It's an opportunity to explore what makes your life worthwhile and what parts of yourself you want to develop as you experience our unprecedented gift of longevity. Summer 2010.  Mary K. Armstrong MSW, RSW Psychotherapist 416-921-9401.  website: www.soulsparetreats.ca

International

GREECE, Island of Milos: How do I want to live. From 27 Sep to 1 Oct  2010 a workshop with focusing, nature, mythology and the inspiration of a Greek island. Presented by Dieter Muller and Brigitte Domas.
Registration: focusing@tiac.net
More information ...

UNITED KINGDOM, Raynes Park and Wimbledon: Try a Focusing Taster Session with John Threadgold  for only £15 (Full 1 hour session) You can come and try a Focusing session, for only £15, (normal price £35). Come if you want to find out how you really feel, or you have a decision to make, or a dream that needs interpreting. Focusing can help with all of these and more! You don't need to make a commitment beyond this session. Please book an appointment with me, so that I can ensure that I do not have too many people all at once! If you are a member of Wandle LETS then you can either pay in cash, or 15 Ecos, or 15 Beaks for members of KUTLETS. Check out the links and find out more about Local Exchange Trading Schemes and how you can benefit from them!

UNITED KINGDOM:
Fiona Parr is a certified Coordinator and offers trainings in the Focusing Skills Certificate Course Levels 1-5 in the South West of England.  Professional training and individual tuition is also offered. Have a look at my web site www.fionaparr-focusing.co.uk for more information, email me at fiona@fionaparr-focusing.co.uk, or call 01837 840165.


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