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Find a Focusing Professional - Kirsty Pakes

Biography

Since I discovered Focusing in 2007, it has been an integral part of my personal and professional life, blending well with my training as a Clinical Psychologist. I am trained as a Focusing Practitioner with the British Focusing Association and as a Focusing Oriented Therapist with The London Focusing Institute.  I have also completed a Children Focusing training. 

I currently teach Focusing and offer the British Focusing Association Focusing Skills Course online and I offer Focusing-Oriented Therapy.  I have a special interest and expertise in working with parents but also have experience of and interest in working with a range of clients and difficulties.  I also offer connection-based parenting courses and consultations which fits well with Focusing.

My overall approach to therapy is attachment-based, trauma-informed, experiential and compassion-focused.  I offer a warm and kindly space in which I can draw upon a range of therapeutic models to best suit the client's needs, within a focusing-oriented framework.  I am also influenced by interpersonal neurobiology and have an interest in working with implicit emotional memory.

Within Focusing, I draw on Inner Relationship and Wholebody approaches and also support people to find their own unique way into Focusing.

Focusing has been a central part of my life for almost a couple of decades and I am deeply grateful for what it offers me and I am passionate about helping others access its treasures.

Given Name
Kirsty
Surname
Pakes
Business Name
Phone
City
State/Province
KEN
Country
United Kingdom
Certification(s)
Certified Focusing Professional, Focusing-Oriented Therapy
Coordinator (Can certify through the Institute)?
Coordinator-in-Training (CiT)
Focusing-Oriented Therapy (FOT)?
Practices Focusing-Oriented Therapy
Services Offered
Group Sessions, Individual Sessions, Online Sessions
Credential(s)
BA (Hons), MA, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Language(s) Spoken
English
Areas of Interest
Adults, Children, Inner Relationship Focusing, Mindfulness, Parenting, Trauma, Wholebody Focusing
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