Ongoing Learning Community for Mastery in Guiding Change

Oh my, what a joy to be here! Here we will continue our journey in facilitating change.

This course/community is a lovely supportive space to continue learning with other advanced Focusers or to pursue certification at your own pace as a Focusing Professional or Trainer with TIFI. 

My goal is for this to be a touchstone community for your journey toward holding space for change whether you are here as part of your certification path with TIFI or crossing these skills with something else you are already doing like coaching, therapy, body or energy work, etc.

We’ll meet 20 times a year, twice a month from September through June. Our schedule is primarily first Sunday mornings 11am - 12:30pm ET and third Monday evenings 7:30-9pm ET New York time of each month.  We record all meetings if both times are not convenient for you. 

One year starting September 2024 and ending June 2025 

First Sundays 11am – 12:30 pm ET. A few of these will move to the Monday or Tuesday following the Sunday listed here, same time.

Sundays: Sept 8, Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1, Jan 5, Feb 2, March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1

Third Mondays 7:30 – 9 pm ET.

Sept 16, Oct 21, Nov 18, Dec 16, Jan 20, Feb 17, March 17, April 21, May 19, June 16

*September will generally be second Sundays and fourth Mondays due to Labor Day holiday.

Annual Course Fee: $265 

We gather here to receive support and to provide support to others as we continue exploring our edges in holding space for and guiding change within ourselves, others and the world around us. 

All gatherings will be facilitated by me or Marki Webber on zoom. Following up on our format from the 1st year, community members are again encouraged to bring case studies, to offer 45-90 min workshops to practice teaching something you’ve learned/explored outside of our class and also to bring topics for small group Focusing/felt sense sharing. Once a year, we'll schedule a Changes style format. Changes groups were developed by Gendlin and other early Trainers both to make Focusing practice easily accessible and to introduce new people. (Note Learn Focusing Trainer, Barbara Dickinson, offers Exploring Interaction Changes meetings once a month on Sundays HERE.) 

We will have a few Guests Presenters each year. It looks like Bruce Nayowith will become a regular. He has explored many other modalities that glove well with Focusing and will help us understand both the essence and limitations of Focusing. Marki is also trained in several other modalities and will particularly bring Family Constellations to give us more depth in exploring cultural and intergenerational trauma. 

I am excited about the unique life skills you each bring with you to our space. I am honored to be a companion and fellow traveler with you all. Cheers for the beginners mind of self-in-presence and for having fun together in the process!

Registration lasting for 1 year opens each September and January.

If you are new here, please contact me to schedule a 30 min free chat. We can sense into whether this is a good fit. Plus, the more I understand what you are looking for, the more likely you'll find it here. :-)

Similar to Year 1, Ongoing Learning Community members will be invited to:

Monthly Dyad Partnerships to explore guiding and being guided by other experienced Focusers. Also, an opportunity to chat and learn more about each other. These meet just one time and rotate each month. 

Bi-Monthly Triads - a group of three that meets all year long for 1.5 hrs to focus and provide each other support in bringing Focusing into the world. 

Assist in Sandy's Creating Space for Lasting Change Parts 1-2, each course has six classes. This is dropping in for one date as I schedule a different assistant for each of the six classes. We will keep track and you can over time, assist with them all. 

Provide support in Sandy's Smartview Converations free webinars monthly on Tuesdays. 

Opportunities to assist in Barbara Dickinson's Exploring Interaction Changes Meetings monthly on Sundays.