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Join us as we explore the transformative practice of Inner Relationship Focusing. This live, virtual training program—offered over 18 weeks—combines Parts 1 and 2, equipping you with the skills needed to cultivate radical, lasting change in your personal and professional life.
This comprehensive program will help you connect with your body’s Felt-Sense, navigate emotions with greater simplicity, and develop an inner Presence that fosters balance, resilience, and personal growth. By the end of the program, you’ll feel confident and prepared to apply Focusing techniques in your daily life, creating meaningful change and a deeper connection with yourself and others.
Whether you’re seeking personal growth or looking to integrate Focusing into your professional work as a healing practitioner, this course offers practical tools that can enhance your ability to support others and yourself. Upon completion, you’ll be eligible for advanced courses or the certification program.
What You Can Learn in Part 1:
- Build healthy relationships with your thoughts, feelings, and emotions so change emerges naturally.
- Pause and sense inwardly in stressful moments, finding a compassionate way forward.
- Cultivate patience, acceptance, and friendliness toward yourself and others.
- Develop skills as: Empowered Focuser, Relaxed Companion, and Supportive Observer.
- Gain an embodied experience of a Felt Sense and learn to access your body’s wisdom for life.
- Identify the stages of the Focusing process.
What You Can Learn in Part 2:
- Deepen your practice with confidence.
- Refine your listening and communication skills for deeper connections.
- Adapt to meet the Focuser’s unique process.
- Identify and support conflicting parts, exiled parts and the inner critic.
- Learn new strategies to navigate resistance or feeling stuck.
- Clarify distinctions between Parts and Felt Senses.
- Strengthen your practice through Solo Focusing and peer partnerships.
- Embody the Focusing process to access your inner wisdom for life.
What Graduates Say:
I feel more equipped to be with my body sensation and emotions. I feel more confident and calm when sitting with friends and clients when they share intense feelings.
- Rachael G. USA
The layering approach Laura uses to introduce something new week-by-week incrementally inspired and encouraged me. Also, she delights in feedback and provides a safe and supportive space for whatever questions may arise. I started to notice that Focusing is extending out to other areas of my life, even if it is only for brief moments at a time. It's not necessarily me using the phrases I have learnt, it's just happening or becoming part of everyday life.
- C. O. Ireland
I loved that I got to practice the skills in a structured way with a partner and discovered new things on my own. Personally, I feel I am now on intimate terms with what is going on in my body and mind.
- J.W. Australia
This Course is Perfect for:
- Beginners or those brand new to Focusing, looking for a simple and accessible way to connect with their inner wisdom.
- Individuals seeking personal growth and emotional healing to build resilience and self-awareness.
- Healing professionals wanting to integrate Focusing into their work to support clients more effectively.
- Those looking to enhance their current personal healing practices by incorporating Focusing techniques.
What’s Included in Your Training:
- Eighteen two-hour instructor-led meetings, totalling 36 hours of class time.
- Bonus: A free Pre-Class Focusing & Info Session with your teacher ($40 value).
- Weekly Focusing partnerships outside of class (up to 1 hour per week).
- Pre-recorded videos to support your learning.
- Weekly readings and exercises to help you grow in the art of listening.
- A fun, supportive, and enriching learning environment.
- Email support from your teacher throughout the program.
- Receive The International Focusing Institute's Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Award.
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