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Please note: Listings on this page are either events organized by The International Focusing Institute (TIFI), or are offered independently by Certified Focusing Professionals.  Those organized by TIFI will have one of TIFI’s logos.

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- New York time
Gendlin Center for Research The International Focusing Institute Events
Gendlin’s approach to words and meaning invites creativity:
a conversation led by the members of the Eugene T. Gendlin Center for Research in Experiential Philosophy and Psychology.

This is a "pay what you can" event. It will be recorded (except small group breakout rooms) for later viewing if you cannot attend live.
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, TAE/Philosophy, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
- Eastern Time, New York, USA
Smartview Conversations, Living a Focusing Way of Life Sandy Jahmi Burg, 2019
Smartview Conversations is a monthly online gathering to explore application of our Focusing skills to daily life and interactions. Our skill emphasis for 2024 is the Power of AND, how we hold our own space in relationship to others and how we hold space within us for both our right and left hemisphere's perspectives.

We will model how to create a safe, playful environment that facilitates neural plasticity. These webinars are FREE to attend. Both experienced Focusers and people new to Focusing are welcome.

We meet on the 3rd or 4th Tuesday, normally twice in the same day for different time zones. This month we are limited to meeting at 11:30am - 12:30pm ET New York time..

Online via Zoom
- Eastern (Hora Nueva York)
Cafecitos logo The International Focusing Institute Monika Lindner Florentina Sassoli
Esta serie brinda un espacio para conectar miembros hispanohablantes del Instituto Internacional de Focusing (TIFI). Es un espacio para aprender y expandir el conocimiento sobre Focusing y temas relacionados. El concepto de "Cafecitos" viene de la idea de estar en la casa de un amigo/a y conversar tomándose un café.

Online
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, TAE/Philosophy, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
- PST
flyer Jeffrey focusing with his students
A felt sense is a bodily feel of a situation that includes the problem and the way forward. Felt sensing facilitates right and left hemisphere integration, unwinds trauma, and taps into our innate wholeness, meaning, and purpose. Learn to facilitate embodiment, presence, and the felt sensing through guided exercises, video, demos, and discussion.
Topic: FOT
- New York time
highlights logo TIFI events logo Lilach Benjaminy Coorsh
Lilach will present an overview of her 'Focusing on Respectful Parenthood' approach, some references of Gendlin's philosophy that support it, practical exercises for participants, and crystalizing carrying forward steps.

Some familiarity with Focusing may be helpful but no prior experience is required. All are welcome to attend and participate.

Online (Class will also be recorded)
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
- Central European Time CET
Amona & Uta Buechler Retreat Space The Location
Zu diesem Retreat laden wir dich ein, wenn du nach sanften, aber tiefgreifend transformierenden Wegen suchst, in dir selbst anzukommen… wenn du dich danach sehnst, entspannter und lebendiger im gegenwärtigen Moment zu leben…
wenn du neugierig darauf bist, dich dem Abenteuer des Nichtwissens zu öffnen und dein Vertrauen ins Leben zu vertiefen.

5-Tages-Retreat, 18. bis 23. Juni 2024


Deutschland, Siebengebirge (nahe Bonn)
Topic: Other
- Eastern (New York) Time
The International Focusing Institute Focusing Roundtables Member Benefit Ruth Hirsch
Ruth Hirsch shares what she has learned about Conscious Aging, and offers members of TIFI an opportunity to sense into and share their own feelings and experiences about this stage of life.

Online
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, FOT, Intermediate/Advanced, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
- CET
Alex Maunder Jennie St Clair Umbrian Landscape Mt Subasio
A one week residential workshop in Assisi, the spiritual heart of Italy. (You can count the hours as part of your training with me, to be a Focusing Trainer with the TFI). This course is for couples, or singles.
In many relationships there may be a lot of compatibility and attraction but there are certain topics that just become taboo. They are simply too difficult to talk about because of the accumulated emotions and memories. Couples become emotionally reactive and cannot discuss reasonably, because they are fixing blame and inwardly nurturing resentment.
And yet, it is precisely by exploring these issues, using Focusing skills and having the courage to be authentic and vulnerable that fertile areas for love and intimacy are opened up. If couples can develop the courage

Residential in the Catholic retreat centre of Porziano, Assisi, Italy.
- Hora Nueva York Clic aquí para encontrar la hora en su zona horaria
Focusing Dinámico Expresivo René Veugelers y Harriët Teeuw.
Te invitamos a la Segunda Masterclass donde exploraremos como acompañar
conductas desafiantes como la ira, la hiperactividad o la falta de lenguaje para expresarse..

En línea
Topic: Children
- IDT
Wendi Maurer, Ph.D.
Would you like to join a kind-hearted, English speaking, war-time support group once a week on Zoom, to help relieve your stress? Come connect with other therapists in a semi-structured way. I will offer helpful concepts and easy exercises to help you return to more relief, and broaden your power for self-care and creativity. There will be time for sharing.
- Eastern (New York) Time
The International Focusing Institute Focusing Roundtables Member Benefit Glenn Fleisch
Glenn Fleisch leads an experiment with the wholebody process of playing something out, as an enactive, experiential and expressive journey toward awakening and birthing our body’s inner spirit.

Online
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, FOT, Intermediate/Advanced, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
- Japan Time
Karen Carmeli. Holistic Therapist and Certified Focusing Professional
iFocusing: Focusing workshop by
Dr. Ikemi's students.

We are happy to announce that we will hold a workshop with TIFI Certified Focusing TRs and TNT* members who often put to use Focusing and enjoy exploring the richness and the simplicity of it, regularly.

*TR = trainer, TNT = trainee

June 4th.11th.18th.25th/2024
(every Tuesday)
8p.m. - 10p.m. (Japan Time)
Online via ZOOM

Special guest on 6/25(Tue) 22:00~22:30
Q&A with Dr.Akira Ikemi

“Focusing & Holistic bodywork”
in English
and
“Focusing for busy parents”
in English & Japanese

We invite you to join us for an experiential and diverse workshop.
- Japan Time
iFocusing Workshop
Online Focusing workshops by Dr. Ikemi’s students
- Eastern Time
Climate Change Annette Dubreuil Jenn Wesanko
Harnessing Eugene Gendlin’s embodied Focusing Process, this 8-week course will create a gathering place for professionals to learn to hold space for the complex interplay of climate emotions in their work and simultaneously, to also show up as individuals. Combining current neuroscience, trauma research, and ancient wisdom practices we will develop an understanding of our patterned threat responses and explore new ways of showing up in the world with the power of our intuition, and clarity of how best to be of service.

Zoom
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, FOT, Intermediate/Advanced
- Eastern (New York) Time
The International Focusing Institute Event Reading Freshly Member Benefit
Reading Freshly
This 9th session starts at Chapter 9, If You Can't Make Anything Shift
Newcomers welcome each month!
An opportunity to read Gendlin’s seminal book Focusing with others
A Free Event for Members
Live (no recording)
Once a month on Tuesday - 9th session June 4, 2024
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Ongoing, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
- Eastern (Hora Nueva York)
Cafecitos logo The International Focusing Institute Ana Santiago Urkijo Florentina Sassoli
Esta serie brinda un espacio para conectar miembros hispanohablantes del Instituto Internacional de Focusing (TIFI). Es un espacio para aprender y expandir el conocimiento sobre Focusing y temas relacionados. El concepto de "Cafecitos" viene de la idea de estar en la casa de un amigo/a y conversar tomándose un café.

Online
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
- Central European Time
Ann Weiser Cornell and Barbara McGavin
Treasure Maps is a 6-day residential retreat, an intensive workshop for people with Focusing experience who want to apply our Untangling® method to life’s most hard-to-change issues.

We’ve been teaching Treasure Maps in 15 countries over the past 25 years, helping thousands of people learn our method, getting responses like this one from Paul Fitzgerald: "The Treasure Maps experience was like a dissolving of an old way of seeing life and having new eyes to engage life with more freedom. I'd highly encourage anyone interested in deepening their Focusing to take this course."

We believe that transformation occurs most readily in an atmosphere of respect, acceptance, openness, warmth, playfulness, and support. Our mission is to enable you to live

Plön, Germany
Topic: Intermediate/Advanced
- gmt -3
Alejandro Juroczko Florentina Sassoli
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Certification, FOT, Intermediate/Advanced
- AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time
Our monthly Sydney Zoom Changes provides an opportunity to meet and pair up with other Focusers for Focusing sessions of shared 60 minute duration, as well as group sharing and discussion time. cost is free, all are welcome.

Via Zoom, online, time and date is for Sydney, Australia - AEST.
- Eastern Time
Empathy Circle Annette Dubreuil
An empathy circle, practiced in a Focusing way, is at first a regular Focusing exchange, however it is held by the entire group. As such, there is a Focuser, a listener, and the remaining participants act as observers/witnesses.
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Changes Groups, Intermediate/Advanced, Ongoing