Upcoming Courses, and Ongoing Groups and Services
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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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Pacific Time
Do you want to find a way to accept your whole being
What about growing more genuine relationships in your life?
Maybe you would enjoy including your body as well as your emotions and thought processes in your decision making.
Are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?
Focusing helps with all of these and is a gift you can give to your whole being. You can start with effective little bits that build into a grounded ability to deal with what comes in your daily life.
What about growing more genuine relationships in your life?
Maybe you would enjoy including your body as well as your emotions and thought processes in your decision making.
Are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?
Focusing helps with all of these and is a gift you can give to your whole being. You can start with effective little bits that build into a grounded ability to deal with what comes in your daily life.
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Eastern Time, New York, USA
PART 2 is about deepening into the Focusing and Listening process by looking more at the role of how we companion ourselves as well as others. We develop further our personal concept of creating an inner space that welcomes it all and adapting that space as we follow our process. I introduce relational neuroscience here.
Experience in a beginner partnership course is required. Discount for partnership courses or experience beyond that. A great place for advanced Focusers to return to.
Experience in a beginner partnership course is required. Discount for partnership courses or experience beyond that. A great place for advanced Focusers to return to.
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate
La narrativa condicionada del entorno social atemorizó a los padres y después, ellos, trasladaron sus miedos a sus hij@s. Así durante generaciones y generaciones por milenios. Cuando acompañamos esas voces asustadas, descubrimos la fuente de la auténtica seguridad y experimentamos la restauración de la verdadera confianza. Nos damos a luz a nosotr@s mism@s. Nos auto maternamos y auto paternamos.
Zoom
Topic: Intermediate/Advanced
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Eastern Time (US)
Through this roundtable, we aim to initiate an ongoing platform for TAE practitioners to explore ways to make the TAE process more organic.
Zoom
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Free, Other, TAE/Philosophy, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
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Eastern time
This Program is designed specifically for therapists and counselors who want to enrich and take their work with clients a step further with Focusing and get their FOT Certification from TIFI. Other people who work with clients in different ways and want to enhance their work are also welcome to attend. (Even though they would not apply for FOT Certification)
It is an ongoing course of 1 1/2 hours every other week, on Wednesdays, that can be taken independently or as part of the whole Certification Program.
It is an ongoing course of 1 1/2 hours every other week, on Wednesdays, that can be taken independently or as part of the whole Certification Program.
Online
Topic: FOT
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Pacific Time
Do you want to find a way to accept your whole being
What about growing more genuine relationships in your life?
Maybe you would enjoy including your body as well as your emotions and thought processes in your decision making.
Are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?
What about growing more genuine relationships in your life?
Maybe you would enjoy including your body as well as your emotions and thought processes in your decision making.
Are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?
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In this eight-week Focusing course, we learn the practice, including being a listener. We slowly learn each of the 6 steps of Focusing, adding a new one every week or two. We also gradually learn new listening skills. Each class consists of a centering, a small experiential exercise, a demonstration and breakout room practice in groups of twos or threes.
Dates for the next groups:
-Tuesdays, September 1-October 20 , 10 am to 12 pm Eastern.
Dates for the next groups:
-Tuesdays, September 1-October 20 , 10 am to 12 pm Eastern.
Zoom
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate
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Pacific Time
Art Club is a space where we go inward to express outward – through drawing, movement, writing, painting, or whatever feels right for you in the moment. Each session involves slowing down and noticing what you have inside that’s worth exploring. It’s a time dedicated for self reflection and self care. Come prepared to pause, listen, and allow your inner wisdom to unfold.
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Eastern Time
A pupa is the safe place for transformation... in nature this is the cocoon or chrysalis. In Focusing, this is the safety of our Focusing attitude and listening partnerships. The use of felt sense body cards catalyze the process by capturing details and helping us notice our patterns and further explicate our process.
The base of the PUPA Focusing Certification Program consists of eight courses that cover two journeys using the PUPA process. designed to not only learn and teach Focusing, but to also get to know and transform yourself, while creating change in the world. The initial courses cover learning Focusing (the six steps, and five kinds of listening), learning about who you are (how you avoid feeling, and your parts), learning who you want to be and what you want to
The base of the PUPA Focusing Certification Program consists of eight courses that cover two journeys using the PUPA process. designed to not only learn and teach Focusing, but to also get to know and transform yourself, while creating change in the world. The initial courses cover learning Focusing (the six steps, and five kinds of listening), learning about who you are (how you avoid feeling, and your parts), learning who you want to be and what you want to
Zoom
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Certification
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New York Time
Reading Freshly July 2026
An opportunity to read Gendlin’s seminal book Focusing with others
A Free Event for Members - Newcomers welcome to join at any time!
Live (no recording)
Next session July 7, 2026 - Reading will begin in the middle of Chapter 11 The Listening Manual, second main section - THE SECOND KIND OF HELPING: USING YOUR OWN FEELINGS AND REACTIONS ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON
An opportunity to read Gendlin’s seminal book Focusing with others
A Free Event for Members - Newcomers welcome to join at any time!
Live (no recording)
Next session July 7, 2026 - Reading will begin in the middle of Chapter 11 The Listening Manual, second main section - THE SECOND KIND OF HELPING: USING YOUR OWN FEELINGS AND REACTIONS ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Free, Ongoing, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
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Pacific Time
Do you want to find a way to accept your whole being
What about growing more genuine relationships in your life?
Maybe you would enjoy including your body as well as your emotions and thought processes in your decision making.
Are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?
What about growing more genuine relationships in your life?
Maybe you would enjoy including your body as well as your emotions and thought processes in your decision making.
Are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?
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PST
Add this transformative tool to your practice! In this introductory workshop you'll begin to learn the basic steps of Focusing in order to incorporate it in your healing practice. Understanding and working with a Felt Sense (how the body holds living experience about a situation) is the key to moving beyond typical dead ends of talk therapy. Join us!
Online
Topic: FOT
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Pacific
Want to watch as Ann Weiser Cornell guides someone through their very first Focusing session?
Focusing can be puzzling to talk about. It can be hard to learn from a book or a video. But when someone is actually taken through the process, you get it! Be present to observe as Ann guides three first-time Focusers (one each week) - and then comment afterward. The guest Focusers are volunteers who understand that their session will be witnessed by a safe and respectful group of people.
Focusing can be puzzling to talk about. It can be hard to learn from a book or a video. But when someone is actually taken through the process, you get it! Be present to observe as Ann guides three first-time Focusers (one each week) - and then comment afterward. The guest Focusers are volunteers who understand that their session will be witnessed by a safe and respectful group of people.
Online via Zoom
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate
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CET, Germany
Changes Groups sind Orte für Partnerschaftliches FOCUSING.
In regelmäßigen Treffen bieten Changes Groups einen Raum, um gemeinsam FOCUSING zu praktizieren.
Treffen in 2026:
26. Mai, 16. Juni, 14. Juli, 25. August, 15. September, 13. Oktober, 10. November, 8. Dezember
In regelmäßigen Treffen bieten Changes Groups einen Raum, um gemeinsam FOCUSING zu praktizieren.
Treffen in 2026:
26. Mai, 16. Juni, 14. Juli, 25. August, 15. September, 13. Oktober, 10. November, 8. Dezember
Leipzig, Germany
Topic: Changes Groups
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Eastern time
Invite yourself to come to an intensive 5 day Focusing training in July 2026 about “A unique possibility to experience ‘Dynamic Focusing”! It will be from 15th (18 pm) till the 20st (13 pm) in Friesland. Several topics are essential and will be covered: Listening in three directions; The Emerging Body language Unconditional authentic empathy, Creating space, Safety and boundaries, Contact/ Contract; Selfcare; Working with symbolisations/ expression and of course (pre-verbal) inner child work. More information: look at https://www.childrenfocusing.org/being-seriously-playful-symposium/
The venue is “De Bron” a retreat and conference centre ;There are plenty of opportunities in the local area for canoeing, walking, biking and sight seeing.
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate
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Pacific Time
Do you want to find a way to accept your whole being
What about growing more genuine relationships in your life?
Maybe you would enjoy including your body as well as your emotions and thought processes in your decision making.
Are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?
What about growing more genuine relationships in your life?
Maybe you would enjoy including your body as well as your emotions and thought processes in your decision making.
Are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?
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AEST
Most people have experienced the struggle with self-criticism, at least for some very challenging periods in their lives. Some experience the consequences of it daily and feel anxiety, depression, shame, exhaustion, and low self-esteem. Self-criticism can be dominant, controlling our behaviour, sabotaging our close relationships, and inhibiting action and progress in life. Like a trickster, that side of us sometimes comes in some not easily recognisable forms.
Through examples and practice, this workshop will help you to:
- Understand the development and the role of inner criticism
- Identify when it gets activated
- Learn the most helpful ways of relating to it
- Get to know your and your clients' inner dynamics
- Befriend
Through examples and practice, this workshop will help you to:
- Understand the development and the role of inner criticism
- Identify when it gets activated
- Learn the most helpful ways of relating to it
- Get to know your and your clients' inner dynamics
- Befriend
Canterbury Community Precinct 2 Kendall Street Canterbury, VIC Australia
Topic: Intermediate/Advanced
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New York time
In this experiential workshop for Focusers, Jocelyn will invite participants to explore the significance of the body as foundation to presence.
This workshop is intended for Focusers, whether just beginning this practice or deeply experienced, who are interested in exploring these questions.
This workshop is intended for Focusers, whether just beginning this practice or deeply experienced, who are interested in exploring these questions.
Online (Class will also be recorded)
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Interactive Focusing, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
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Central European Time
Focusing lernen - Seminar I der Focusing Basis-Ausbildung
Schloss Buchenau (Bad Hersfeld) in der Mitte Deutschlands
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate
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Pacific Time
Do you want to find a way to accept your whole being
What about growing more genuine relationships in your life?
Maybe you would enjoy including your body as well as your emotions and thought processes in your decision making.
Are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?
What about growing more genuine relationships in your life?
Maybe you would enjoy including your body as well as your emotions and thought processes in your decision making.
Are you looking for a way to deal with stress or inner conflicts?