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.
This short course will introduce you to my three favourite experiential dreamwork methods: focusing, gestalt and active imagination. You will learn basic and important ways to use these methods to engage with dreams and also to help treat nightmares, a critical skill for any clinician working with clients who suffer from depression or the effects of trauma.
The 3-hour live online class will be divided into the follow sections:
- Overview of embodied experiential dreamwork practice
- Techniques to weave focusing (Gendlin), Gestalt therapy (Perls) and active imagination (Jung) together for a safe, gentle and deeply experiential approach to any dream
- Application, including demos and exercises for working with the dreams and nightmares in a safe, engaging
The Weeklong is the flagship event of The International Focusing Institute, begun in 1979. It is intended for all those who are advanced in their practice of Focusing. It is a warm and intimate event, and features a certification ceremony.
This year, we encourage attendees (if it is feasible) to find a place to be away from home while attending the Weeklong online. If possible, arrange to be somewhere with great internet service which will allow you to be away from your everyday life, in order to have a retreat during the week.
July 19 - 24, 2021
ONLINE
Topic: Intermediate/Advanced, TAE/Philosophy, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
How to develop moment-by-moment presence: Leslie Ellis, Serge Prengel, and Jan Winhall will address this question and any questions you may have about the Integrative Focusing Therapy training that starts this September.
Post-event registration is open. Access to full Symposium recordings and resources remain available through July 31, 2021. The Departments of Psychology and Philosophy at Seattle University, in partnership with The Gendlin Center for Research of the International Focusing Institute, held a symposium advancing the work of Eugene Gendlin. Participants to exploreD the implications of Gendlin’s posthumous collection Saying What We Mean: Implicit Precision and the Responsive Order (2018). This extraordinary collection, edited by Edward Casey and Donata Schoeller, brings together a series of essays demonstrating Gendlin’s creative and insightful ability to balance conversations across a wide range of voices in philosophy and psychology.
As life starts to expand again, it might seem like everything is getting easier. And, in some ways, that's true. Yet, there are also challenges (and stressors) you probably haven't had to face for a long time. One thing is for sure, we are in times of unprecedented change (at least in our lifetimes) and that's a hard place to be.
This is a 30-minute free webinar (with Ann Weiser Cornell) with warm, positive tips for emotional self-care in these challenging times.
My hope is that you’ll leave the webinar with a greater sense of resilience and some relief from the stressful feelings you might be having. And that you’ll know you are not alone.
Note: This workshop has concluded, however, Post-Workshop Registration is now open. All registrants will have access to course materials and recordings from July 9-October 15, 2021.
This 4-day intensive workshop will focus on Gendlin’s 'basic model' within A Process Model.
In this experiential workshop, Donata will guide participants through chosen paragraphs from the first 4 chapters which lay a path of understanding. From there it will be easier and more pleasurable to re-read the original text.
Registrants should have familiarity with Focusing, but do not need experience with philosophy or A Process Model.
NOTE: This workshop is designed for either full live registration or registration for the recordings. Each day
Online
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, TAE/Philosophy, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
Please join bestselling author and Focusing Trainer Ann Dowsett Johnston for a three-hour experiential workshop on Zoom. Learn how to use your felt sense as a compass in your writing, guiding you to find your truest voice, your deepest feelings, your most authentic storytelling.
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. En este Cafecito compartiremos la historia del “Recovery Focusing “ y una experiencia de las tres fases de su modelo HOW We Heal.
Online
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
As we move beyond midsummer, we are surrounded by the aliveness and bounty of Nature. We tend the land and provide the best conditions for everything to grow, but most of the process of growth goes on quietly, out of sight, visible only through its fruits.
In this gathering, you are invited to give your body the best conditions you can for awakening more fully to its own aliveness, for stepping back and sensing into the underlying energy field of spacious, life-giving Presence that animates and heals us.
While technology clearly enables many wonderful things (this Roundtable, for example), we may have never paused to reflect deeply on the nature of our relationship to the digital wilderness we now inhabit. In this Roundtable, we’ll address the issues presented by our digital world.
Online
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
This is an 8 week Level 1 totally online course, with the possibility of doing the other levels of the Focusing Training Program that leads to certification or just enjoy the learning and practice of Focusing at any level you choose.
We'll be meeting once a week for two hours during these 8weeks. where we will share Gendlin's wisdom and also go into Polyvagal Theory and understand how our bodies are always trying to keep us safe and carry us in the direction of life.
Thursdays in the evening: 6.30 pm-8.30 pm (Argentina time) This course will be starting Thursday 1st of July with a break the week of July 22 (Weeklong is taking place) and going on for 8 weeks.
For more information and registering,
There was too much content to fit in the Highlights Series! So, here's an eight-week course.
Drawing like Focusing is a set of individual skills or parts that, when combined, result in a global process that allows us to see the world in a new way. Join us to explore how drawing can facilitate fresh understanding, new ways of seeing your inner process.
No drawing skills required! People who claim "I'm-not-an-artist" and newly emerging drawers are welcome and encouraged.
While technology clearly enables many wonderful things (this Roundtable, for example), we may have never paused to reflect deeply on the nature of our relationship to the digital wilderness we now inhabit. In this Roundtable, we’ll address the issues presented by our digital world.
Online
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
As life starts to expand again, it might seem like everything is getting easier. And, in some ways, that's true. Yet, there are also challenges (and stressors) you probably haven't had to face for a long time. One thing is for sure, we are in times of unprecedented change (at least in our lifetimes) and that's a hard place to be.
This is a 30-minute free webinar (with Ann Weiser Cornell) with warm, positive tips for emotional self-care in these challenging times.
My hope is that you’ll leave the webinar with a greater sense of resilience and some relief from the stressful feelings you might be having. And that you’ll know you are not alone.
The Focusing Basics Program designed and taught by Ruth Hirsch, an internationally recognized trainer with over 25 years experience teaching Focusing, this program is equivalent to Levels 1 and 2. The training includes 8 weekly class sessions, an introductory 1-1 Guided Focusing Session with the Trainer, a 136 page Manual, homework partnerships and email support between classes.
During these times when the world and our place in it might feel uncertain, Focusing offers you a straight-forward way to find inner peace and meaning through connecting more deeply with yourself and each other.
With ample personal attention in a small group setting (maximum 8 participants), you’ll gain a fundamental understanding of Focusing. You'll also acquire the skills and
This event is full and registration is closed. In this Roundtable we will connect with our own experiences of being at school, taking those exams and going home with the results. We invite you to explore how we can support children during these stressful times and explore different kinds of expressing and supporting.
Online
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Children, Intermediate/Advanced, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
An online, interactive workshop facilitated by Serge Prengel. This offering will be held in meeting format so that all participants can see the presenter and each other.
This experiential workshop is especially timely for people who live in an area where re-entry is starting at some point this year. For those in countries where re-entry is still a distant hope, this class might help you prepare for when that moment finally comes.
Attending live is encouraged as there will be the some exercises in breakout rooms, though all registrants will receive a link to the recording afterwards.
Online (Class will also be recorded)
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events