Find a Focusing Professional - Lauren Taub Cohen

Prior to Inner Relationship Focusing (IRF), I had a chronic tendency to appease and please. I would meet just about everything with a friendly, reflexive “yes,” even when I knew something didn’t fit or feel right. The desire to stay connected often came at a great price…abandoning myself. This behavior was just one of many adaptive strategies I developed in childhood as a way of trying to keep the peace and avoid conflicts but knowing that didn’t shift my behavior one bit…I still kept doing it!

Thankfully, during my Somatic Experiencing Practitioner training, I was introduced to IRF. IRF’s gentle and empowering process helped me untangle that habit and start voicing what I call my knowing no. What once seemed unshiftable had finally begun to shift. And, that was only the beginning! I went from being highly self-critical to more on my side…from reactive and anxious to more steady and resilient.

These invigorating, beyond-what-I-thought-possible shifts inspired me to study directly with Ann Weiser Cornell and become a Certified IRF Professional and Trainer. IRF isn’t something I do to clients, but rather something I use with clients to help them create an inner environment in which tension eases, insights arise, healing occurs and next steps emerge.

Life is predictably unpredictable but it is possible to meet what comes your way without getting knocked over or pulled under…to have your feelings without being them. Curious to learn how? I offer one-to-one sessions via Zoom and teach a variety of online courses. Please reach out if you’d like to explore working together, and we can discuss if what I offer meets what you’re wanting.