Welcome to the Milestones page! We update this page at the end of each month to acknowledge new Coordinators, Coordinators-in-Training, new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and FOTs) and those receiving the PFP award as of the end of the previous month.
Each year, we have an online ceremony called Honoring Milestones to celebrate those who have received certification, those who have become Coordinators, and those Coordinators who have passed on. In 2025, the ceremony will take place on Friday, September 5 at 9am New York time. Please watch for announcements as the date approaches.
MILESTONES MAY 2026
We are happy to congratulate 3 new Coordinators-in-Training (CiT's), 18 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), and 10 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients. Those listed are as of April 30, 2026. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators-in-Training
Japke Ebbinge, Netherlands
Mentoring Coordinator: Ria van Hage
Supporting Coordinators: Astrid Schillings and Eveline Moor Züllig
Krisztina Sved, Hungary
Mentoring Coordinator: Laura Bavalics
Supporting Coordinators: Judit Polya and Astrid Schillings
Joke Van Hoeck, Belgium
Mentoring Coordinator: Tine Swyngedouw
Supporting Coordinators: Mary Jennings and Ria van Hage
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Tamar Arkin, Israel Kevin Bohnert, US Nicole Brzozowski, US Sabrina Castillo-Gallusser, Guatemala Shahar Cohen, Israel Isabel Cruz Martinez, Puerto Rico, US Federica Fratagnoli, France Shani Goldstein, Israel Doron Har Shemesh, Israel |
Annette Hurst, Germany Osher Karni, Israel Roni Lev, Israel Michal Mayost, Israel Kinga Pietrzak, Poland Shem Shilat, Israel Peter Snowdon, Belgium Lies Van Cleynenbreugel, Belgium Ella VanGaya, Canada |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Claire Beaumont, US Addison Berry, Denmark Lisa Bywaters, US Mariano Gracia Rubio, Spain Bill (William) Kelly, Canada |
Valentina Kroshilina, US Moses Mohan, Korea Stefano Nalini, Italy Joe Reifer, US Elias Soh, Malaysia |
MILESTONES APRIL 2026
We are happy to congratulate 2 new Coordinators-in-Training (CiT's), 30 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), 5 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients, and 2 new TAE Proficiency Award recipients. Those listed are as of March 31, 2026. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators-in-Training
Danny Gehlen, Germany
Mentoring Coordinator: Astrid Schillings
Supporting Coordinators: Teresa Dawson and Akira Ikemi
Arno Katz, Germany
Mentoring Coordinator: Ann Weiser Cornell
Supporting Coordinators: Barbara McGavin and Peter Gill
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Ana-Maria Arhip, Romania Orit Baruch, Israel Monica Bogdan, Romania Sabina Brâu Roș, Romania Débora Caetano de Souza Martins Guimarães, Brazil Adi Cohen, Israel Karin Gantevoort, Netherlands Alena Girya, Russia Monica Górska, Poland Livi Gur, Israel Banu Ibaoglu Vaughn, Turkey Carmen Elena Ioan Ionita, Romania Junko Ishi, Japan Anna Itkonen, Finland Mikhail Khatskelevich, Russia |
Liana Koren, Israel Amit Rogovin, Israel Heidi Ruiz Ureña, Spain Nora Ines Salinas, Argentina Karina Salinas, Argentina Bonnie Doucette Thornborough, US Ai Toyota, Japan Marija Trofimova, Russia Antigoni Tsegeli, Greece Yukiko Tsuda, Japan Maria Melisa Velazquez, Puerto Rico, US Celina Ruby Wynne, Canada Chieki Yamasaki, Japan Cristina Alexandra Zamfir, Romania Ana Maria Zamfir, Romania |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Wing Yan Ching, Hong Kong, China Joan Ribalta Foraster, Spain Eni Šušak, Serbia |
Chunyee Tang, Hong Kong, China Long Hin Tso, China |
TAE Proficiency Awards
Lilach Benjaminy-Coorsh, Israel
Teacher: Evelyn Fendler-Lee
Kati Singh, US
Teacher: Beatrice Blake
MILESTONES MARCH 2026
We are happy to congratulate 1 new Coordinator (CC), 2 new Coordinators-in-Training (CiT's), 20 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), 5 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients, and 2 new TAE Proficiency Award recipients. Those listed are as of February 28, 2026. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Puying Cheng, China 中国人
Mentoring Coordinator: Chee Seung Chan
Supporting Coordinators: Xu Jun and Li Ming
Puying was born into a Christian family in northern China, where she grew up in a church environment, learning to pray, studying the Scriptures, and cultivating a deep commitment to spiritual practice. She pursued studies in philosophy and theology at a church-affiliated institution, earning a Master's degree in Theology and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology.
Subsequently, she trained under Chee Seung (Edward) Chan, Jun Xu, Li Ming, and Karen Whalen to master the practice of Focusing, ultimately attaining the status of a Certified Focusing Trainer. She now applies the Focusing method in her work regarding spiritual formation and marriage and family counseling.
New Coordinators-in-Training
Saren Swinnen, Belgium
Mentoring Coordinator: Katrijn van Loock
Supporting Coordinators: Biliana Dearly and Akira Ikemi
Agnieszka "Agni" Klimek, Poland
Mentoring Coordinator: Jeffrey Morrison
Supporting Coordinators: Leslie Ellis and Jan Winhall
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Herminia Abellan, Spain Eduardo Araya Troncoso, Chile Efrat Barron, Israel María Asuncíon Caballero Portero, Spain Annie Siu Hing Chan, Canada Ghizlaine Chraibi, Morocco Gimena Coronel, Argentina Tehila Dror, Israel Luca Eleuteri, Italy Magdalena Garat, Argentina |
Roxanne Koh, Singapore Giselle Lamberth, Australia Massimo Leoncini, Italy Monique Löffler Chatton, Spain Ayako Ono, Japan Ramon Oscar Ortellado, Argentina Glòria Pallejà i Rosich, Spain Thays Saraceni, Brazil Marleen Van Balen, Belgium Iona Voicu, US |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Letizia Cossu, Italy Alice Yuet Ting Kwan, Hong Kong, China Jessica Kwong, Hong Kong, China |
Mei Po Lo, Hong Kong, China Man Yan Mak, Hong Kong, China |
TAE Proficiency Awards
Mihoko Motooka, Japan
Teacher: Satoko Tokumaru
Kati Singh, US
Teacher: Beatrice Blake
MILESTONES FEBRUARY 2026
We are happy to congratulate 1 new Coordinator, 6 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), and 2 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients. Those listed are as of January 31, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Gerard Porredon Mas, Spain Español & Català
Mentoring Coordinator: Sergio Lara
Supporting Coordinators: Mónica Gómez Galaz and Peter Gill
Gerard is a curious individual, inclined toward service, and drawn to interiority, spirituality, and nature.
He studied Political Science (Barcelona) and Development Cooperation (Paris). After a volunteering experience in India, he redirected his path toward education and accompaniment: first working as a secondary school teacher and undergoing a psychotherapeutic process and training (Gestalt Therapy and Focusing). Since 2012 he has provided individual consultations, facilitated dream workshops, delivered public talks, and trained others in Focusing.
Gerard has been familiar with Focusing since 2007, became a certified Trainer in 2019 and leads the training school "Focusing Montserrat" (Catalonia, Spain).
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Ionela Daniela Crasan, Romania Catrin Czerwinski, Germany Francesca Degani, Italy |
Gal Eshel, Israel Anna Kuyumcuoglu, US Francesco Spada, Italy |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Jérôme Desquilbet, France |
Rosanne Jekot, US |
MILESTONES JANUARY 2026
We are happy to congratulate 1 new Coordinator, 1 new Coordinator-in-Training (CiT), 10 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), and 3 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients. Those listed are as of December 31, 2024. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Mohamed Altawil, UK عربي
Mentoring Coordinator: Rob Foxcroft
Supporting Coordinators: Pat Omidian and Nina Joy Lawrence
Mohamed Altawil spent his childhood in a Gaza refugee camp, and as an adult, became an expert in trauma therapy through 20+ years of experience in research and practice. First working in Gaza, then going on to be the founder of Palestine Trauma Centre in 2007. Mohamed is the first Focusing Trainer and Coordinator in Palestine and the Arab World. He was awarded his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hertfordshire (UK) in September 2008 with support from the Ford Foundation.
New Coordinator-in-Training
Leticia Ojea, Argentina
Mentoring Coordinator: Maria Cristina Collia
Supporting Coordinators: Salvador Moreno Lopez, Natalia Calviño
and Josefina Castronuovo
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Kate Damad, Belgium Helen Derham, Ireland Izabela Gazzinelli, Brazil Alejandra Johnson, Spain Vered Joya-sadeh, Israel |
Limor Kahn, Israel Rainer Marotzke, Germany Giulia Pinotti, Italy Veronica Reyes-Perez, Mexico Noy Saya, Israel |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Jacqueline Jebian Garcia, US Megan Smith, US |
Anupama Thakare, India |
MILESTONES DECEMBER 2025
We are happy to congratulate 1 new Coordinator (CC), 2 new Coordinators-in-Training (CiT's), 19 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), and 11 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients. Those listed are as of November 30, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinator
Anat Lapidot, Israel עִברִית
Mentoring Coordinator: Liora Bar-Natan
Anat discovered Focusing over a decade ago and felt it was the missing fourth leg of the chair she had been searching for. Since then, Focusing has become an integral part of her life.
Anat is a body-mind psychotherapist specializing in trauma therapy. She believes that body and mind are inseparably intertwined—the body is both a vital resource and the key to deep self-understanding and personal growth.
New Coordinators-in-Training
Beatrice Bircher, Switzerland
Mentoring Coordinator: Florian Christensen
Supporting Coordinators: René Veugelers and Harriet Teeuw
Ofer Yifrach, Israel
Mentoring Coordinator: Liora Bar-Natan
Supporting Coordinators: Liat Gross and Dana Ganihar
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Adam Anderson, US Anna Duranowska, Poland Chunhua Gong, China Tsurit Hefer, Israel Yael Kat, Israel Shelley Klammer, Canada Yong Liu, China Krisztina Medgyesi, Hungary David Mitchell, US Raden Prisya Arristy Ratnasuri, Indonesia |
Netta Sabbah, Israel Elle Schudek, Germany Zan Song, China Caterina Squarise, Italy Raffaella Tognoli, Italy Xiaohong Wang, China Lan Wu, China Xiao Hong Yang, China Xiaofeng Yang, China |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Álvaro Abella Bascarán, Spain Angiola Ardesi, Italy Pui Man Chan, Hong Kong, China Donatella Cosentino, Italy Pablo Garcia Arevalo, Mexico Ying Ying Li, Hong Kong, China |
Maria Giovanna Olla, Italy Antonio Salamon, Italy Jane Urbanik, Australia Ming Yu Claudia Wong, Hong Kong, China Sau Lai Ada Wong, Hong Kong, China |
MILESTONES NOVEMBER 2025
We are happy to congratulate 2 new Coordinators (CC's), 1 new Coordinator-in-Training (CiT), 24 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), 12 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients, and 2 new TAE Proficiency Award recipients. Those listed are as of October 31, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Randi Love, US
Mentoring Coordinator: Jeffrey Morrison
Supporting Coordinators: Julie Ramsey and Dawn Flynn
As a young child Randi found herself significantly attuned to the nuances of the felt sense in the listening-speaking interaction. After a 25-year career in the field of speech-language pathology, she returned to graduate school for a master’s degree in counseling psychology. Randi lives in California where she maintains a telehealth counseling practice. Randi joined Jeffrey Morrison’s training program in 2013 and continues to co-teach with Jeffrey at the Seattle Focusing Institute. Her personal practice is very much influenced by the teaching of Russell Delman, who combines Zen meditation, Feldenkrais Movement Through Awareness, and Focusing Inquiry.
Fanny KO Yuet Fun, Hong Kong, China 中国人
Mentoring Coordinator: Joseph Sing
Supporting Coordinators: Chee-seung Chan and Karen Whalen
Fanny specializes in Somatic Psychotherapy. Apart from Focusing, she has studied in-depth in Somatic Experiencing, Ego State Therapy, Integral Somatic Psychology, AEDP, Systemic Constellation, Nonviolent Communication, Internal Family Systems, Emotional Focused Therapy etc. After more than twenty years of practice, she has integrated various approaches to become her unique holistic way of healing Complex Trauma.
New Coordinator-in-Training
Tama Solomon, Israel
Mentoring Coordinator: Dana Ganihar
Supporting Coordinators: Dan Schacter and Sigal Ketzev Golan
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Irene Abrahamsohn, Spain Cláudia Carmo, Brazil Monica Castro, Brazil Maria Gema Flores Gonzalez, Spain María de los Ángeles Gómez González, Spain Ana Gomez, Spain Tina Gonçalves, Portugal Elisha Gottstein, Israel Maria Dolores Iriarte Bustos, Spain Kelly Lavallee, Canada Catherine Lawrence, UK Pasqua Filomena Leone, Italy |
Lindsey Lickers, Canada Mikael Lucazin, Sweden German Mendez Mateluna, Spain Uxoa Morcuende, Spain Mayte Sanchez San Andres, Spain Caroline Sellgren, Sweden Brian Smyth, Ireland Aresu Tahery Mahmoud, Spain Cristina Toca, Spain Maria Clara Viera, Portugal Jeanne Watson, Canada Krystyna Wielogorska, Poland |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Jared Banka, US Mui Chan, China Mariam García, Spain Ling Lam Kwok, Hong Kong, China Yin Ching Luk, Hong Kong, China Kelly Newsome Georges, France |
Blancanieves Ruiz, Spain Marielle Sutter, Switzerland Siu Chung Tang, Hong Kong, China Kevin White, US Jinji Willingham, US Wing Wai (Catherine) Wong, |
TAE Proficiency Awards
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Margarida Barbal Rodoreda, Spain |
Jill Kelly, US |
MILESTONES OCTOBER 2025
We are happy to congratulate 2 new Coordinators (CC's), 4 new Coordinators-in-Training (CiT), 38 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), 4 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients, and 2 new TAE Proficiency Award recipients. Those listed are as of September 30, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Yanina Blacher, Argentina Español
Mentoring Coordinator: Analia Zaccai
Supporting Coordinators: Suzanne Noel and Isabel Gascón
Yani Blacher, Argentina, is a counselor trained in the Person-Centered Approach, International Focusing Coordinator, Gestalt Diploma holder, and Professional Supervisor. Co-founder of Difundiendo Focusing. She integrates her experience supporting transformative processes as a counselor and teacher, offering a warm and solid presence. Her commitment is to strengthen the international Focusing community with sensitivity, integrity, and openness. Her family supports her in every personal and professional step.
Yu'e Liu, China 中国人
Mentoring Coordinator: Karen Whalen
Supporting Coordinators: Joseph Sing and Jiang Hui
Yu'e Liu is a psychological counselor from China. Since 2012, she has focused on training in the Focusing field and assisted Dr. Karen Whalen in serving more than 100 Focusing students in China.
New Coordinators-in-Training
Kryzysztof Górski, Poland
Mentoring Coordinator: Claude Missiaen
Supporting Coordinators: Joanna Kaczmarek and Rene Veugelers
Monika Mandecka, Poland
Mentoring Coordinator: Claude Missiaen
Supporting Coordinators: Akira Ikemi and Astrid Schillings
HongYing Zhang, China
Mentoring Coordinator: Xu Jun
Supporting Coordinators: Li Ming and Hong Mei
Yuan Zhou, China
Mentoring Coordinator: Xu Jun
Supporting Coordinators: Li Ming and Hong Mei
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Manuel Abarca, El Salvador Yossi Adir, Israel Beatriz Alonso Gutiérrez, Spain Lorena Bertin, Argentina Raquel Bertone, Argentina Lia Brea Folgar, Spain Cláudia Carmo, Brazil José Julián Castillo, El Salvador Chandra WH Chang, Canada Agnès Cost Olivé, Spain Flávio De Assis Clímaco, Brazil Coordinator: Matheus Cautiero Cleiciane de Medeiros, Brazil Sabine Driessen-van den Heuvel, Netherlands Nathalie Mai Duong, Canada Victor Eloy, Spain Rob Engels, Australia Florencia Ganly, Argentina Shirley Geiger, Israel Cristina Huete, Spain |
Roberto Lazzaro, Chile Ana Cláudia Lopes Fontes Souza, Brazil Gonçalo Moreira, Portugal Florencia Munné, Argentina Marina Pampin, Argentina Mercè Puigfel Fuentes, Spain Ignacio Ramos Mejia, Argentina Joanna Robaczewska, Poland Elvira Rodrigo Echalecu, Spain Gloria Rodríguez Díaz, Spain David Ruiz, Spain Anna Sánchez Bautista, Spain Fabio Vacaro Culau, Brazil Renate van Bodegom, Netherlands Judith van den Boogert, Netherlands Denise van Rijen, Netherlands Ligia Vertematte Rodrigues, Brazil Yael White Davidi, Israel Francisco Zencovich Rodríguez, Chile |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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John Canino, US Iren Merdinyan, Bulgaria |
Derya Ozyurt, Australia Juan Antonio Zamora, Spain |
TAE Proficiency Awards
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Menchu Mozo, Spain |
Jesús Urtasun, Spain |
MILESTONES SEPTEMBER 2025
We are happy to congratulate 2 new Coordinators (CC's), 14 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), 3 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients, and 2 new TAE Proficiency Award recipients. Those listed are as of August 31, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Heazel Martinez, El Salvador Español
Mentoring Coordinator: Beatrice Blake
Supporting Coordinators: Cecilia Burgos and Analia Zaccai
Heazel Ivonne Martínez Cerna, is a cheerful and enthusiastic person. Her Focusing journey led her to heal her life story and improve her family relationships. This motivated her to share Focusing with others and create listening spaces for healing, recognizing the power of Focusing and how it connects to self-love and self-care.
Yael Shavit, Israel
Mentoring Coordinator: Ifat Echstein
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Marta Argüello, Paraguay Colin Berg, US Samia Drissi Qeytouni, Morocco Tonia Galasso, Italy Anna Janczewska, Poland Anne-Mette Mohr, Denmark Csilla Móriczné Pribenszky, Hungary |
Katarzyna Pieciul, Poland Beata Poborska-Kobrzyńska, Poland Perach Rotem, Israel Rosalia Santantonio, Argentina Grace Schuchner, Israel Jeanne Tan, Malaysia Bo Zimmermann, Germany |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Anet Dunne, US Don Loristo, US |
Usanee Nuchanong, Thailand |
Proficiency in TAE Award
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Cecilia Burgos, Argentina |
Josefina Antonieta Castronuovo, Argentina |
MILESTONES AUGUST 2025
We are happy to congratulate 2 new Coordinators (CC's), 1 new Coordinator-in-Training (CiT), 22 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), and 10 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients. Those listed are as of July 31, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
Honor them and all who have received certification or become Coordinators at the Honoring Milestones ceremony on September 5, registration link here.
New Coordinators
Maaike Afschrift, Belgium Nederlands
Mentoring Coordinator: Akira Ikemi
Supporting Coordinators: Chris van de Veire, Peter Gill, Claude Missiaen and Lia Zagers
Maaike Afschrift is a clinical psychologist and client-centered and Focusing-oriented psychotherapist, supervisor and Trainer, and is an editor at Tijdschrift Persoonsgerichte Experiëntiële Psychotherapie. She teaches Focusing and FOT and loves to think and write from and about experiential processes. In this, she has been profoundly enriched by Gendlin’s philosophy, which she finds aligned with her fundamental ecological view of life, and she aspires to make this wisdom accessible to others as well.
José Ignacio Salazar, Chile Español
Mentoring Coordinator: Edgardo Riveros
Supporting Coordinators: Ana Lidia Mafra and Maria Luiza Rocha de Andrade
José Ignacio Salazar holds a master’s degree in psychology, specializing in systemic constructivist psychotherapy and Focusing-oriented psychotherapy. He is a certified Cognitively-Based Compassion Training (CBCT) instructor through Emory University, USA. As an adjunct professor and member of the existential-humanistic psychology team at the University of Chile, he provides clinical psychology training and supervision for undergraduate and graduate students. His professional interests encompass experiential psychotherapy, psychotherapeutic change processes, language and dialogic approaches to conflict resolution, and the integration of mindfulness and compassion in mental health.
New Coordinator-in-Training
Gaia Soldatini, Belgium
Mentoring Coordinator: Kjell Ribert
Supporting Coordinators: Tomeu Barceló and Rosa M. Martinez Gonzalez
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Telda Rejane Batista Ramos, Brazil Elpida Chatzopoulou, Greece Miu Sum Cheng, Hong Kong, China Delia Conrad, Germany Ilaria Franchi, Italy Lilian Cecilia Gárate Castagnet, Brazil Claudia Goetzelmann, US Nicole Gonçalves Da Costa, Brazil Daniel Iwryn, Israel Ònia Jané Balsebre, Spain Anna Jedlinska-Paliga, Poland Coordinators: Claude Missiaen Mano Krach, Germany |
Ziva Leibovitch, Israel Hira Liaqat, Pakistan Olga Mirtziani, Greece Raquel Rozalén Fernández, Spain Carolina Russell, Chile Karen Shefler, Israel Agnes van der Wooning, Netherlands Hiromi Yabushita, Japan Omer Yefman, Israel Yuan Zhou, China |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Kinga Bronk, Poland Natalia Danielczyk, Poland Hanna Genee, Australia Jill Kelly, US Dorota Klewicz, Poland |
Chris Larsen, Canada Tomasz Nadolny, Poland Anna Petto, US Kirstina Sudbury-Vickers, UK Tobias Vieregge, Germany |
MILESTONES JULY 2025
We are happy to congratulate 3 new Coordinators, 11 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), and 4 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients. Those listed are as of June 30, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Anja Tavenier, Netherlands Nederlands
Mentoring Coordinator: Claude Missiaen
Supporting Coordinators: Yehudit First and Jessie Delooz
Anja Tavenier is an experienced psychotherapist, (family, psychodrama, EFT) in treating people with serious trauma. Focusing has made an enormous contribution to her work and to herself. She currently focuses on transferring the power of Focusing to professionals (in training) to make this better known in regular mental health care so that many people can benefit from it.
Coriene ten Kate, Netherlands Nederlands
Mentoring Coordinator: Claude Missiaen
Supporting Coordinators: Yehudit First and Jessie Delooz
Coriene ten Kate is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist in the Netherlands. She works experientially, valuing deep connection with clients. She treats individuals with personality disorders, early trauma, severe attachment issues, and suicidality, both in groups and individually. In addition to her experiential approach, she also works with Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT).
Ynke van Zuidam, Netherlands Nederlands
Mentoring Coordinator: Jeffrey Morrison
Supporting Coordinators: Jan Winhall and Mateja Vrhunc Tomazin
Ynke van Zuidam is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and founder of enMente. She specializes in Focusing and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Focusing continues to move her, the simplicity with which the body speaks and reveals inner knowing deeply inspires her. She offers a safe space for transformation of complex, early childhoodtrauma and attachment issues. Rooted in person-centered experiential psychotherapy, her work supports embodied healing and lasting inner change.
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Marjukka Bartelet, Netherlands Magdalena Bylka-Górska, Poland Neus Estrada, Spain Simone Grimmer, US Menchu Mozo, Spain Coordinators: Carlos Aceituno and Fina Rodríguez López, Spain |
Yiorgos Samios, Greece Evgeniia Sevodina, Russia Malgorzata Stafin, Poland Linda Johanna Antonia Maria Ter Burg, Netherlands Jacoby Van der Ende, Netherlands |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Mikel Berrier, US Lei Kwan Ng, Hong Kong China |
Huiling Wu, Trinidad and Tobago Cinny Zhuang, US |
MILESTONES JUNE 2025
We are happy to congratulate 16 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), and 7 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients. Those listed are as of May 31, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Carlos Augusto Briceño, Chile Catalina Emilia Candocia Recarey, Spain Japke Ebbinge, Netherlands Arthur Faria Bacelar Soares-Gomes, Brazil Mitchell Gainey, Australia Coordinator: Jo Kennedy Anne Girardin, France Yuedan Hong, China Jakub Kalinowski, Poland Coordinators: Edgardo Riveros |
Miki Kawamura, Japan Hunter Keller, US Sui-Yun Lin, Taiwan Malgorzata Radkiewicz, Poland Machiel Swillens, Netherlands Yu Tanabe, Japan Ayelet Ullman, Israel Joachiem Vissel, Netherlands |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Rebekah Hart, Canada Esmeralda Hassan, United Arab Emirates Ching Kung, Hong Kong, China Rebecca Lima, US |
Donal O'Grady, Canada Mei Tan Shek, Hong Kong, China Yuen Sze Tse, Hong Kong, China |
MILESTONES MAY 2025
We are happy to congratulate 2 new Coordinators, 2 new Coordinators-in-Training (CiT's), 20 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), 7 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients and 1 new TAE Proficiency Award recipient. Those listed are as of April 30, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Yifat Peres, Israel
Mentoring Coordinator: Ifat Eckstein
Yifat is a Certified Focusing Professional and Focusing Trainer, practicing Focusing-Oriented Therapy. She resides in Israel.
Ciriaco Uriarte Ayo, Spain Español & Euskera
Mentoring Coordinator: Carlos Aceituno
Supporting Coordinators: Florentina Sassoli and Mentxu Martin-Aragón
Ciriaco is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and professor of Psychology at the University of Comillas (Madrid, Spain). As a Humanistic and Systemic psychotherapist, he has integrated F.O.T. into his work for many years.
In 2004 he began teaching Focusing, creating Focusing THuS, his own training and psychotherapy center in Madrid, while also providing training courses around Spain both privately and as a university professor.
New Coordinators-in-Training
Ann Lawrence, US
Mentoring Coordinator: Beth Mahler
Supporting Coordinators: Maria Skoufas and Beatrice Blake
Gemma Muñoz Mate, Spain
Mentoring Coordinator: Mentxu Martin-Aragón
Supporting Coordinators: Josep Santacreu, Florentina Sassoli and Marta Fabregat
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Zhu Cheng, China VSB Ramachandra Raju Datla Raju, India Shakila Faqeeri, UK Wenwen Huang, China Aneta Kosińska, Poland Coordinators: Edgardo Riveros and Gabriela Riveros Aguilar Nicola-Jane le Breton, Australia Xinmei Lin, China Hui Liu, China Carlos Alberto Lopez Kirschner, Mexico QingBin Meng, China |
Ciara O'Neill, UK María Cecilia Ortiz, Argentina Mali Raveh, Israel Deborah Salomon, US Maria Elsa Salvidio, Argentina Marie-France Simon, Belgium Darío Villarreal, Argentina Min Wang, China Siu Loong (Lillian) Yuan, Hong Kong, China Ping Yue, China |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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April Jackson, US Lakshminarayanan Krishnamoorthy, India Matilda Lee, US Jacob Parker Carver, US |
Valentina Petrucci, Italy Matteo Smania, Italy Michelle Whiteley, US |
Proficiency in TAE Award
Annette Dubreuil, Canada
Teacher: Monika Lindner
MILESTONES APRIL 2025
We are happy to congratulate 1 new Coordinator, 28 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), and 11 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients. Those listed are as of March 31, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Dawn Flynn, US
Mentoring Coordinator: Jeffrey Morrison
Supporting Coordinators: Karen Whalen and Roberto Larios
Dawn Flynn is a Relational WholeBody Focusing Practitioner, Naturopathic Physician, and Acupuncturist. She operates a private practice specializing in a whole-body approach to mental, cognitive, and emotional health. She enjoys leading retreats and teaching Focusing to other healthcare providers, helping more and more people remember how to recognize, listen, and be guided by the body's innate intelligence.
www.WholeBody-Holistic.com
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Lavinia Acatrinei, Romania Savannah Boyko, Canada Ema Bran, Romania Cristina Chiru, Romania Luminita Danes, Romania Coordinators: Georgeta Niculescu and Florentina Palada Gabriela-Cornelia Farcaș, Romania Gary Ferguson, US Antonella Gerbino, Italy Coordinator: Nicoletta Corsetti Carla Kirkpatrick, Canada Ila Kita, Israel Barbara Krasiczyńska, Poland Coordinators: Edgardo Riveros Elzbieta Krolak, Poland Cecilia Viviana Leordean, Romania Coordinators: Georgeta Niculescu and Florentina Palada Ana Lepoiev, Romania |
Raffaela Luminati, Italy Roma Marshall, Canada Colin Mosgrove, US Kaoru Nakashima, Japan Dorota Özdemir, Poland Ivan Sabato, Italy Melissa Schofield, Canada Mahek Shah, Pakistan Gal Shalmon, Israel Fabiano Steemburgo, Brazil Andrzej Święcki, Poland Anna Szaniawska, Poland Florenta Tica, Romania Coordinators: Georgeta Niculescu and Florentina Palada King Chun Tse, Hong Kong, China |
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Yuk Kwai Chan, Hong Kong, China Elizabeth Cuccaro, US Marvin Miles Ferrante, Switzerland Teacher: Ann Weiser Cornell Marieke Gerkema, Netherlands Foster Hodge, Portugal Meir Jean, Nigeria |
Kelsey Schram, Canada Joan Townsend, US Paula Wagler, US Karim Zerioh, Canada Emilie Zimmer, Canada |
MILESTONES MARCH 2025
We are happy to congratulate 2 new CiT's, 41 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), and 2 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients. Those listed are as of February 28, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators-in-Training
Satoko Tokumaru, Japan
Mentoring Coordinator: Hideki Kamimura
Supporting Coordinators: Li Ming and Hong Mei
Frances Ingouville, Guatemala
Mentoring Coordinator: Laury Rappaport
Supporting Coordinators: Pat Omidian and William Hernández
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Sue Allbert, US Urszula Balińska, Poland Yuliya Baranova, Russia Vilma Bertagna, Italy Josep Antoni Boix Ferrer, Spain Marjolijn de Jong, Netherlands Eli Chagai Dekel, Israel Francesc Xavier Elias Vila, Spain Maria Aurora Fernandez Molina, Spain Eulàlia Foz Casals, Spain Varvara Gladkikh, Russia M Antonia Gomez de Merodio Nieto, Spain Natalia Greenberg, Israel Lubna Hameed, Pakistan Siew Ling Hee, Malaysia Kelly Hopkins, US Carlota Jardí Mor, Spain Keiko Koga, Japan Peter Kok, Netherlands Tatiana Korotkova, Russia |
Tatiana Kukunina, Russia Estefania Lansky, Argentina Sara Li, Australia María Teresa Lizarazu de Mesa, Spain Alan Majerol, US Oda Meiberg, Netherlands Efrat Misholi Barak, Israel Maria Mochales, Spain Brigid Moynahan, US Tommy Noonan, US Takae Ohashi, Japan Eulàlia Olivé Ollé, Spain Elizaveta Revina, Russia Natalia Semenova, Russia Chaya Shadmi, Israel Atsushi Shikama, Japan Neta Shochat-Sadot, Israel Stefania Toffolo, Italy Lucia Toso, Italy Nurit Tsurgil, Israel Anna Vybornova, Russia |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Iv Torres, US |
Shannon Whalen, US |
MILESTONES FEBRUARY 2025
We are happy to congratulate 1 new Coordinator, 6 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), and 2 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients. Those listed are as of January 31, 2025. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Gerard Porredon Mas, Spain Español & Català
Mentoring Coordinator: Sergio Lara
Supporting Coordinators: Monica Gomez Galaz and Peter Gill
Gerard is a curious individual, inclined toward service, and drawn to interiority, spirituality, and nature.
He studied Political Science (Barcelona) and Development Cooperation (Paris). After a volunteering experience in India, he redirected his path toward education and accompaniment: first working as a secondary school teacher and undergoing a psychotherapeutic process and training (Gestalt Therapy and Focusing). Since 2012 he has provided individual consultations, facilitated dream workshops, delivered public talks, and trained others in Focusing.
Gerard has been familiar with Focusing since 2007, became a certified Trainer in 2019 and leads the training school "Focusing Montserrat" (Catalonia, Spain).
New Certified Focusing Professionals