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.
MILESTONES OCTOBER 2023
We are happy to congratulate 3 new Coordinators (CC's), 1 new Coordinator-in-Training (CiT), 15 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists) and 1 new Proficiency in Partnership (PFP) recipient. Those listed are as of September 30, 2023. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Mentoring Coordinator: Lynn Preston
Stephen Adler is a Focusing practitioner and Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapist. He is a founder of Implicit Relational Therapy and operates a private practice specializing in psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, art therapy and sensori-motor therapy, among other fields. He is a visiting professor at UNIFESP Sao Paulo Brazil and a board-certified expert in post-traumatic stress.
Mentoring Coordinator: Lynn Preston
Isabel Adon is an Afro-Latinx born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the Bronx, New York. She has been a meditator for over 20 years, practicing in the tradition of Vipassana and leading meditation sits at New York Insights. Isabel is an instructor on Indigenous Focusing-Oriented Therapy (IFOT) and Indigenous Tools for Living (ITFL). She is a certified Focusing-Oriented Therapist and a member of the leadership committee on FORCE (Focusing Oriented Relational Community Empowerment), a program that works to bring the Focusing philosophy free of charge to those who may not have access. As a psychotherapist, she also works with individuals through her private practice.
Mentoring Coordinator: Beth Mahler
Maria Skoufas has been a Focuser for 20 years, and a Certified Focusing Professional since 2017. She is currently teaching a two-year Focusing Certification Program in collaboration with Beth Mahler. The goal of the program is to deepen one’s own Focusing experience and to prepare and inspire the participants to bring Focusing into their communities. It is her belief that Focusing brings awareness to living life creatively, and that the practice facilitates accessing the genius that lies within all of us.
Coordinators in Training
Alberto Dalle Rive Carli, Italy
Mentoring Coordinator: Germana Ponte
Supporting Coordinators: Bruna Blandino and Louisa Toriggia
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Hil Wai Cheung, Hong Kong, China Mun Yee Lee, Canada L.A. McCrae, USA Fotios Papadopoulos, Greece Fernanda Cecin, Japan Tomasz Radkiewicz, Poland Sara Katulska, Poland
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Ione Neves de Moura, Brazil Kenia Jeber, Brazil Henrique Bezerra Cardoso, Brazil Renato Chaves Pirfo, Brazil Lydia Giacon, Brazil Angelika Pikulik, Germany Rong Wang, China Christiane Henkel, Germany |
Proficiency in Partnership Awards (PFP)
Virginia Bousquet, USA
MILESTONES SEPTEMBER 2023
We are happy to congratulate 2 new Coordinators (CC), 22 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists) and 4 new Proficiency in Partnership (PFP) recipients. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. Those listed are as of August 31, 2023. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Mentoring Coordinators: Jan Winhall and Leslie Ellis
Serge Prengel is a therapist and a co-founder of the Integrative Focusing Therapy online training program. He was trained in Focusing, Core Energetics and Somatic Experiencing. Serge has been exploring creative approaches to working with Polyvagal Mindfulness. See ActivePause.com for further information.
Mentoring Coordinators: Hejo Feuerstein, supported by Ruth Hirsch and Sergio Lara
Christine le Coutre is a psychologist, person-centered counselor, therapist and supervisor. She has been working for 26 years with the person-centered and experiential approach in various professional fields. She is co-founder of the Institute for Person-Centered and Experiential Offerings - IPEA and member of the editorial team of PERSON - International Journal for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling. Christine is particularly interested in Focusing in the context of psycho-social professionalization and the application of Focusing in counseling practice and in leadership.
New Certified Focusing Professionals
| Alaa Al-henawi, Palestine Coordinators: Rob Foxcroft and Mohamed Altawil Federica Anastasia, Italy Coordinator: Germana Ponte Santiago Arjona, Colombia Coordinator: Carolina Ades Yehia Ali Ouda Awad, Palestine Coordinators: Rob Foxcroft and Mohamed Altawil Or Bar Natan, Israel Coordinators: Ifat Eckstein and Ifat Peres, CiT Elisabetta Baschirotto, Italy Coordinator: Germana Ponte Dikla Bendelac Badash, Israel Coordinator: Yardem Kerem Hoi Ying Chan, Hong Kong, China Coordinators: Peter Cheung and Sandy Ng Pui-ling Chau, Hong Kong, China Coordinators: Peter Cheung and Amos Cheung, CiT Sigal Cohen, Israel Coordinator: Yardem Kerem Mathias Dekeyser, Belgium Coordinators: Claude Missiaen, Chris Van de Veire and Jessica Delooz Eshkar Erblich-Brifman, Israel Coordinator: Yardem Kerem
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Bill Gayner, Canada Coordinators: Peter Cheung and Amos Cheung, CiT Man Hing Michelle Hui, Hong Kong, China Coordinators: Peter Cheung and Sandy Ng Sharon Ivri, Israel Coordinator: Yardem Kerem Wing man Ng, Hong Kong, China Coordinators: Peter Cheung and Amos Cheung, CiT Noga Panai, Israel Coordinators: Ifat Eckstein and Ifat Peres, CiT Anna Raczkiewicz, Poland Coordinator: Darek Tkaczyk Silvia Raquel Sarquis, Argentina Coordinator: Monica Perez Iturraspe Analía Karina Stricagnola, Argentina Coordinator: Monica Perez Iturraspe Yonatan Tushinski, Israel Coordinators: Ifat Eckstein and Ifat Peres, CiT |
Proficiency in Partnership Awards (PFP)
Gitte Bowman Bak, Denmark
Sivan Lavie, Israel
Marianne Silva, USA
Jackima Tatum, USA
MILESTONES AUGUST 2023
We are happy to congratulate a new Coordinator (CC), 11 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists) and 11 new Proficiency in Partnership (PFP) recipients. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. Those listed are as of July 31, 2023. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinator
Mentoring Coordinators: Dan Schachter and Dana Ganihar
Sigal Ketsev-Golan is a psychotherapist who teaches Focusing and Focusing-Oriented Therapy through both virtual and in-person sessions. Sigal has a deep interest in the idea of breaking free from restricting models and moving towards healing, creativity and growth. She continues to deepen into the Philosophy of the Implicit, TAE and learn from the wisdom of other paths.
New Certified Focusing Professionals
| Gijs Bosma, Netherlands Coordinators: Aaffien de Vries and Jessie Delooz Miko Brown, USA Coordinator: Charlotte Howorth Peng Fu, China Coordinators: Xu Jun and Li Min Christina Griggio, Italy Coordinator: Bruna Blandino Chunhua Guo, China Coordinator: Xu Jun and Li Ming Lucie Martin, France Coordinator: Bernadette Lamboy |
Paul Moxham, Australia Mika Rosenthalis-Zuzovsky, Israel Wan Chi Vincci Tse, Hong Kong, China Ofer Yifrach, Israel |
New Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Terry Bowling, USA Isa Brown, Aruba Nikoleta Konstantia Charistou, Greece Laura Gaggero, Italy Terpsithea Giannakopoulou, Greece
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Ran Johnson, USA Oleksandr Martynov, Czech Republic Dimitris Mougios, Greece Tak Chi Shing, Dania Vagia, Greece
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Mentoring Coordinator: Lore Korbei
Georgeta Niculescu has been practicing person-centered psychotherapy for over 20 years. She is a founding member and current president of the Romanian Association of PCP, and is vice president of the Romanian Federation of Psychotherapy. Her interests range from philosophy and the intricacies of human existence to photography, film and literature. She places trust in the process of life flow, and names love, work and respect as just a few of her core values.
Mentoring Coordinator: Lore Korbei
Florentina Palada, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, trainer, supervisor and psychotherapist in person-centered psychotherapy. A founding member of the Romanian Association of Person-Centered Psychotherapy, she is also a member of PCE-Europe and WAPCEPC. She has worked in the field of psychotherapy for more than 20 years, and has been very involved in creating a community for both person-centered psychotherapy and Focusing in Romania. She says, "Every human meeting is an inspiring one and Focusing brings so much richness, freshness and creativity in the way life could be lived."
Mentoring Coordinator: Akira Ikemi and Toshihiro Uchida
Supported by Teruyuki Chikada
Kie Yano is a psychotherapist and teaches psychology to students at a college. She was interested in “presence” at the beginning of her research. She currently researches on the interaction of felt sense and symbols based on Gendlin's philosophy. She is also interested in art, especially the novelty that arises from the felt sense and photography of their own collage and Asking from the listener. Her Collage Work is done in groups or pairs, and through these works she published the book Focusing and Collage in 2021. She also works on Focusing with children. She translated with her colleagues Focusing with Children by Malta in 2010. Currently she conducts workshops and develops works on Children and Focusing with her peers.
New Coordinators-in-Training (CiTs)
Amona Buechler, Germany
Mentoring Coordinator: Fiona Parr
Supported by: Beth Mahler and Ria van Hage
Maria Hakasalo, Finland
Mentoring Coordinator: Gabriela Riveros
Supported by Edgardo Riveros and Maria Luiza Rocha
Shira Klien, Israel
Mentoring Coordinator: Liora Bar-Natan
Supported by Dana Ganihar and Iris Gilboa
Shimpei Okamura, Japan
Mentoring Coordinator: Li Ming
Supported by Xu Jun and Akira Ikemi
New Certified Focusing Professionals
| Grazia Azzali, Italy Coordinator: Roberto Tecchio Nicolas Baldwin, France Coordinators: Greg Madison and Frank Boch Noam Bao Lavi, Israel Coordinator: Yarden Kerem Danielle Benarroch, Israel Coordinator: Yehudit First Antoinette Biehlmeier, Singapore Coordinator: Ann Weiser Cornell Kcehnr Ksenila Boaohoc Vodonos, Russia Coordinator: Svetlana Kutukova Lauren Cohen, US Coordinator: Ann Weiser Cornell and Peter Gill Dotan Dor, US Coordinator: Liora Bar Natan Megan Duczminski, Canada Coordinator: Anne Poonwassie Michal Erlich, Israel Coordinator: Yarden Kerem Tomer Haber, Israel Coordinator: Liora Bar Natan Kim Isaak, US Coordinator: Ann Weiser Cornell and Barbara McGavin Rebecca Jackson-Aydelette, US Coordinator: Sandy Jahmi Burg Nithya Jayaraman, US Coordinator: Charlotte Howorth Artur Khorunzhiy, Russia Coordinator: Svetlana Kutukova Candas Kilic, Turkey Coordinator: Greg Madison and Frank Boch Natalia Knyazeva, Russia Coordinator: Svetlana Kutukova Livia Luberto, Italy Coordinator: Roberto Tecchio Anna Mazurak, Russia Coordinator: Svetlana Kutukova Thayna Meirelles, Brazil Coordinator: Ana Lidia Mafra and Maria Luiza |
Roche Andrade Anait Meliksetyan, Russia Monica Miller, US Daria Mukhsinyatova, Russia |
New Certified Focusing Professionals (June)
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Albert Adout, Israel Claudia Arena, Belgium Helga Arnaids, Iceland Gudrun Arnalds, Iceland Pino Bolongaro, Italy Charlotte Faris, US |
Florinda Ines Gramajo, Argentina Tamar Karasso, Israel Angela Parmer, US Achva Roichman, US Stirling Steward, UK Theresa Tenney, US |
New Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Lisa Alteio, US Candace Anderson, US Victoria Cali, US Michelle Caruso, US Cecilia Mee Yee Chan, Hong Kong, China Sau Chun Chan, Hong Kong, China Yin Hing Hedeaky Chan, Hong Kong, China Naomi Choi, UK Phillip Coulson, US Francesca Degani, Italy Luisa Del Turco, Italy Aileen Ferguson, UK Sin Yan Ho, Hong Kong, China San Hung, Hong Kong, China Chui Ying Lai, Hong Kong, China Wai Man Esther Li, Hong Kong, China Hiu Ying Lok, Hong Kong, China |
Emily Mendez, US Rebecca Nevers, US Kristen Portney, Portugal Camella Potter, US Robert Ragucci, US Ragna Reiske, Germany Mina Roustayi, US Maureen Sherman, Canada Hong Shiu Ching Ada, Hong Kong, China Paul Sloan, Austria Francesco Spada, Italy Alison To, China Yuen Fan To, Hong Kong, China Renee Watters, US Lai Fong Wong, Hong Kong, China Stefano Zoletto, Italy |