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