We are happy to congratulate 1 new Coordinator, 3 new Coordinators-in-Training (CiT's), 12 new Certified Focusing Professionals (including Trainers and Focusing-Oriented Therapists), and 5 new Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) recipients. Those listed are as of August 31, 2024. Congratulations to each of them on their achievement. We wish them all the very best in their ongoing endeavors!
New Coordinators
Esther Wijs, Netherlands Nederlands
Mentoring Coordinator: Aaffien de Vries
Supporting Coordinators: Ria van Hage and Christine Langeveld
Esther is a somatic therapist, and former dance pedagogue. She was introduced to Focusing in 2004 and developed into a passionate Focusing trainer and teacher of Focusing Bodywork at an academy for holistic massage therapy.
She developed a program in mental health care in which she combined Focusing with movement, aiming to shift the focus of her program from limitations to inner resources.
This year, she became the chairperson of the Focusing Foundation Netherlands.
New Coordinators-in-Training
Helena Ortiz Cassaigne, Mexico
Mentoring Coordinator: Salvador Moreno López
Supporting Coordinators: Cristina Collia and Suzanne Noël
Delphine Heymans, Belgium
Mentoring Coordinator: Patricia Manessy
Supporting Coordinators: Marine de Fréminville and René Veugelers
Cecilia Lauriano, Brazil
Mentoring Coordinator: Ann Weiser Cornell
Supporting Coordinators: Barbara McGavin and Matheus Cautiero
New Certified Focusing Professionals
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Mira Blaschek, Austria Francis Fung, US Patricia Geraets, New Zealand Travis Goodman, US Adriana Klos, Poland Noa Meyer, Israel |
Dominic Paguio, Philippines Berta Poey, Guatemala Elia Raikin, Israel BJ (Barbara) Vandermeer, US Andrea von Egidy, Germany Gala Yakov, Israel |
Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Awards (PFP)
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Violetta Cope, UK Joy Henry-Davies, UK Ahmed El-Sadig, Canada |
Olga Flatto, Russia Akshaya Ravikumar, India |