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An experiential workshop with Charlotte Howorth
Saturday, December 6th, 2025 from 10:00am to 12:00pm New York time Your time here
What did Gendlin mean when he said that our main job as helpers is to "Be the interaction that makes it better"?
In this workshop, Charlotte will explore the interaction that carries someone forward and facilitates the little steps of change in both the person and in the dyad.
Central to Gene’s philosophy is that we are interaction, and that we need to be the kind of interaction that carries the Focuser/client forward. There are many kinds of interaction that can achieve this. In Focusing we are very familiar with ‘going inside’ mode. However, many kinds of other interactions may be needed, and these come when we bring Focusing seamlessly into the fluid dynamic of a healing conversation, something Gene called ‘dipping in’. How do we tune into and be the kind of interaction that is needed within this more complex and improvisational relationship?
Charlotte will use didactic teaching, videos of her own clinical sessions as well as of Eugene Gendlin from her personal collection -- including a clip of Gendlin on The Theory of FOT (Focusing-Oriented Therapy) where the 'Be the interaction' quote comes from. Participants will also have the opportunity to share in dyads together.
All are welcome to attend.
Format
We use Zoom videoconferencing for our online classes. The session will be held in meeting format so that all participants can see the presenters and each other. You will need to have a computer/mobile device. Calling in by phone is also possible but not preferred as participation in breakout rooms will be limited.
All registrants (whether or not you attend live) can view the recording for one month. Breakout rooms are not recorded.
Bio
Charlotte Howorth, LCSW, has been in private practice as a psychotherapist for 30 years and currently works in NYC seeing individuals, couples, families, and groups. She has been teaching a Focusing Oriented Psychotherapy certification program for the last 16 years and is lead faculty of the Advanced Coaching Program for Interactualizer, teaching Focusing Oriented Coaching. She is also lead faculty for FORP, NYC (Focusing Oriented Relational Psychotherapy) teaching advanced programs to therapists and coaches, and teaches and conducts workshops internationally.
Charlotte works as coach both for profit and non-for-profit organizations working with teams’ communication and relational skills while building a culture of trust.
Charlotte will be starting a course of 6 two hour classes on Sunday Jan 25th from 10am-12pm EDT. The course will run once every 2 weeks. These classes will be a short refresher on the key fundamentals of using Focusing in your clinical practice, whatever kind of healer you are. Charlotte will then take a deeper dive into these core concepts and skills as well as exploring how to expand and bring these fundamental principles into the relational realm of the 'one interaction' of Focusing conversations.
For more information:
Contact Elizabeth at [email protected] or (845) 480-5111
Price: $40 Members, $50 Non-members
Registration Information and Price
Charlotte is volunteering to offer this workshop to support The International Focusing Institute.
Registration Policies
*Note: If the price is not affordable, please email [email protected] to check on scholarship funds.
DEI Scholarship. There are DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Scholarship funds available for anyone in a group under-represented in TIFI's programs, including people aged 30 or younger, those in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community and others. For more about our DEI scholarship, please see focusing.org/board. To apply, email [email protected].
Refunds: A full refund minus a $25 administrative fee for cancellations 14 days before the start date. Cancellations less than 14 days before the start date are nonrefundable. The International Focusing Institute reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule for insufficient enrollment or for other unanticipated reasons. In such cases you will be given a choice of applying your tuition to future programs, or having the full enrollment fee returned to you.
TIFI reserves the right to cancel, change and alter the program if necessary. Participants authorize TIFI to use their name, statements and likeness without charge, for promotional purposes in publications, advertising, video, web, new media, or other formats.
By registering for this course with the Institute, and in consideration of the right and opportunity to participate in and contribute to the Institute’s classes, for the purposes of its control of all video and/or audio recordings thereof pertaining to uses serving our purposes and goals, in enrolling in this session you acknowledge and agree to the Institute’s ownership of all rights in such classes, including all rights under copyright therein. If you plan to use, post or display any portion or clips of these recordings, including posting these to a website or to a social media platform or portal, you agree that you will seek and obtain the prior approval of the Institute. In no circumstance shall any portion or clip posted or displayed exceed 3 minutes in duration.
At many of our events, we will end class by taking a screenshot. All those who don't want to be included will have the chance to leave. Taking screenshots for sharing (such as on social media) are not allowed at other times during the class. Thanks for your cooperation.
$ 40.00
Paid-up Institute Members
$ 50.00
Non-members
Contact
Questions: [email protected]
Registration Information and Price
Price: $40 Members, $50 Non-members
If the lowest price is not affordable, please email [email protected] to check on scholarship funds.