Upcoming Courses, and Ongoing Groups and Services
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Please note: Listings on this page are either events organized by The International Focusing Institute (TIFI), or are offered independently by Certified Focusing Professionals. Those organized by TIFI will have one of TIFI’s logos.
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Central European Summer Time
Untangling® Retreats are 6-day residential retreats for people with Focusing experience who want to apply our Untangling® method to life’s most hard-to-change issues.
We’ve been teaching Untangling® Retreats in 15 countries over the past 25 years, helping thousands of people learn our method, getting responses like this one from Paul Fitzgerald: "The experience was like a dissolving of an old way of seeing life and having new eyes to engage life with more freedom. I'd highly encourage anyone interested in deepening their Focusing to take this course."
We believe that transformation occurs most readily in an atmosphere of respect, acceptance, openness, warmth, playfulness, and support. Our mission is to enable you to live from your vibrant,
We’ve been teaching Untangling® Retreats in 15 countries over the past 25 years, helping thousands of people learn our method, getting responses like this one from Paul Fitzgerald: "The experience was like a dissolving of an old way of seeing life and having new eyes to engage life with more freedom. I'd highly encourage anyone interested in deepening their Focusing to take this course."
We believe that transformation occurs most readily in an atmosphere of respect, acceptance, openness, warmth, playfulness, and support. Our mission is to enable you to live from your vibrant,
Plön, Germany
Topic: Intermediate/Advanced
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Eastern Time
You'll experience Steps 1 to 11 of Thinking at the Edge by working on your own project. In an initial interview, Bea will help you gain clarity about the best project to choose.
Classes meet once a week (except July 1) and you'll practice each week with a partner from the class.
Your learning will be enhanced and reinforced by our TAE video course.
Classes meet once a week (except July 1) and you'll practice each week with a partner from the class.
Your learning will be enhanced and reinforced by our TAE video course.
Topic: Intermediate/Advanced, TAE/Philosophy
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CET
Formación de prácticas online
Facilitadora: Yolanda Vaquero, trainer focusing
Facilitadora: Yolanda Vaquero, trainer focusing
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New York time
For both philosophers, encountering Gendlin sparked a deep connection—something just "clicked." Their openness to taking a leap into philosophical practice and its underlying process philosophy allowed them to engage with his ideas in a transformative way.
This is a "pay what you can" event. It will be recorded (except small group breakout rooms) for later viewing if you cannot attend live.
This is a "pay what you can" event. It will be recorded (except small group breakout rooms) for later viewing if you cannot attend live.
Online (Class will also be recorded)
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, TAE/Philosophy, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
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New York Time
Six-Session Group taking a Fresh Look at Gendlin's "Small Steps"
led by Beatrice Blake
A Free Event for Members
Live (no recording)
Once a month on Fridays June - November
led by Beatrice Blake
A Free Event for Members
Live (no recording)
Once a month on Fridays June - November
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Free, Ongoing, Other, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
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Eastern DAYLIGHT Time
ALL are welcome to attend -- whether you are an experienced Focuser or are brand new and would like to experience a new way to listen and be with yourself.
These 90-minute interactive Zoom-based gatherings are designed to create an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect for both experienced and less-experienced Focusers.
And - there's NO FEE to attend.
These 90-minute interactive Zoom-based gatherings are designed to create an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect for both experienced and less-experienced Focusers.
And - there's NO FEE to attend.
Online
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Eastern Time/New York/Canada
In the style of Gene Gendlin's FREE Changes Meetings in the earliest days of Focusing (continuing to this day!), LearnFocusing.org is delighted to offer a Monthly Exploring Interaction Changes Meeting -- Improving Relationships with Self and Others.
These monthly meetings will be held on third Sundays at both 11am ET and 7pm ET New York time, entirely online, using Zoom technology, for 90 minutes each meeting.
Facilitated by Barbara Dickinson, Certified teacher of Interactive Focusing and Certified Focusing Professional (TIFI), participants will have the opportunity to experience Demonstrations of Interactive Focusing (for beginners), as well as partner with more experienced Interactive Focusers (intermediate to advanced).
These monthly meetings will be held on third Sundays at both 11am ET and 7pm ET New York time, entirely online, using Zoom technology, for 90 minutes each meeting.
Facilitated by Barbara Dickinson, Certified teacher of Interactive Focusing and Certified Focusing Professional (TIFI), participants will have the opportunity to experience Demonstrations of Interactive Focusing (for beginners), as well as partner with more experienced Interactive Focusers (intermediate to advanced).
Online with Zoom
Topic: Changes Groups
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Eastern Time
Dana and Baruch in person!
2 Day residential retreat in beautiful Chelsea, Michigan, USA. The purpose of the workshop is to explore, through direct experience, the process of moving through different states of consciousness until reaching a unique state called "prayer consciousness." In this state, a shift occurs in the perception of life, giving rise to new steps into reality.
2 Day residential retreat in beautiful Chelsea, Michigan, USA. The purpose of the workshop is to explore, through direct experience, the process of moving through different states of consciousness until reaching a unique state called "prayer consciousness." In this state, a shift occurs in the perception of life, giving rise to new steps into reality.
Chelsea, Michigan, USA
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, FOT, Spirituality, TAE/Philosophy
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New York time
This Highlight explores what a Focusing-Oriented Coaching approach can look like. Many coaches have trained in Focusing but often struggle with therapeutic language and examples that don’t fully align with a coaching framework. By bridging this gap, the program offers a path for coaches to integrate Focusing into their practice in a way that honors both its depth and the distinct nature of coaching.
All are welcome to attend and participate, with or without prior knowledge of Gendlin’s Philosophy. No affiliation with Education or learning is needed.
All are welcome to attend and participate, with or without prior knowledge of Gendlin’s Philosophy. No affiliation with Education or learning is needed.
Online (Class will also be recorded)
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
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CET
Facilitadores: Coordinadores Focusing Focusing España
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Central European Time = GMT+1 (Budapest)
How can we experience inner safety in the midst of constant change – not just in theory, but in the body and through lived experience?
Experiential Focusing offers a way to connect to change and to our inner sense of safety through bodily felt sensations.
Experiential Focusing offers a way to connect to change and to our inner sense of safety through bodily felt sensations.
MEMO Conference Hall, Budapest, Hungary
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Eastern DAYLIGHT Time
ALL are welcome to attend -- whether you are an experienced Focuser or are brand new and would like to experience a new way to listen and be with yourself.
These 90-minute interactive Zoom-based gatherings are designed to create an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect for both experienced and less-experienced Focusers.
And - there's NO FEE to attend.
These 90-minute interactive Zoom-based gatherings are designed to create an atmosphere of safety and mutual respect for both experienced and less-experienced Focusers.
And - there's NO FEE to attend.
Online
Topic: Free, Changes Groups
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Eastern Time, New York, USA
Smartview Conversations is a monthly online gathering to explore the application of our Focusing skills to daily life and interactions. Our skill emphasis for 2025 is being our own Self-Mentor. We will explore and build the resourcing qualities life is asking of us now.
We will model how to create a safe, playful environment that facilitates neural plasticity. These webinars are FREE to attend. Both experienced Focusers and people new to Focusing are welcome. These webinars emphasize Gendlin's action step; how is it we bring Focusing concepts into our daily living.
We meet on the 4th Tuesday, twice in the same day for different time zones. The times are 11:30am - 12:30pm ET New York time and 7:30 - 8:30pm ET New York time.
We will model how to create a safe, playful environment that facilitates neural plasticity. These webinars are FREE to attend. Both experienced Focusers and people new to Focusing are welcome. These webinars emphasize Gendlin's action step; how is it we bring Focusing concepts into our daily living.
We meet on the 4th Tuesday, twice in the same day for different time zones. The times are 11:30am - 12:30pm ET New York time and 7:30 - 8:30pm ET New York time.
Online via Zoom
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Free, Ongoing
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New York Time
Gendlin valued Clearing a Space very highly. How about you? Is Clearing a Space (CAS) a standard part of your own Focusing practice, or your teaching of Focusing? Or have you replaced it with something else – maybe an attunement? Join us to share what place CAS has in your Focusing practice – is it essential, optional, irrelevant or something else?
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced, Free, The Focusing Institute (TIFI) Events
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Start ; Friday, 15:00 pm central european time
Thematic workshops: throughout the 4 days, a number of workshops on the theme of the inner path will be offered by various IFEF-certified trainers. They form the core of the seminar.
Introductory workshops on the practice of focusing: a “red thread” of discovery over 4 days: the stages of the focusing process, “bodily sense” and the experiential dimension, “bodily movement” and the emergence process, listening and internal location, etc...
Small groups: These are daily places of exchange, listening and sharing, where everyone meets up with the same participants in a more intimate space throughout the seminar.
Introductory workshops on the practice of focusing: a “red thread” of discovery over 4 days: the stages of the focusing process, “bodily sense” and the experiential dimension, “bodily movement” and the emergence process, listening and internal location, etc...
Small groups: These are daily places of exchange, listening and sharing, where everyone meets up with the same participants in a more intimate space throughout the seminar.
Les Jardins intérieurs Quartier le buis – 07200 St Privat FRANCE – tél +33 (0)9 70 40 82 15 Coordonnées G.P.S : L.N.44°37'31'' l. E.4° 24' 38''
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Jerusalem Time
At some time or another, all of us have been in conflict with someone that we love or that is significant in our lives. Perhaps it was a parent, a child, a partner, a friend, a colleague…whoever it was, something happened, something got in the way of the relationship.
In Social Oriented Focusing ׂׂ(SOFׁ) there is an understanding that the relationship is more important than the conflict, and from this perspective, we can use SOF tools to stop our automatic patterns of reacting and actually manage the conflict.
In Social Oriented Focusing ׂׂ(SOFׁ) there is an understanding that the relationship is more important than the conflict, and from this perspective, we can use SOF tools to stop our automatic patterns of reacting and actually manage the conflict.
Online via Zoom
Topic: Beginners-Intermediate, Intermediate/Advanced
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Eastern Time
Join us for Part 2 of the live, virtual 9-week training in Inner Relationship Focusing. This next step in your journey deepens your practice, equipping you with the skills to foster profound, lasting change in both your personal and professional life.
Topic: Introductory, Beginners-Intermediate
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GMT
In June 2025, Professor Akira Ikemi will lead a three-day workshop for intermediate-level focusers in Warsaw, Poland. The workshop will cover Professor Ikemi’s current interests: Focusing Alpha and Focusing Beta, introduce Asian Focusing, and explore experiential scales. It is a great opportunity to practice in an international Focusing community and to visit the beautiful city of Warsaw at this lovely time of year. The workshop will be conducted in English.
INTRA, 40 Bajana Street, 01-904 Warsaw, Poland
Topic: Intermediate/Advanced
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Eastern time
Invite yourself to come to an intensive 5 day Focusing training in July 2024 about “A unique possibility to experience ‘Dynamic Focusing”! It will be from monday 7th (18 pm) till the saturday the 12th (13 pm) in Friesland. Several topics are essential and will be covered: Listening in three directions; The Emerging Body language Unconditional authentic empathy, Creating space, Safety and boundaries, Contact/ Contract; Selfcare; Working with symbolisations/ expression and of course (pre-verbal) inner child work. More information: look at https://www.childrenfocusing.org/being-seriously-playful-symposium/
The venue is “De Bron” a retreat and conference centre ;There are plenty of opportunities in the local area for canoeing, walking, biking and sight seeing.
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Pacific
Has Focusing changed your life in a profound way? Do you feel called to help facilitate that kind of powerful change for other people? Join us for a free open house and find out how you can become a Certified Professional in Inner Relationship Focusing. Our next program starts in October.
In this FREE webinar, you'll get to meet and interact with many of the program teachers. Discover the different components of the program and how they integrate. Share your goals and ask your questions. Familiarize yourself with the program prerequisites, requirements, and application process. Understand how you (and your future clients) benefit from our comprehensive training program.
In this FREE webinar, you'll get to meet and interact with many of the program teachers. Discover the different components of the program and how they integrate. Share your goals and ask your questions. Familiarize yourself with the program prerequisites, requirements, and application process. Understand how you (and your future clients) benefit from our comprehensive training program.
Online via Zoom
Topic: Certification