Upcoming courses
Listening to our heart
Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July
10.00 -1.00 each day
Even in everyday language we recognise the importance of our emotional heart. We say that what someone expresses is heartfelt, we talk about getting to the heart of the matter, we describe people as warmhearted or perhaps as heartless, we feel heartened or we lose heart. For many people the heart is the seat of love, spirituality and our deepest desires, as well as the place where we feel our wounds most deeply. Sometimes it can seem too much if we let our heart open to our own pain and the suffering of the world around us; sometimes our heart can be blown open unexpectedly by something or someone. Focusing can offer us a gentle way to listen to our heart and take care of it in the way it needs.
However your heart may be feeling at this particular time, you are welcome to take part in this online exploratory workshop. There will be space to tune in to your heart with a Focusing companion and to share with others in the group if you wish. You don’t need to be an expert Focuser to attend the workshop but you do need to have at least some experience of Focusing. If you would like to attend but feel you need more guidance with Focusing, you may want to book an individual session beforehand.
The workshop will be held over two mornings, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July, from 10.00 – 1.00 each day.The cost for the two mornings is £40, concessionary rate £100. If you would like to attend but can’t afford the concessionary rate, please contact me.
Focusing Skills Course Online
Module 1 – Introducing Focusing
Saturday 19th, Sunday 20th, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th September 2026
10.00-1.00 each day
This online workshop will introduce you to the basic elements of Focusing: sensing into the body, making friendly contact with feelings and sensations, letting them describe themselves and sensing for what more is there. It will also introduce you to what it means to be a Focusing companion and listen to someone who is Focusing. It will give you a chance to try out the process for yourself and see what Focusing has to offer.
The course will take place over four mornings from 10.00 am – 1.00 pm, on Saturday September 19th, Sunday September 20th, Saturday September 26th and Sunday September 27th 1026. It is first module of a five-module Focusing Skills Certificate course and I shall be running the other modules over the coming months. NB The Focusing Skills Certificate course is not a professional training but it is a requirement if you wish to train as a Focusing professional.
The cost is £140 for the four mornings, concessionary rate £100. If you would like to attend but are unable to pay the concessionary rate, please contact me. There is a £30 discount if you book all five modules together.
Module 2 – Exploring Focusing
Saturday 17th, Sunday 18th, Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October 2026
10.00 – 1.00 each day.
This online workshop is the second module of a five-module Focusing Skills course. In it we will continue to practise Focusing ourselves and will also explore and practise more the skills of being a Focusing companion. There willl be plenty of practice in pairs or threes and opportunities forquestions, discussion and group exercises. If you would like to join this module and have not done Module 1 with me or another teacher, I would recommend that you book at least one individual session with me beforehand.
The workshop will take place on Saturday 17th, Sunday 18th, Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October 2026, 10.00 – 1.00 each day.
The cost is £140 for the four mornings, concessionary rate £95. If you would like to attend but are unable to pay the concessionary rate, please contact me. Do also contact me if you would like an individual session or sessions.
Module 3 – Going Deeper
Saturday 14th, Sunday 15th, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd November 2026
10.00 – 1.00 each day.
In this online workshop, the third of five modules of a Focusing Skills Certificate course, we will look more deeply into the processes of Focusing and being a companion, refining and building on the skills you have learnt in the first two modules. We will also beginto look at the times when the companion may take a slightly more active role, led by the Focuser’s process, and make suggestions that can help the process forward. However, the companion’s primary role is still to listen and reflect, and you will have plenty of time to practise this.
The workshop will run over four mornings, Saturday 14th, Sunday 15th, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd November 2026, 10.00 – 1.00 each day.
The cost is £140, concessionary rate £100. If you would like to attend but are unable to pay the concessionary rate, please contact me. Please also contact me if you would like to book an individual session or sessions.
Module 4 – Parts and 'somethings': befriending our critics
Friday 9th, Sunday 11th, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th January 2026
10.00 am - 1.00 pm each day
In this online workshop, the fourth module of five for the Focusing Skills Certificate, we will look more closely at the different 'parts', or 'partial-selves' that we often meet when we are Focusing, especially the dynamic of what's often called the 'inner critic' and its relationship to other parts of us. You will discover how to meet these dynamics with more space and kindness, both when you are Focusing yourself and when you are companion to another Focuser, and you will see how they are often not quite what we take them to be. In doing this you will continue to build on the skills you have already learnt as a Focuser and as a companion.
The worksohp will take place over four mornings from 10.00 am – 1.00 pm, on Saturday 18th, Sunday 19th, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October, 10.00 am -1.00 pm each morning. The cost is £130 for the four mornings, concessionary rate £90. If you would like to attend but are unable to pay the concessionary rate, please contact me. Do also contact me if you would like to book an individual session.
In this fifth and last module of the Focusing Skills Certificate course we will look further at untangling difficult inner dynamics and also look at ways of bringing Focusing into our lives. There will be time for questions and discussion about the course as a whole and for sensing ways of taking the learning forward.
The workshop will take place over four mornings from 10.00 am – 1.00 pm, on Saturday 15th, Sunday 16th, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd November. The cost is £130 for the four mornings, concessionary rate £90. If you would like to attend but are unable to pay the concessionary rate, please contact me.
Ashburton
Devon