Leading to Certification with the International Focusing Institute – TIFIThis training is for you if you want to refine and deepen your Focusing, listening, and teaching skills in order to share Focusing professionally, both to individuals and to groups. You are equally welcome if you simply want to enhance your Focusing Partnerships and enrich and beautify your daily living.
I will provide supportive conditions and a safe framework for you to explore Focusing areas that you are drawn to and feel passionate about. This will awaken your creativity to find your own style and niche. I offer my teaching to a small group of trainees so that I can optimally accompany each one in their own unique process.
The mentoring sessions and classes with me add up to 172 hours, taking place over 2 years. In addition, plan an average of half a day per week for your self-directed learning. This may take longer than two years. I recommend that trainees complete the training within two to three years.
If you would like to attend only the first year to learn how to offer Focusing to individuals, please ask.
If you have already trained with another Coordinator to offer Focusing one-on-one and would like to attend the second year of my training to learn how to teach Focusing to groups, please ask.
This training includes online classes with instructional materials, supervised practice, and your self-chosen topics and projects. The combination of structured learning with other trainees and self-directed exploration allows you to craft an experience that best fits your learning style and your life situation.
During the classes, you will share your learning journey with other trainees. Basic topics include the following: Revisiting Focusing basics, learning to accompany and guide those new to Focusing, learning how to teach Focusing to groups, and understanding practical aspects of working professionally, such as finding words for advertising, insurance, accepting or referring clients… As the trainees grow in experience, the class content will increasingly be shaped according to their interests and input.
Training tools will include the following: Study materials, reading assignments, partner and group practices, discussions… Trainees will demonstrate and bring a recorded sample of working with people one-to-one in Focusing sessions and teaching groups. Each participant will receive peer feedback and supervision support.
In these sessions, you will have the opportunity to share your experiences and progress and to sense directions forward in what feels challenging. You can bring questions and issues for discussion, or ask for emotional support. You can ask for Focusing time or to receive feedback or information.
Outside the scheduled classes, you will set your own pace for your Focusing Partnership practices, your peer support meetings, your practice sessions with clients, your research and reading, your chosen theoretical and practical Focusing project, and your development and teaching of Focusing courses.
I encourage students to get involved in the international Focusing community by joining workshops, gatherings, and various Focusing partnerships.
I am happy to review any journaling or creative work that comes from trainees’ research and meetings with fellow Focusers.
I discuss class times and days with all trainees to make it work for everyone. Participation in the classes is required, but if an aspect of the training does not fit or isn’t possible for you, we can find other options together.
Revisit the Focusing Skills Course Level 1-5: 20 classes @ 3h, followed by 20 x ½ h debriefing with trainees.
Each year, fourteen trainee class meetings @ 3h each, scheduled more or less as follows:
The online group meetings add up to 154 hours during the two-year training.
Sessions add up to a total of 18 hours in the two-year training; more can be booked at a discounted rate.
On average, plan about half a day per week.
Certification allows you to introduce and guide people who are new to Focusing in one-to-one settings, as well as to teach Focusing in group formats. You are eligible for certification by the International Focusing Institute when you have met all training requirements and when you and I—as your mentor/Certifying Coordinator—feel that you are ready to offer Focusing in a way that is authentic to you (The training is competency-based). You can then call yourself a Certified Focusing Professional or Trainer. Furthermore, you will be eligible to offer the TIFI ‘Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Award’ to students of your Focusing Courses.
Professional Focusing Training 2026-28
Starts ~March 1, 2026 (2 years)
Focusing Teacher Training 2026-27
(For those who have completed the first part of the training.)
Starts ~April 1, 2026 (1 year) for those who have done the first year with me
Starts Oct 20, 2025, for those who have completed the first year with another trainer
You are invited to join my Professional Training to deepen your Focusing skills, even if you do not plan to work with Focusing professionally.
My schedule is suitable for both American and European time zones.
The full training consists of 172 hours with me as your mentor plus your supervised self-directed learning, which is the larger part of the training.
The cost of the two-year training is:
€3.880 / $4,238
or per year:
€1.940 / $2,119
Pay a fee of €500/$550 quarterly, or pay the discounted annual fee in a lump sum.
Additional costs:
Register for the 1-hour session:
A Focusing session is required before you can sign up for the training.
Your session payment of €75 / $80 is your registration fee.
The remaining training fee is due no later than two months before the course begins.
Sign up here:
Feel free to contact me to ask questions or schedule your free 20-minute informational meeting.
You can also download a visual schedule overview here:
I am a Certifying Coordinator in Training. My Mentor is Fiona Parr (England), and my Supporting Mentors are Ria van Hage (Holland) and Beth Mahler (United States).
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Ich lade Dich ein, Focusing kennenzulernen:
Unser Leben ist ein ständiger Prozess des Wandels und Wachsens.
Täglich stehen wir vor Wegkreuzungen und fragen uns:
Was ist der nächste Schritt?
Gewinne Zugang zu Deinem inneren Kompass.
Lerne die Grundlagen für eine Focusing-Partnerschaft im Wochenend-Workshop.
Eine Focusing-Einzelsitzung im Preis inbegriffen.
Info & Anmeldung: https://move-with-life.org/de/focusing-leipzig/
Ich lade Dich ein, einen Geschmack vom Focusing zu bekommen:
Diese Links findest Du hier:
https://move-with-life.org/de/focusing
Meine Schüler über Focusing:
https://move-with-life.org/de/testimonials
Die Welt des Focusing:
https://move-with-life.org/de/focusing-links/
Wenn Dir gefällt, was Du findest, kannst Du bei einer meiner Kurse mitmachen oder eine Einzelsitzung buchen.
Ich freue mich darauf, Dich live oder online zu treffen.
An invitation to explore inwardly in your own time
Find my articles and practices here:
https://move-with-life.org/focusing
Find my verbally guided practices here:
https://move-with-life.org/awareness-aliveness-vitality
What others say about Focusing:
https://move-with-life.org/testimonials/#focusing
If you like what you discover, consider exploring my online courses and one-on-one sessions.
I look forward to meeting you in person online.
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