PRICE: This group is priced at £15 and also an option to Pay What You Can due to the circumstances we are currently in.

The group is an opportunity for people who have completed the five Focusing levels to spend some time together, meeting, Focusing, and connecting.

At each meeting there will be an attunement followed by Focusing and Companioning partnerships.

Facilitated group process including greeting, sharing and discussing.

There will be opportunities to spend time all together in the main group and also occasions when it is helpful to divide into smaller groups.

Please keep everything of a personal nature confidential. This applies to all group discussions and to all Focusing and Companioning partnerships.

What you may gain from the Focusing group

• Support for your Focusing practice

• Support for counsellors and supervisors who include Focusing in their counselling practice

• Personal growth and development

• Opportunities to meet, connect and practice with other Focusers

• New connections and Focusing partnerships

• Group space for sharing and discussing your process

• A sense of community

This workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our camera and microphones to interact with each other as a group.

To support practitioners in this time of extraordinary circumstances we are offering access to this group for a self-select fee.

The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £15.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.

All the colleagues at ONLINEVENTS and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a manner consistent with the BACP Ethical Framework, which can be accessed on the link below. When registering for this event you are agreeing to be present and interact in a manner that is consistent with this Framework.

https://www.bacp.co.uk/events-and-resources/ethics-and-standards/ethical-framework-for-the-counselling-professions/

Paula Newman

I am a BACP Senior Accredited Counsellor and Supervisor of Individuals and Groups with over nineteen years of therapeutic experience. I counsel individuals, couples and families and supervise experienced and trainee practitioners. I have been Focusing for several years and am registered with the British Focusing Association as a Focusing trainer. In addition to teaching the certificate course I offer guided Focusing sessions.

I first became interested in counselling many years ago when it was briefly mentioned during a conversation. Nowadays counselling is a very important part of my professional life, however at the time I was barely aware of it.

There was no logical reason and yet I somehow knew that counselling was the right path for me. I was not even looking for a new direction as this happened during a particularly busy time in my life. Nonetheless the feeling was strong enough that instead of being my usual cautious self I enrolled on a counselling training course.

Later I became involved with Focusing and discovered that my inner feeling of rightness was the ‘felt-sense’. I have learnt to respect it, and it has always served me well.​ I continue to feel excited and passionate about counselling, supervising and Focusing. I like to think that the enthusiasm that I experience brings life and energy to my teaching.

CONNECT WITH PAULA

TWITTER | @paulanewman930

FACEBOOK | Paula Newman Counselling Services

Website | paulanewmancounsellingservices.co.uk