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Welcome to the European Focusing Association (EFA).
What we do
Welcome to the European Focusing Association (EFA).
The aim of EFA is to provide a European-wide network for those Focusers and Focusing Professionals engaged in research and practice who:
- have a commitment to the primary importance of the philosophy of Focusing, its attitude and ethics.
- recognize the centrality of the ‘felt sense’ in their practice.
- embody in their work those Focusing attitudes as first postulated by Eugene Gendlin.
- have an openness to the future development of Focusing in the light of research and evolving practice.
EFA has the following goals:
- To promote continuing dialogue and good practice between the European Focusers and Focusing Professionals.
- To be a network for exploring different ways of teaching, researching and using Focusing.
- To provide ongoing support and professional development opportunities to individuals trained in Focusing and to European local and national Focusing organizations.
- To promote the Focusing paradigm, to support and encourage scientific study in all fields of application.
- To engage in socio-political processes to ensure the continued contribution of Focusing in health, social insurance, education, academic contexts, etc.
- To foster the exchange of research, theory and practice among a variety of language groups.
- To make use of our intercultural diversity, to learn from one another, to improve the practice of Focusing and the Experiential Approach.
- To develop training programmes that are appropriate to the multi-cultural and multi-lingual European context.
- To validate and accredit/recognise European Focusing-oriented training programmes.
- To work together closely and to exchange ideas with other European and world associations and institutions.
EFA will be carried forward by a steering group, which will include representatives of specific task groups.
EFA aims to make sure that the workings of the association are in harmony with the processes of Focusing itself. Structures and task groups evolve as the need arises (e.g. a training group, an Internet group). Membership of these groups is on a rotational basis, ideally representing European diversity by the multinational composition of its members.
An eventual need for paid administration and for the support of web-based resources is recognized. This will mean the eventual payment of a subscription once the organization is firmly established.
EFA will discuss development of the Association at an annual meeting, the General Assembly, to be held in Europe. This meeting will also facilitate the formation of project groups that can be continued through web meetings. Specific interest groups will organize events throughout the year to demonstrate and develop new directions in Focusing. We will make use of Internet options (e.g. the European Focusing Website, Facebook) to share information and to promote training programmes and workshops.
All members of the Association may attend the General Assembly. Members who are unable to attend in person, can have their views taken into account. They can use email or other online means to communicate their views. We make all our decisions by consensus.
Each small group, including the steering group, follows the following principles:
- All members have equal say in how the group is run.
- All members have equal access to information.
- All members consult with their inner sense of an issue to help find a way forward.
- All members undertake to listen to their own felt sense and to the felt senses of others when reaching decisions.
The multi-national and multi-lingual nature of the organization and the fact that different individuals are likely to come together in different permutations means that there needs to be a commitment not to ‘reinvent the wheel’ or undo the work of previous groups, while respecting the groundwork provided through the work of others.
EFA accepts that working with Focusing can never be reduced to rules and regulations or detailed criteria and standards. Instead we will have guidelines and principles to be developed in detail at a later stage. Each person has the freedom to develop their work in ways that feel right with their inner felt sense and to develop their work according to their sense of responsibility for the content and process of their teaching or professional practice.
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Event listing
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15th July 2025 Online Zoom
Somatic Intuition– Introduction to Focusing (Module 1) – 5 week online course
Basic Focusing Course
An experiential online course in embodied self-awareness and inner listening.This 5-session introduction offers a deep dive into Focusing, a gentle, evidence-based practice of sensing into the body’s subtle knowing—the “felt sense.” Through guided exploration, partnered…
Halina Rozensztrauch -
31st July 2025 Online
FOCUSINGTRAINING NIVEAU 2 PraxisP online
Basic Focusing Course
Wil je graag die mogelijkheid om met mildheid aanwezig te zijn bij wat je ervaart, verder ontwikkelen? Wil je graag dat het Focusing vlotter gaat en het nog meer je eigen weg ondersteunt? In de Focusingtraining niveau…
Tine Swyngedouw -
4th August 2025 Zoom
1.5-hour Taster: Beginner Focusing Course Online
Basic Focusing Course
Deepen the art of listening to yourself & another This is a 1.5-hour introduction to my 6-month Level 1-5 Focusing Skills Online Course. In the full course, you will learn all the fundamentals for having Focusing Partnerships, and for Focusing…
Amona Buechler -
4th August 2025 Humboldt-Haus Achberg Panorama-Straße 30 D – 88147 Achberg
Begleiten mit Thinking At The Edge (TAE)
Professional Training
Modul ECC2 – Erlebensbezogenes-Concept-Coaching Das Modul ECC2 der Weiterbildung zum Erlebensbezogenen-Concept-Coach legt einen Schwerpunkt auf das Begleiten und die Eigenwahrnehmung in der Begleitung. Erlebensbezogen coachen bedeutet, einen Suchprozess nach einer stimmigen Lösung unterstützend mitzugehen und…
Monika Catarina Lindner
EFA Posts
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8th Jul 2025
‘Focusing is een pareltje…’ Japke Ebbinge in gesprek met Ria van Hage
‘Focusing is een pareltje’, aldus Ria van Hage. In deze podcast beluister je een gesprek tussen Japke Ebbinge en Ria van Hage over Focusing. De podcast De Loopbaancoach is ontstaan vanuit de Leergang Loopbaancoaching van…
Ria van Hage -
20th May 2025
Newsletter EFA May 2025
Dear Focusers, Welcome to our newsletter 2/2025. EFA Annual Gathering 17th to 21st September 2025 in Koningsteen, Belgium We’re delighted to announce that the Gathering is fully-booked; we will have 45 participants…
European Focusing Association – EFA -
18th May 2025
Creative Compassion – Toward A Culture Of Relational Empathy. Training Social Skills Through Art-Based Focusing
Creative Compassion for Peacebuilding (CCP) is a Focusing-oriented, art-based approach that helps individuals understand and practice Relational Empathy (Maureen O’Hara) through receptive-active art activities. This article outlines the theoretical framework of the CCP approach, as…
Freda Blob -
10th Mar 2025
children and grieve
a case sudy and guidelines how to be and support grieve with children
Rene Veugelers
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