About Course
This is a recording of a live online Focusing workshop led by Jill Koehler (RCC-ACS) and Angela Cara — two therapists who have been practicing and teaching Focusing for years.
Focusing is a body-based approach developed by philosopher and psychologist Eugene Gendlin. It's a way of turning toward your inner experience — your anxiety, your overthinking, your reactions — with curiosity rather than trying to think your way through it or push it away. At the heart of it is the felt sense — the subtle, not-quite-articulated physical sense of something that lives in the body before it has words.
What's covered in this workshop:
➜ Background on Focusing and how it was developed — who Eugene Gendlin was and why his research matters
➜ An overview of the six steps of Focusing — with an emphasis on Clearing a Space as a starting point
➜ A live demonstration — Jill and Angela demo a full Focusing session so you can see what it actually looks like in practice
➜ A guided Clearing a Space practice — working with a body figure to draw out the felt senses you notice
➜ A debrief and discussion — including a conversation about the inner critic and how it shows up in the Focusing process
What you'll walk away with:
A clear sense of what Focusing is and how it works — not just as a concept but as something you've actually experienced. An understanding of the six steps and how they connect. And a felt sense of what it means to turn toward your inner experience with curiosity rather than resistance.
Who this is for:
Anyone curious about Focusing — whether you're brand new to it or have some familiarity and want to deepen your understanding. Also useful for therapists interested in exploring Focusing as an approach to use with clients.
Led by: Jill Koehler, RCC-ACS — communicatingwell.com Angela Cara, RCC-ACS — relationalsupervision.com
