Saturday 18 January 2014

What's been going on?

This group is not meeting at the moment, however, our training courses are being very well received. We run a weekend workshop monthly at the Roundhay Road Resource Centre, 233-237 Roundhay Road, Leeds, LS8 4HS.

We are teaching Focusing and our particular interest at present is using Focusing when working with people who are suffering from the effects of trauma. Our workshops explore the effects of trauma and how it becomes lodged in the body. Focusing is a very helpful method of locating the seat of the trauma in the body and integrating it into the normal brain/body functioning.

Anyone attending these courses will gain a good grounding in Focusing skills.

The workshops are:
  • Introduction to Trauma using the Body Oriented Approach (FOT)
  • Working with Adults Complex Trauma Work
  • Working with Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma
  • Working with Nightmares and Dreams
Anyone wishing to receive a Certificate in Advanced Focusing Skills will need to attend all four of these courses, plus a further course to demonstrate skills and keep a log of 60 focusing sessions.

A Focusing Professional Certificate and a Focusing Trainer Certificate from the Focusing Institute can be gained with further study.  Please contact Celia Dawson or Dzmitry Karpuk for information
at http://www.healthminds.co.uk

Celia is happy to work with anyone on a one-to-one basis. Focusing can be done easily via Skype or on the telephone, as well as face-to-face. Please contact her on celiaanndawson@hotmail.com or phone 07952 692639.


The Focusing Institute is an international organisation based in New York. Their website is very useful and can be accessed at:

http://www.focusing.org

Other useful websites are:

http://www.celiadawsoncouselling.co.uk - Celia's website

http://www.focusing.org.uk - the British Focusing Association

http://eeccs.co.uk/ -Eurasian Ethical Coaching and Counselling Service
http://corporatecoachingandhealthcaresolutions.com/ -Corporate Coaching and Healthcare Solutions