Focusing Oriented Therapy Conference 2023

The Fresh Urgency of Now and the Transformational

Power of Focusing-Oriented Therapy

La fresca urgencia del ahora y el poder transformador de la terapia orientada al Focusing

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November 2 - 5, 2023

2-5 de Noviembre de 2023

Explore the Panels

Theme: The Urgency of Making Focusing-Oriented Therapy

More Findable

There is growing interest in experiential, embodied, somatic, relational, body centered, spiritual, mindful, and process-oriented therapies. How can we distinguish Focusing-Oriented Therapy from other modalities, help therapists find training programs, and help clients find Focusing-Oriented Therapists? We are seeking panelists who will offer concrete ideas about how FOT’s and TIFI can work together to make Focusing-Oriented Therapy better known and findable.

Theme: The Urgency of Widening Our Lens of Inclusivity

How do we see our role(s) as agents of change in therapy, community, and wider systems? Do we have a role in change beyond our therapeutic work? Can the Philosophy of the Implicit and Focusing-Oriented Therapy widen our lens and practice of inclusivity, diversity, and equity? If we are interaction with everything, are we not ethically responsible to reflect on how we can be more inclusive of all living beings and systems?

Theme: The Urgency of Teaching the Essence of FOT

to a New Generation

What is needed to preserve the uniqueness of Focusing-Oriented Therapy and pass it along to a new generation? How can we share how we teach, mentor, supervise and promote FOT? While we embrace a diversity of approaches, can we also encourage a community of mutual support and development? What needs to occur, so we preserve the wisdom of our elders, bring along new teachers and therapists, and create an “all flourishing is mutual” approach to sharing curriculum, teaching, and learning.