As everything in life, Focusing is learned by practicing.

Focusing practices are a fundamental space in the learning of Focusing. With a structure in three roles that rotate (who focuses, who accompanies and who observes), you learn from each of them, with a part of focusing and another part of shared comment, from a welcoming and curious environment (essential in Focusing), and under my supervision as a trainer. From the comments we all learn (I also), and we can take ideas for our own Focusing practice, when accompanying and focusing.

Dates: viernes, 25 November 2016, of 16:00 a 20:00. (There is the possibility of doing only two hours, if there is enough group).

Place: Psychology Consultation
C / Ferraz, 43, 1Exterior º Left
28008 Madrid

Metro: Argüelles (lines 3, 4 and 6) a five minute walk.

bus: 21 and 74 two minutes walk. 1, 44, 133 and C2 a five minute walk.

Price:

• 2 hours, 35 euros.
• 4 hours, 70 euros.

Minimum three participants, maximum six, to ensure the quality of training.

More information and registration by contacting me at the phone (+34) 657 680 165 or email.

[Original entry 18 November 2016, actualizada a 25 November 2016, date of the tutored practices].

To consolidate a minimum base in Focusing, This entry offers Level II of Focusing “Practice the six steps” linked to Level I of Focusing that can be taken 1 and 2 October 2016, the 15 and 16 October 2016 or the 29 and 30 October 2016.

Level II provides the basic tools to begin accompany Focusing processes. We will practice how to accompany our own inner processes through autofocusing, especially on written focusing. And we will also experiment in pairs how to accompany another person, following both the steps of the methodology and the basic attitudes of listening and presence.

valid course for obtaining the Diploma of Focusing, recognized by the Focusing Spanish Institute as 12 hours Level II.

Date: sábado 19 November 2016, of 10:00 a 14:00 and of 16:00 a 20:00 and Sunday 20 November 2016 of 10:00 a 14:00.

Place: Psychology Consultation
C / Ferraz, 43, 1Exterior º Left
28008 Madrid

Metro: Argüelles (lines 3, 4 and 6) a five minute walk.

bus: 21 and 74 two minutes walk. 1, 44, 133 and C2 a five minute walk.

Price: 150 euros. It includes materials.

DISCOUNTS:

• discount 25% for people who can prove their status student, unemployment or retirement.
• discount 25% for people who have done the Level I with me in the 90 days prior to Level II (for example, the 1 and 2 October 2016, the 15 and 16 October 2016 or the 29 and 30 October 2016).
• discount 50% for people who have already completed Level II and want to repeat.
• These three discounts cannot be combined with each other.

More information and registration by contacting me at the phone (+34) 657 680 165 or email.

Download the document with all the information about Levels I and II Focusing in Madrid.

[Original entry 20 September 2016, actualizada a 20 November 2016, date formation].

A deep sense of honor and a clear feeling of humility and shyness arise in me as I share this interview. I can clearly feel the responsibility of talking about the work I do on “Focusing and how to work experientially with issues of violence” (“Focusing and how to work experientially with violence”), as the English title of the conversation says. It is an important topic for me (I work a lot on it through Spiral Consulting Children, the consultancy specialized in Child Protection of which I am a founding partner), and trying to convey all the nuances is always a challenge.

International Focusing Institute (The International Focusing Institute, the organization that coordinates at an international level the activities related to training and dissemination of Focusing) promotes “Conversations” (English) with Focusing professionals from around the world. Serge Prengel, a Focusing Trainer and Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapist whom I met at the International Focusing Conference 2016 Cambridge (United Kingdom), acts as host, and he does it in a very Focusing way - with an empathic reflex, with pauses, allowing new ideas to emerge and unfold at their own pace–.

In this “Conversation” you will find that we discuss topics such as the following:

• Violence as a stopped process (“Something would have to have happened to move the situation forward, but it didn't happen, so that the process is blocked”).
• Damage defines violence, and the damage is experienced from the body.
• Find a “handle” (“handle”) for violence (identify her) is the first step to get out of it: For this, it is necessary to become aware of the cultural patterns that make us normalize violence.
• The role of power in violence.
• Affection coupled with care as a way to avoid violence –and the bodily dimension that can be achieved through Focusing–.
• Detection and intervention in cases of violence in Child Protection.
• A message of hope regarding the possibilities of healing and transforming violence, and Focusing as a magnificent tool to do it.

And if you want to experience how to transform the experience of violence from the body through Focusing, I am available for specific sessions the for psychotherapy in Madrid.

I hope you can find some ideas that inspire your own experiential work on violence, and I would love to hear your reactions to it.

F. Javier Romeo-Biedma

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A deep sense of honour and a distinct feeling of humility and shyness come to me when I share this interview. I can feel clearly the responsibility of talking about the work I do about “Focusing and how to work experientially with violence”, as the title of the conversation says. It is an important subject for me (I work a lot about it through Spiral Consulting Children, the international consulting firm specializing in Child Protection I co-founded), and trying to convey all its nuances is always a challenge.

The International Focusing Institute (the organization that coordinates internationally Focusing activities related to training and diffusion) fosters bimonthly “Conversations” with Focusing professionals all over the world. Serge Prengel, a Focusing Trainer and Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapist that I met at the International Focusing Conference 2016 in Cambridge (UK), acts as the host, and he does so in a very Focusing way –reflecting, with pauses, letting new ideas appear and develop in their own time.

In this “Conversation” you will find discussed issues like the following ones:

• Violence as a stopped process (“Something should have happened to carry forward a situation, and it did not occur, so the process gets stuck”).
• Harm defines violence, and harm is lived from the body.
• Finding a handle for violence (identifying it) is the first step out of it: becoming aware of our cultural patterns that normalize violence.
• The role of power in violence.
• Affection linked to care as a way to avoid violence –and the bodily dimension that can be reached through Focusing.
• Violence detection and intervention in Child Protection.
• A message of hope about healing and transforming violence, and Focusing as a wonderful tool to do it.

I hope that you will find an idea or two that might inspire your own experiential work about violence, and I will love to hear from you about it.

F. Javier Romeo-Biedma

Read this entry in Spanish (although the interview itself is in English).

Given the requests made by people who have not been able to go to the Level I of 1 and 2 October 2016, ni al Level I of 15 and 16 October 2016, This call offers another date to start training in Focusing with the beginning of the academic year.

Focusing Level I "Introduction to Focusing" Madrid is raised so that those involved discover experiencialmente how the focusing process live from inside. On the one hand, we need a theoretical framework, so we explore the origins of Focusing, its key concepts, the principles of the process and its possible applications. On the other hand, to be practical and experiential, we will do exercises to recognize experientially our heartfelt feelings and to relate to them from a welcoming attitude and helpfulness, so our deep intelligence shows us his wisdom. To achieve also we practice how to prepare the body for the process and how to clear a suitable inner space for the internal process to unfold.

valid course for obtaining the Diploma of Focusing, recognized by the Focusing Spanish Institute as 12 hours Level I.

Date: sábado 29 October 2016, of 10:00 a 14:00 and of 16:00 a 20:00 and Sunday 30 October 2016 of 10:00 a 14:00.

Place: Psychology Consultation
C / Ferraz, 43, 1Exterior º Left
28008 Madrid

Metro: Argüelles (lines 3, 4 and 6) a five minute walk.

bus: 21 and 74 two minutes walk. 1, 44, 133 and C2 a five minute walk.

Price: 150 euros. It includes materials and Focusing an individual session with me (F. Javier Romeo Biedma) between October and December 2016 (outside the course schedule, Skype for those who live outside Madrid).

DISCOUNTS:

• discount 25% for people who can prove their status student, unemployment or retirement.
• discount 50% for people who have already completed Level I (You will need to prove it) and want to repeat. These two discounts can not be combined with each other.
• When performing Focusing level II of the 19 and 20 November 2016, there is another possibility discount.

More information and registration by contacting me at the phone (+34) 657 680 165 or email.

Download the document with all the information on Levels I and II of Focusing in Madrid in October and November 2016.

[Original entry 18 October 2016, updated October 3, 2016, last date of training].

To facilitate participation, and as an alternative date to Level I of 1 and 2 October 2016, This call offers a second date to start training in Focusing with the academic year.

Focusing Level I "Introduction to Focusing" Madrid is raised so that those involved discover experiencialmente how the focusing process live from inside. On the one hand, we need a theoretical framework, so we explore the origins of Focusing, its key concepts, the principles of the process and its possible applications. On the other hand, to be practical and experiential, we will do exercises to recognize experientially our heartfelt feelings and to relate to them from a welcoming attitude and helpfulness, so our deep intelligence shows us his wisdom. To achieve also we practice how to prepare the body for the process and how to clear a suitable inner space for the internal process to unfold.

valid course for obtaining the Diploma of Focusing, recognized by the Focusing Spanish Institute as 12 hours Level I.

Date: sábado 15 October 2016, of 10:00 a 14:00 and of 16:00 a 20:00 and Sunday 16 October 2016 of 10:00 a 14:00. (Also available on Level I of 1 and 2 October 2016).

Place: Psychology Consultation
C / Ferraz, 43, 1Exterior º Left
28008 Madrid

Metro: Argüelles (lines 3, 4 and 6) a five minute walk.

bus: 21 and 74 two minutes walk. 1, 44, 133 and C2 a five minute walk.

Price: 150 euros. It includes materials and Focusing an individual session with me (F. Javier Romeo Biedma) between October and December 2016 (outside the course schedule, Skype for those who live outside Madrid).

DISCOUNTS:

• discount 25% for people who can prove their status student, unemployment or retirement.
• discount 50% for people who have already completed Level I (You will need to prove it) and want to repeat. These two discounts can not be combined with each other.
• When performing Focusing level II of the 19 and 20 November 2016, there is another possibility discount.

More information and registration by contacting me at the phone (+34) 657 680 165 or email.

Download the document with all the information on Levels I and II of Focusing in Madrid in October and November 2016.

[Original entry 20 September 2016, actualizada a 16 October 2016, course end date].

The academic year begins, and you can also start training in Focusing, both to know what it consists of and discover its usefulness on a personal level as well as to train professionally in the long term.

Focusing Level I "Introduction to Focusing" Madrid is raised so that those involved discover experiencialmente how the focusing process live from inside. On the one hand, we need a theoretical framework, so we explore the origins of Focusing, its key concepts, the principles of the process and its possible applications. On the other hand, to be practical and experiential, we will do exercises to recognize experientially our heartfelt feelings and to relate to them from a welcoming attitude and helpfulness, so our deep intelligence shows us his wisdom. To achieve also we practice how to prepare the body for the process and how to clear a suitable inner space for the internal process to unfold.

valid course for obtaining the Diploma of Focusing, recognized by the Focusing Spanish Institute as 12 hours Level I.

Date: sábado 1 October 2016, of 10:00 a 14:00 and of 16:00 a 20:00 and Sunday 2 October 2016 of 10:00 a 14:00. (Also available on Level I of 15 and 16 October 2016).

Place: Psychology Consultation
C / Ferraz, 43, 1Exterior º Left
28008 Madrid

Metro: Argüelles (lines 3, 4 and 6) a five minute walk.

bus: 21 and 74 two minutes walk. 1, 44, 133 and C2 a five minute walk.

Price: 150 euros. It includes materials and Focusing an individual session with me (F. Javier Romeo Biedma) between October and December 2016 (outside the course schedule, Skype for those who live outside Madrid).

DISCOUNTS:

• discount 25% for people who can prove their status student, unemployment or retirement.
• discount 50% for people who have already completed Level I (You will need to prove it) and want to repeat. These two discounts can not be combined with each other.
• When performing Focusing level II of the 19 and 20 November 2016, there is another possibility discount.

More information and registration by contacting me at the phone (+34) 657 680 165 or email.

Download the document with all the information on Levels I and II of Focusing in Madrid in October and November 2016.

[Original entry 20 September 2016, actualizada a 2 October 2016, course end date].

The development of all our abilities to focus and to accompany with Focusing depends largely on our practice.

That is why tutored practices have been structured as something fundamental in the training to obtain the various Focusing degrees.. In tutored practices there are three roles that rotate: who focuses, who accompanies and who observes. One person offers to focus, another person accompanies her and the rest of the people observe the process, noticing what works and what doesn't, and imagining what they would do if they were in the position to accompany. When the process ends, the group discusses everything that has happened, from a welcoming and curious environment (essential in Focusing), and under my supervision as a trainer. From the comments everyone learns (included me), and we take questions to reflect. The process is then repeated, but with other people.

Dates: Tuesday, 27 September 2016, of 17:00 a 21:00 and Thursday 29 September 2016, of 17:00 a 21:00. (There is the possibility of doing only two hours, if there is enough group).

Place: Psychology Consultation
C / Ferraz, 43, 1Exterior º Left
28008 Madrid

Metro: Argüelles (lines 3, 4 and 6) a five minute walk.

bus: 21 and 74 two minutes walk. 1, 44, 133 and C2 a five minute walk.

Price:

• 2 hours, 35 euros.
• 4 hours, 70 euros.
• 8 hours, 130 euros.

Minimum three participants, maximum six, to ensure the quality of training.

More information and registration by contacting me at the phone (+34) 657 680 165 or email.

[Original entry 20 September 2016, actualizada a 29 September 2016, last date offered].

Taller “Finding a Handle for Violence In Our Lives” (“Finding a foothold for the violence in our lives”) on the application of Focusing for the prevention of violence in 27ª International Conference on Focusing of 2016 Cambridge (United Kingdom), organized by the British Focusing Association, and open to members of the International Focusing Institute (The Focusing Institute) of all the world.

Date: New date: sábado 23 July 2016, of 11:00 a 13:00.

Place: Robinson College
Cambridge
United Kingdom

Description: When we work with children, adolescence and youth, with populations at social risk, in social intervention environments, with clients in therapy, we can see the effects that violence has on their lives. In this workshop we are going to work in an experiential way to find a foothold for violence in our own lives as a first step to prevent and detect situations of violence.. We are going to explore how to identify violence from a Focusing body perspective to empower ourselves –and thus transform the violence around us–.

Addressed to: professionals (of psychology, of therapeutic intervention, of Education, of social work, etc.) who work with children, girls, adolescents and young people, with populations at social risk, with clients in therapy; people working for social change (in associations, foundations, etc.); and general public interested in managing violence in new ways.

facilitator:
F. Javier Romeo-Biedma is a clinical psychologist, is certified as a Focusing Trainer and as a Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapist, en Madrid, Spain, and is an international consultant on Child Protection, Affectivity and Interpersonal Communication in Spiral Consulting Children (an international consulting company that trains and advises on Child Protection). Your work with children, girls, adolescents and young people at social risk in Spain, Morocco and Mauritania have led him to investigate prevention, detection and healing of violence (and that includes a deep experience in Nonviolent Communication). He also practices psychotherapy and teaches Focusing, Nonviolent Communication and Psychology in More Authentic Connection. He has given training in Spanish (your mother tongue), English, French and Moroccan Arabic.

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[Original entry 27 May 2016, actualizada a 23 July 2016, date of the workshop].

Workshop “Finding a Handle for Violence In Our Lives” at the 27th International Focusing Conference 2016 in Cambridge (UK), organised by the British Focusing Association, open to members of The Focusing Institute from all over the world.

Dates: New date: Saturday 23rd July 2016, from 11:00 to 13:00.

Place: Robinson College
Cambridge
United Kingdom

Description: When we work with children and youth, with at-risk populations, in social settings, with clients in therapy, we can see the effects of violence in their lives. In this workshop we will work experientially to find a handle for violence in our own lives, as the first step to prevent and detect situations of violence. We will explore how to identify violence from a Focusing and embodied perspective to empower ourselves –transforming violence around us.

Target audience: professionals (psychologists, therapists, educators, social workers, etc.) working with children and youth, with at-risk populations, with clients in therapy; people working for social change (associations, foundations, etc.); and general public interested in dealing with violence in new ways.

Facilitator:
F. Javier Romeo-Biedma is a clinical psychologist, Certified Focusing Trainer and Psychotherapist based in Madrid, Spain, and an international consultant on Child Protection, Affectivity and Communication at Spiral Consulting Children (an international consultancy firm he co-founded that provides training and assessment in Child Protection). His work with at-risk children and youth in Spain, Morocco and Mauritania has led him to research on violence prevention, detection and healing (including a deep experience in Nonviolent Communication). He also has a private practice and teaches Focusing, Nonviolent Communication and Psychotherapy at More Authentic Connection. He has taught in Spanish (his mother tongue), English, French and Moroccan Arabic.

See this same entry in Spanish.

[Original post of May 27th. 2016, updated on July 23rd. 2016, date of the workshop].