Inner Relationship Focusing Level 2

Building on the Masterclass "Deepening Experiential Presence through Inner Relationship Focusing" (Level 1), the Swiss Institute for EFT in collaboration with the Hellenic Institute of EFT offers the opportunity to deepen Focusing through a mixture of self-awareness and theoretical input.

Level 2 consists of 4 three-hour input blocks between September 2024 and January 2025 and regular practice in tandems between the input blocks (at least 4 meetings between each input block).

The Swiss EFT Institute organizes the theoretical input blocks and helps to organize the tandems, the organization of the practice between the blocks is the responsibility of the participants. Interested participants who have completed their Level 1 of Inner Relationship Focusing at an institute other than the Swiss EFT institute are asked to contact Emma Smith (emma.schmied@ieft.ch) directly to arrange a tandem partner.

The theoretical inputs of the course are focused on being a nurturing facilitator of a focusing process, either another person's process or your own. We spend time being present, experiencing the qualities of presence as they emerge in a Focusing partnership, and learning how the partner can support the Focuser's presence. We also spend time with the "edge", with symbols and how the partner can help the focuser stay on the edge. Advanced listening techniques are taught, such as responding to the present feeling, responding to what is there (and not what is not there), and using the word "something" instead of an unknown. Facilitators will also receive a script for a "lead-in" and ask the focuser before the session begins if he/she would like to be led ("the fourth question").

Skills you will acquire:
- How to stay with an unclear "edge" without distancing yourself or analyzing what it means
- How to go slowly and feel into the body
- How to give a "lead-in" when the focuser needs it
- How to notice when you are identified with an emotion or part
- How to detach from parts and relate to them through self-presence
- How to listen empathically and support the focusing process
- How to allow what exists to be as it is

Course Dates:
16 September 2024
21 October 2024
18 November 2024
13 January 2025