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Level 3: Supporting the Inner Relationship
In Level 3, participants will gain confidence in guiding each stage of the Focusing process. You'll learn how to shape sessions gracefully, understanding which interventions work best at different points in the process. This level emphasizes smooth transitions into and out of the Focusing state and introduces ways to balance guiding and reflecting to enhance the session’s flow.
Skills you will acquire in Level 3 include:
• Starting a Focusing session using three different approaches
• Closing sessions in ways that honor the process and facilitate a smooth transition back to daily awareness
• Recognizing your own self-guidance as a Focuser
• Skillfully guiding others through their Focusing process
• Offering and receiving supportive reminders
Level 4: Facilitating the Inner Relationship
The final workshop in the series equips participants with tools to address challenges that may emerge during Focusing. You’ll explore techniques for working with conflicting or exiled parts and responding to inner criticism. This level introduces the principle of "Radical Acceptance of Everything," a key to engaging with distractions, external sensations, and even moments when the process seems blocked. Participants will also deepen their understanding of Close and Distant Processes and how to support these through reminders.
Skills you will acquire in Level 4 include:
• Recognizing and working within Close and Distant Processes
• Responding effectively when a Focuser has a “Feeling About a Feeling”
• Engaging compassionately with protective parts
• Inviting parts that are worried, afraid, or angry to express what they truly need or want
• Using reminders to invite a Focuser to linger with enjoyable sensations
