Teaching Focusing to Groups

Teaching Groups: Course Design & Group Process with Ann Weiser Cornell

This is Module Two of the series of phone classes on teaching Focusing. You must be a Focusing Trainer, or in training to become a Focusing Trainer, in order to take these courses. But even if you don’t meet that pre-requisite you can buy the manual for this course; click here to find out more.

The course on Teaching Focusing to Groups includes:

• A walkthrough of how Ann teaches Levels One, Two, Three, and Four, with themes, guided exercises, demonstrations, paired exercises, and reading assignments for each week... a total of 20 weeks of lesson plans.
• The actual cards we give to the participants for the paired exercises, and how to adapt the exercises for different circumstances.
• The Six Overall Principles of Focusing Teaching (and the Four No-No's)--and why they make all the difference.
• How to use your felt sense of the group.
• Creating group safety and a sense of group support.
• Tips for guiding the whole group, typical exercises, how to invent your own, and how to keep people from falling asleep (very important!)
• How to teach listening using your own Focusing ability and how to teach so that people are already getting into partnerships after only one course.
• How to adapt and change any other teacher’s methods – including Ann’s – so that they fit your style and temperament.
• How to use the Focusing Student’s and Companion’s Manual and still teach the course your own way.
• Tips for working with larger groups – from 13 to 120 people.
• Tips for working with smaller groups - 1 to 4 people.
• Weekly classes vs. weekends.
• Why I recommend calling it “Level One” even if it’s the only course you’re teaching.
• A special way of scheduling classes when you’re just starting out.
• How you can support the creation of ongoing Focusing community – Changes groups – and Focusing partnerships.

Teaching Focusing is taught in three modules; each module is taught as a five-week telecourse. The modules may be taken separately from each other or in any order.

Module 1: Creating a Professional Practice: Working with Focusing Clients One-to-One

Module 2: Teaching Groups: Course Design & Group Process

Module 3: Empathy-Based Marketing: Finding People to Teach

Course Materials:
The course manual is not included in the Teaching Focusing course fee. The manual for each Module is a section of the 3- part Focusing Teacher’s Manual. We ask you to buy the Manual, or at least the section of the Manual that applies to that Module, when you register for the Module. Many people will want to buy the complete Manual. Click here to buy. You can register below using our secure on-line store, or call 510-666-9948.