An intensive 60 hour online Training program in Dynamic Expressive Focusing for being and working with Children, Teenagers and Inner Child experiences.
In English, translated in Spanish! Divided in 3 modules.
We invite you to explore and experience Dynamic Expressive Focusing, to deepen your knowledge and practice about (re)connecting with children and adolescents and your own inner (preverbal) child world. “This training is designed Professionals, (grand)parents and teachers”
General description to become certified as a Children Focusing Companion (CFC)
What to learn and get from this training
- To build resilience and competence in self-care and empathy through developing an understanding of personal bodily felt life and inner child experience, from both an experiential and theoretical point of view.
- To learn and develop the practical skills, approaches and techniques required to build that same resilience and competence in the children and young people with whom you are working with or . . . being with.
- To learn and discover how to use the natural capacity of children and young people for imaginative play, drawing, storytelling and other forms of symbolisation to better manage their emotional experience while developing your own creativity and playfulness.
- In particular, to learn how to do all of the above in safe space ~ with clear boundaries, that respect the privacy and vulnerability of much of childhood and adolescent experience . . . and also for yourself as an adult.
- To learn and experience integrating a Focusing dimension into existing practices and activities you already use with children and young people, or in your work and training with adults.
Training topics include the following module-based topics:
Three different modules of each 7 meetings of 3 hour, divided over one year
Module 1 – Basic Attitude in Working with Children through Focusing
This foundational module introduces the core principles and inner attitude needed to practice Focusing with children. You will learn how to attune to the child, listen in three directions (to the child, yourself, and the relational field), and use non-verbal communication to support connection and safety.
Key topics include establishing a clear and safe contact-contract, understanding boundaries and structure, and cultivating your own presence and containment. We will explore the process of symbolization — how felt experiences take form — and how to create a spacious, accepting environment where the child’s process can unfold naturally.
You will also learn how to stay grounded in the basic Focusing attitude and deepen it over time. We’ll explore ways to contact the child’s Felt Sense through various portals such as art, movement, gesture, and sound, and how to support the child’s inner strength and vital energy as they take their next life-forward steps.
Module 2 – Deepening Your Attitude in Working with Children through Focusing
In this module, you’ll take a deeper step into supporting children with Focusing. Learn how to gently connect with a child’s Felt Sense through various creative portals — using collages, nature, and symbolic expression.
What happens when a child gets stuck, goes silent, feels nothing, or becomes overwhelmed? What if there are too many words, or barely any at all? You’ll develop ways to stay present and grounded, and to guide the process even in these sensitive, complex moments.
We’ll also explore the impact of the inner critic — in the child and in yourself. How does it show up when a child feels blocked or paralyzed? How can you recognize and meet this part with compassion? You’ll be invited to explore your own inner child and inner critic, so that you can accompany children with deeper clarity, empathy, and presence.
This module is for those who are ready to look deeper — into the child, and into themselves.
Module 3 – Working with Children through Focusing on Special Topics
This module explores a range of important themes that arise when practicing Focusing with children and adolescents. You will learn how to take care of your own inner process while supporting others, and how to recognize and respond to challenging behaviours — including attachment, difficulties depressive traits, ADHD, ASS/ autism, trauma and children who are stuck.
Additional topics include: working with groups, processing grief and supporting the natural unfolding of life-forward movement in a child’s process. We will explore how to take care of your own boundaries and process. How to work with your own hypotheses about what might be going on for a child.
And how to translate the Focusing approach into the daily lives of parents, teachers, and other adults close to the child.
For whom:
It is for YOU to support your personal Focusing process of anyone wanting to practice a great way of being more playful, flexible and explore different ways of unfolding your Focusing process in a more expressive way. Also for working and being with adults!
Module 1: 25 February, 4 18,March and 1, 15, 22 and 29 April 2025
Module 2: 2, 16, 23 September,21 oktober en 4, 18 nov, 25 nov 2025, CET 7 PM
Module 3: February 3, 17, 24 and March 3, 24, 31/3 April 72026 CET 7 PM till 10 PM
Info: zoom link will be provided and a handout.
Cost: €345 for one module for Europeans or €190 for South Americans
Certification: This whole 60-hour training is accredited by TIFI to become a Children Focusing Companion. Participants will get an acknowledgement of each module, even in random order.
Questions: email rene@ftcz.nl (English) or jimecamon@gmail.com (Spanish)
Teachers: Harriet Teeuw & René Veugelers
International well known Children Focusing Coordinators and Focusing Oriented Therapist from The Netherlands. Both have many years’ experience in working with children, teenagers and parents. integrating Focusing; bodywork and art therapy into their develop method: Dynamic Expressive Focusing; more info at : https://www.childrenfocusing.org/
Supported team: Florentina Sassoli es Counselor especializada en Desarrollo Personal – Terapista orientada en Focusing (FOT) y Entrenadora de Focusing – Fundadora de la escuela de Focusing “Focusing para Todos” – Miembro de la Junta Directiva del “The International Focusing Institute”.
Jimena Camón es Counselor – Terapista orientada en Focusing (FOT) y Entrenadora de Focusing – Colaboradora de “The International Focusing Institute” – Maestra de niños.