Wholebody Focusing Community
Our Wholebody Focusing Community is made up of people who have had the joy of training with Kevin McEvenue and/or Karen Whalen. We trust that our WBF Community List here will allow us to further our connections and to expand our shared knowledge and understanding of Wholebody Focusing. We are looking forward to sharing information, ideas and conversation in these and other to-be-created areas, such as:
- our particular and developing special interests
- our related courses and workshops
- possibilities for correspondence through blogs and social media
- our Heartfelt conversations
In addition, this page provides contact information for anyone seeking to learn more and/or have private sessions in Wholebody Focusing with people trained in this work. Sessions can be scheduled locally or by phone, Skype or Zoom. Click on a name in blue text to see more offered on a Personal Resource Page.
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Elizabeth AbrahamToronto, OntarioCanadaTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Sari AjankoHelsinkiFinlandTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Co-training and co-designing workshops with Jim Grant since 2013
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Donna BlankBethesda, MarylandUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Training with Kevin McEvenue 2011–present
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Suzanne BoltonBarrie, OntarioCanadaTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Su CarsonAucklandNew ZealandTraining
- Other training: WBF Training
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Marine de FreminvilleMontreal, QuebecCanadaTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Focusing Oriented Therapist, Trauma Psychotherapist
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Susan DeisrothNew York, New YorkUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Focusing Oriented Relational Psychotherapy Training with Lynn Preston
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Laura DickinsonSanta Rosa, CaliforniaUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Training with Kevin McEvenue 2008–Present
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Akiko DoiKobe, HyogoJapanTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Jacinda DoogueWellingtonNew ZealandTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Glenn Fleisch, Ph.D., MFTMill Valley, CaliforniaUnited StatesTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
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Lesta FrankSan Antonio, TexasUnited StatesTraining
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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Ruth FriedmanBrusselsBelgiumTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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Monica Gomez GalazMexico, D.F.MexicoTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Olivier GourmetLuxembourgTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Other training: Advanced Wholebody Focusing retreats…
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Jim GrantHelsinki, HelsinkiFinlandTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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Hiromi HajikanoFuefuki, YamanashiJapanTraining
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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Nancy HartogPrinceton, New JerseyUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Other training: Several WBF workshops with Kevin and ongoing WBF with Kevin
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Kay HoffmannSandy, BedfordshireUKTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
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Maria HonSan Jose, EscazuCosta RicaTraining
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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Carol IvanBrookfield, IllinoisUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Focusing Oriented Therapy, Coordinator-in-Training
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Orrin D. JuddDenville, New JerseyUnited StatesTraining
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: * Ann Weiser Cornell - Focusing Levels 1-4; * Eleanor Buscher - Introduction to Focusing
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Jocelyn Jacks KahnHawthorne, New JerseyUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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Jo KennedyMelbourne, VictoriaAustraliaTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
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Georgia KosciuskoStetson, MaineUnited StatesTraining
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Will complete requirements as a Focusing Trainer within the next year.
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Lynette LanciniBrisbane, QueenslandAustraliaTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Dale LantzBaltimore, MarylandUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Treasure Maps with Ann Weiser Cornell, Training with Robert Lee
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Roberto Larios AguilarGuadalajara, JaliscoMexicoTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Other training: Coordinator in training under the supervision of Karen Whalen
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Mary Jeanne LarrabeeChicago, IllinoisUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Aboriginal-based Complex Trauma FocusingTraining
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Katherine LarterFall River, Nova ScotiaCanadaTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Judy LeithWaikawa, SouthlandNew ZealandTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Individual work with Karen Whalen 2011 - present
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Sharon LincolnHemet, CaliforniaUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Angela MackenzieMelbourne, VictoriaAustraliaTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Dr. Greg MadisonBrighton/London, East SussexUnited KingdomTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Other training: Focusing Oriented Therapy
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Masumi MaedaHachioji, TokyoJapanTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Other training: Interactive Focusing: Master Teacher
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Patricia ManessyMontreal, QuebecCanadaTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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Kevin McEvenueToronto, OntarioCanadaTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
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Judy MooreNorwich, NorfolkEnglandTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
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Elizabeth MoranaEast Aurora, New YorkUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Individual work with Kevin McEvenue 2011–present; Individual work with Karen Whalen; Individual work with Kye Nelson, 2009–present
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Fusako NakamuraKamakura, KanagawaJapanTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: kevin’s private session
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Lisa PereiraMelbourne, VictoriaAustraliaTraining
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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Lara PeumansBorgloonBelgiumTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Stefanie ProesslNew York, New YorkUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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Jane Quayle B.C.H.C.Sydney, NSWAustraliaTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
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Lynn RosenSanta Fe, New MexicoUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Individual work with Kevin McEvenue 2004-present. Individual work with Karen Whalen. ‘The Frozen Whole’, Katrijn van Loock & Lara Peumans
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Kathy RoySaint John, New BrunswickCanadaTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Sarah SalasMelbourne, VictoriaAustraliaTraining
- Other training: Certified Wholebody Focusing Trainer
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Sylvia SalomonSan Diego, CaliforniaUnited StatesTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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Humi SatoJiyugaoka, TokyoJapanTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Alexander Technique, cranio work
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Diana ScaleraNew York, New YorkUnited StatesTraining
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: Flower Essence Therapist in Training
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Christine SherringhamLondonUnited KingdomTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Ana SimeonVictoria, BCCanadaTraining
- Other training: Weeklong workshops with Kevin in 2000, 2001 and 2002; since then, individual work with Kevin totalling over 120 hours as of February 2015
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Joseph SingHong KongChinaTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Deborah Sullivan MSW, RSWAntigonish, Nova ScotiaCanadaTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Other training: Focusing Oriented Therapist
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Addie van der KooyMarlborough, WiltshireUnited KingdomTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
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Katrijn Van LoockGrobbendonk, AntwerpBelgiumTraining
- Coordinator, Focusing Institute
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Advanced WBF Program Training
- Other training: person-oriented therapy, clowning
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Jonathan VargheseMontreal, QuebecCanadaTraining
- Trainer, Focusing Institute
- Other training: Wholebody Focusing Trainer, Registered Somatic Movement Therapist (ISMETA)
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Eero VoutilainenEspooFinlandTraining
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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Mary WardLakeville Corner, NBCanadaTraining
- Advanced WBF Program Training
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