A Focusing Session
An hour of guided attention to what you notice inside.
Sessions begin in February 2027.
How it goes
It will be about an hour, and I'll guide you through it.
You can choose something you'd like to explore — an issue, a decision, a project, or even a vague feeling.
It begins a little like the STOP exercise — a short pause — but we spend more time listening to what you notice inside.
There's nothing to prepare. You can simply come as you are, and we'll work with whatever feels present for you.
You stay in control
What you share with me is confidential, with one exception I'll explain before we begin: for practice sessions I write a reflection for my training organisation, with no name and nothing that could identify you.
You'll remain in control throughout. It's your session, and we'll follow your process.
My role is to listen.
If you have any questions before, feel free to ask.
What it isn't
- It isn't psychotherapy or treatment.
- It isn't diagnosis, and it isn't advice about how to live.
- It isn't someone explaining you to yourself.
Practical
- Length
- about an hour
- Format
- online, or in person in Naples, Florida
- Language
- English or Russian
- Preparation
- none
One thing worth saying plainly
I'm currently completing Focusing training through The International Focusing Institute, with certification expected in 2028, and I offer practice sessions as part of that path. That's why they are $75, half my full rate. It's an ordinary arrangement in the Focusing community — people in training work with people who are curious.
Questions people ask
What does a session cost?
$75 for an hour. Sessions begin in February 2027 — until then I am not seeing anyone for Focusing, and the only thing I can offer is the free twenty-minute introduction below. The first sessions are practice sessions, part of my Focusing training and certification. That is why they are half my full rate. It is also why I write an anonymized reflection on each one for Focusing Resources, my training organization, and why for some I will ask to record. Once I have completed my practice hours, sessions move to my full rate, and from then on I do not record, transcribe, or submit anything unless I ask you first and you clearly agree.
What if I don't know what to bring?
For the free 20-minute introduction, you don't need to bring anything — that time is for working out what you're looking for and what to expect. For a session itself, it helps to arrive with something: an issue, a decision, a project, or a feeling you can't quite place. It doesn't need to be well formed. But a session works from something, rather than from nothing.
What if I get emotional?
Sometimes something moves, and that's completely ordinary. You don't have to hold anything back, and you don't have to produce anything either. You can stop, change direction, or sit quietly at any point.
Does anyone else hear about our session?
Yes, in one specific way, and I'd rather say it plainly than have you find out later. Practice sessions are how I train, so afterwards I write a reflection on the session and send it to Focusing Resources, my training organisation. It carries no name and nothing that could identify you. That happens with every practice session.
Do you record?
Only if I ask first, and only for some sessions. If I want feedback on a particular moment it helps to have the actual words. I use a notes service called Granola: it deletes the audio as soon as it has made a transcript, so no recording of your voice is kept anywhere — but the written transcript stays with them until I delete it, and I won't pretend otherwise. You can say no and still have the session, exactly as it would have been, and you can ask me to stop at any point without giving a reason. What I send on has your name and anything identifying taken out.
How many times can we meet?
Six at the most. That is my programme's rule, not mine — it's there so trainees work with a range of people rather than a few. But six is a ceiling, not a plan: we might agree on fewer, and either of us can say after any session that this has run its course. That's ordinary and it isn't a judgement in either direction. I'd rather you knew all of that at the start than at the sixth. If you want to continue and I'm not the right person to continue with, I can introduce you to another trainee, and from 2028 I can carry on with you myself.
What happens when you finish your training?
Sessions begin in February 2027, and the first of them are these practice ones. Once I have completed the hours my training requires, they move to my full rate, because they will no longer be practice. Certification is expected in 2028. If we are working together when that changes, I'll tell you well before it does.
How is this different from the dream work?
Dreamwork starts from an image you've already been given. Focusing starts from what you feel now, before it has words. They're two ways of doing the same kind of listening, and plenty of people do both.
Start with an introduction
Twenty minutes, free, to find out what Focusing is before you decide anything. I'll explain how it works and what to expect — including two practical things: sessions themselves begin in February 2027, and the first of them are practice sessions for my training, so I record those.
Nothing to prepare, and no obligation to carry on afterwards.
Hold on, checking my calendar…
Not ready to book?
Regular sessions begin in February 2027. Leave your details and I'll be in touch to find a time. Places are limited and are filling up.