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Judy
Archer
Biography,
Experience,
Specialties, & Orientation |
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I am a Focusing Trainer who first learned Focusing from Ralph
Bierman Ph.D. in a Graduate Counselling Program from which I
obtained an MASc. in 1975. Ralph had worked with Gene Gendlin,
Ph.D. the founder of Focusing, at the University of Chicago.
I have facilitated personal and organizational change for over
thirty years. Through a number of life transitions, I have shifted
from organizational change — quality of working life, training
and coaching managers in leadership skills — to personal
change such as Trager™ movement re-education, Therapeutic
Touch, delivering workshops such as Avatar®, dysfunctional
families, and since 1992 into art as a painter and maker of
assemblages.
Throughout all these changes I have continued as the managing
partner in Pianoscapes Inc. which explores the intersection
of dialogue, leadership and music. I also write articles on
Focusing and family history.
I reconnected with Focusing in 2003 and was Certifed as a Focusing
Trainer in 2005. I have learned mostly from Ann Weiser Cornell
as well as from mentor Rob Foxcroft. My learning from Ann began
with her first telephone classes in the fall of 2003 and several
in person classes/retreats in Chicago and California.
The common underlying thread in my life/work is my process orientation,
inner work and practice of life long learning. I have kept a
dream journal for over thirty years. In my daily focusing practice
of solo and partnership work I integrate drawing, dreams and
writing.
I teach Inner Relationship Focusing from my base north of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. I also work one-to-one with people on the phone
or in person in Orillia. Locally I host a monthly Focusing Changes
group which is supportive of partnerships and practice.
I approach Focusing as a creative process evoking integration
of fresh perspectives, skills, and gifts. I continue to be amazed
at the surprizing shifts I experience in myself and others as
I grow and teach Focusing.
Contributions to The Focusing Connection:
Vol. XXI, No. 2 March 2004. Review of Love and Awakening: Discovering
the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationship by John Welwood
Vol. XXII, No. 4 July 2005. Focusing Partnership as a Learning
Process
Vol.XXII,No1 January 2006: Inner Partnerships: Using Drawing and Writing
in the Focusing Process
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Sessions?
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Yes. In person sessions in Orillia, Ontario, Canada.
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Yes.
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Session
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$70
(Canadian) for a 50-minute session
$70 (Canadian) for a 1-1/2 hour introductory session
Sliding scale available
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Level
One Focusing: Encountering the Inner Relationship
Focusing is a way to build a more nurturing inner relationship
with yourself, a way of sensing what really matters to you,
a way to make friends with your emotions, a way to be present
to the depth and richness of your whole self, a way to honor
your body and to listen to its wisdom. In this workshop we
begin to build trust in this inner relationship, and to receive
the gifts that come from listening within. We also learn partnership
skills for exchanging the Focusing/listening process with
a friend. The Focusing Student's & Companion's Manual - Part
1 is available from me and is used in both Levels 1 and 2.
A 1-1/4 hour guided Focusing session is a prerequisite for this
workshop. Upon registration, students will receive information about how to arrange this session.
Level Two Focusing: Accompanying the Inner Relationship
Prerequisite: Level 1 Focusing.
Check workshops by Date and Location
for latest schedule.
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| Mailing
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P.O.
Box 841
Orillia, ON L3V 6K8
Canada
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705-325-2055
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705-325-5476
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| Email |
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judyarcher@rogers.com
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