Contact Details:
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Phone: +351 914 783 304
Website: https://www.goncalomoreira.net/
Main County: Coimbra, Portugal
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How I offer Focusing:
- Online
About Me:
True flourishing happens when we let compassion illuminate our felt experience. I'm here to support your unique, organic journey with deep listening.
Back in 2008, my one-to-one sessions with Kay Hoffmann marked my introduction to Focusing. I came to it with the hope that it would immediately solve all my psychological problems, or at least a significant number of them. It didn't, but it did give me some significant gifts. One of these was the experience of being deeply listened to. That in itself was hugely impactful. I feel I was also very fortunate – or was it destiny? – that Kay was my first teacher. Our individual sessions were instrumental in helping me understand the essence of the Focusing process. This led me to do two 60-hour Focusing skills courses in 2009 and 2010 with Kay.
More than a decade later, in 2019, I went through a dark night of the soul while embarking on my PhD. I struggled to find meaning in my work and spent many hours Focusing to help clarify my next steps. Slowly, I began to find a way forward. As I decided Focusing would be part of my PhD research, I also began attending numerous classes on the subject, including Focusing, TAE, Gendlin's philosophy, and Focusing-oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT). I also read a considerable amount of the available literature, which helped to expand my perspective.
Moreover, I have long been interested in finding ways to use Focusing more effectively with high sensitivity and vulnerable parts. For this reason, I am committed to offering Focusing in a way that is trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming, by settling into our essence of compassion and peace and doing Focusing from that place.
Qualifications:
TIFI Focusing Professional
BFA Focusing Practitioner
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Ph.D. in Experiential Focusing and Musical Creativity
M.A. in Mindfulness and Flow in Jazz Improvisation
M.A. in Jazz Piano Performance
B.A.. in Jazz Piano
