Course Trainer
Sara Bradly MA MBACP
Sara graduated from Kings College London in 1998 with a degree in Religious Studies which sparked a lifelong interest in spirituality, mindfulness and meditation. In 2010 she embarked on her counselling career, later achieving her MA in Person-Centred Counselling from the University of East Anglia (UEA), in which she enjoyed conducting a research study on Focusing with children in schools. Following her graduation she worked as a Personal Development Group Facilitator on the Post-Graduate Diploma in Counselling at the UEA, and was given the opportunity to work collaboratively on the UEA's Post-Graduate Certificate in Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy.
Thirsty for further experience and learning in the field of Focusing Sara deepened her studies with Dr Greg Madison at London Focusing where she became certified in Focusing-Oriented Therapy and a certified Focusing Trainer. She later pursued her passion for Children’s Focusing in the Netherlands where she learned from Réne Veugelers and Harriet Tweeu.
Sara is certified as a Focusing-Oriented Therapist, a Focusing Trainer, a Children’s Focusing Trainer, and is a Coordinator in Training (CiT) with The International Focusing Institute, New York (TIFI). She is also a certified Focusing Teacher with the British Focusing Association (BFA). As a CiT Sara is supported in delivering her training courses by a team of experienced Certifying Coordinators of the International Focusing Institute.
As the director of Inner Focus she provides Focusing-Oriented Therapy to adults and children as well as delivering trainings and workshops in Focusing. Sara has presented Focusing for children using body maps at the BACP CYP/F Conference in London 2020, and is the author of a chapter on Focusing with Children in 'Senses of Focusing', Volume 1, edited by Judy Moore and Nikolaos Kypriotakis (Eurasia Publications, Athens, 2021).
For reviews on Sara's past workshops click here and scroll down to workshop reviews.
