Support Team

Anna Willman has been a Certified Focusing Trainer since 1982. She has a Master’s degree in International Studies from Claremont Graduate School and a Masters in Comparative Politics from Columbia University.  She was a Fulbright Scholar in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, in 1971 and 1972.   She has served as Chair of the Oregon State Commission for Women, President of Oregon Women Work!, Chair of the Douglas County Gender Equity Team, President of the League of Women Voters of Umpqua Valley, and board member for Project Literacy.  

She retired in 2008 after fourteen years as director of the Confidence Clinic, a Focusing-oriented community wellness program for women.  Since retirement she has written extensively about the program’s history, its philosophy and practice, and its outcomes. Her articles on Community Wellness Focusing illustrate ways to use this process in life and in community.  She has also published five novels, one of which is specifically about Focusing-oriented Therapy. She has been part of the editing team for Focusing Initiatives International since its founding in 2014, including the book Reaching Resilience: A Training Manual for Community Wellness. Her articles are published online and in Resilience Initiatives: Articles and Insights from Around the World. 

Anna loves to mentor and is an amazing listener who advocates for Focusing. Her commitment to helping others to integrate this practice into their lives and communities. Passionate about spreading Focusing to those in her Psychosocial Support and Psychological First Aid groups, she seeks ways to make Focusing accessible to people from all walks of life.