Jan Winhall

Jan Winhall, M.S.W., P.I.F.O.T., is an author, teacher and seasoned trauma and addiction psychotherapist. She is a mindfulness teacher, a somatic psychotherapist, and trained under Dr. Eugene Gendlin in the Focusing Felt Sense tradition for over 30 years. At the heart of her work is the Felt Sense: a gentle, body-based way of listening inward that supports healing, self-awareness, nervous system regulation and inner safety. Her teachings offer trauma-informed practices for embodied awareness, emotional healing and recovery. She is an Educational Partner with the Polyvagal Institute, where she offers a three-year training program based on her books Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model and 20 Embodied Practices for Healing Trauma and Addiction: Using the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model (Norton, 2025). She hosts the Embodied Dialogue Podcast, where she speaks with leaders in trauma, addiction, mindfulness and body-based healing practices. She is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Toronto and a Certifying Coordinator with the International Focusing Institute. Jan is Co-Director of the Borden Street Clinic, where she supervises graduate students. She formed the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model Institute in 2025 and enjoys teaching all over the world.

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