Overview and Requirements

Introduction to Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®) Self-Study, is approved for 3 Continuing Education (CE) hours as a Home-Study course.

To obtain a CE Certificate, participants must:

  • Complete Introduction to Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®) Self-Study.
    • Requirements include: Watch all video lessons, read all written material/lessons, and complete and submit 3 documentation forms. Register for course to view full completion information.
  • Register for this CE course.
  • Complete the CE Test (70% passing grade; can retake) and CE Evaluation

  

How to Purchase CE Hours

The 3 CE Hours are offered for a fee of $20. Please note this fee is completely independent from the Introduction to Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®) Self-Study course fee. Click the button below to purchase CEs.


How to Obtain CE Certificate

CE certificates will be issued upon completion of the main online course, Introduction to Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®) Self-Study; CE Test with a passing grade of 70% or better; and completion of CE Evaluation. Must achieve 100% completion in both courses for CE Certificate.

If you have already obtained your CE Certificate, you can view/download it from your account: https://foat-school.thinkific.com/account/certificates.


Introduction to Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®) Self-Study: Course Description

This course provides an introduction to Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®) including its history and development, foundational principles, and main theoretical and practice approaches. Based on Eugene Gendlin’s evidence-based Focusing, this training includes learning the main concepts of Focusing Attitude, felt sense, symbol/handle, and felt shift.

The course demonstrates user-friendly expressive arts methods for expressing a felt sense and defines the following main approaches– FOAT Check-in, Theme-Directed FOAT, Clearing a Space with Arts, and Working on an Issue. Didactic presentations, experiential practice exercises and examples provide a rich, varied format for learning. 

This Self-Study format is based on the Live 2023 offering of Introduction to Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts.

Course Cost: $95 (USD).

Course Faculty: Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., LMFT, REAT, ATR-BC; Lynn Pollock, MA, LMHC, REAT; Doreen Meister, MA, LMFT. If you would like to learn more about the faculty, please visit our FOAT Faculty webpage for their biographies.

Course Content Level: Open to those new and experienced in Focusing, Expressive Arts, and FOAT!

Course Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the history of the development of Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts developed by Dr. Laury Rappaport.
  2. Explain the history of Focusing developed by Eugene Gendlin and its research basis.
  3. Name the main concepts of Focusing: Focusing Attitude, felt sense, symbol/handle, and felt shift.
  4. List the foundational principles of FOAT®.
  5. Summarize the basic FOAT® step.
  6. State 3 FOAT® approaches in addition to the basic FOAT® step.


Satisfactory Completion for CEs: This offering is approved for 3 CE hours. Participants must have paid the course tuition fee and CE fee, and completed both online courses to 100% (includes passing CE test with 70% or higher score and submission of CE evaluation).

Refund Policy: All refund requests are subject to review by the Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute Training Director.

  • Refunds for this CE course: Requests made prior to the creation of the CE Certificate, will be granted in full, minus an administrative/transactional fee (varies based on CE cost and your regional tax), Please note this refund is specific to the CE cost only, see above policy regarding course refunds. Requests made after the creation of a CE Certificate are non-refundable.
  • To view our full refund/cancellation policy, please click here.


Grievance Policy: For questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].

Disability Accommodations: To request disability accommodations, contact [email protected].

Disclosure Statement: There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.



Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7596. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.