Register for the Recording!
The video recording from this creative past event is now available! Register now to experience this presentation to listen to Freda's history in Focusing and the arts, learn about Gendlin’s philosophy of “the More,” participate in an Experiential Museum Art-Based Engagement (MAE) with artist Hilma af Klint’s work, and more!
This online course gives you access to the presentation video recording and materials for 2 months.
For more information, please contact us at [email protected].
Presentation Description
Friday, April 19th, 2024 12:00pm - 2:00pm PDT / 3:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
For Asia: Saturday, April 20th, 2024
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Expressive Arts Focusing (ExAF) is a body-focused approach rooted in the culture of European Focusing, along with Art and Design, using the creative and the expressive arts for facilitation and engagement. This presentation includes: An overview of Expressive Arts Focusing (ExAF) methods and their therapeutic understanding, along with a museum art-based exercise that provides an example of experiential best practice tools of ExAF. In addition, Eugene Gendlin’s concept of ‘the More’ will be introduced and explored through Expressive Arts Focusing (ExAF). Participants will gain insight in how to find meaning through artmaking from the body sense that is pointing beyond already known concepts of aesthetic impression (perception) and aesthetic expression (action). Stepping into aesthetics beyond social and cultural constructs, participants will find new ground in connecting to the open space of being-and-becoming.
Please note this course is not approved for CE Credit Hours.
About the Presenter
Freda Blob, Ed (Grad), CP (Grad), AT, PCT, FOT-FOAT, GDP, is a Certifying Coordinator and Trainer of The International Focusing Institute (TIFI), and a Certified Focusing-Oriented Therapist and Focusing Professional with Specialization in Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT-TIFI). Freda has been teaching Focusing nationally and internationally for more than 20 years. She has 30 years of experience as a Person-centered and Experiential therapist in private practice. Freda is a Registered Art Therapist DFKGT located in Germany. She holds two university degrees in Clinical Psychology and Adult Education, and has a background in design techniques. She is founder and director of FOCUSZART The Focusing Studio. To learn more: expressiveartsfocusing.com.
Registration Details
Please register with your preferred contact email - we will be sending all communication, including the Zoom information, to the email address you provide. If you have taken a course through our FOAT Online School, please register with your existing account!
For scholarship/work study inquiries please contact us at least two weeks before the presentation.
All presentations in our Roots, Branches, and Wings series are open to those new and experienced in Focusing, Expressive Arts, and FOAT!
If you have any questions or comments, please email us at [email protected].
Pioneers, Master Teachers, and More
Please note: This course is not approved for CE.