Course Overview 

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. 

If you could not attend the Live Teleconference via Zoom on March 6th (Asia: March 7th), the recording is now available in the online course for you to view!

This training is open to those new and experienced in Focusing, Expressive Arts, and FOAT!

FOAT Faculty 

Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., MFT, REAT, ATR-BC
Doreen Meister, MA, LMFT
Grace Brillantes Evangelista, Ph.D., RPsy, CSCLP
Lynn Pollock, MA, LMHC, REAT
Marise Lariviere, LMFT, ATR

CE Information

This course has been approved for 3 Continuing Education (CE) hours! Click here for more information and purchasing.

Note: CE hours are only eligible for those that attended the full Live Zoom Teleconference on March 6th, 2023.