In this workshop, Dr. Laury Rappaport presents an overview of Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapy including:
- the history and development of Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy and Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts Therapy
- the FOAT® foundational principles;
- expressing a felt sense through the expressive arts;
- FOAT® Check-in and the three main approaches:
- Clearing a Space with Arts
- Theme Directed FOAT®
- and Focusing-Oriented Arts Psychotherapy
Highlights include clinical examples of Theme Directed FOAT® and Focusing-Oriented Art Psychotherapy, with a specialty application to trauma.
In addition to hearing key points, you will see Dr. Rappaport in action facilitating a Focusing attunement, engaging participants to warm-up to using art materials, leading participants to express the Focusing Attitude in Art, and demonstrating a FOAT® Check-in that integrates a Gestalt processing of the art.
This video was formerly included in the Expressive Media Arts Therapies Films Collection distributed by Expressive Media Inc.
Length of video: 1:23:00
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-684-6
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-684-4