Focus-Oriented Arts Therapy: Client Demonstrations introduces an integrative therapeutic approach combined with expressive Drawing on decades of training in expressive arts and a PhD in Psychology and Spirituality, Laury Rappaport situates this method within a broader commitment to deep listening and embodied awareness. The video features a live demonstration with a volunteer client, illustrating how focusing-oriented expressive arts therapy unfolds in practice. The approach emphasizes helping clients turn inward and attend to their internal experiences. From this inward listening, clients are invited to engage in expressive arts processes, allowing images, movements, or creative expressions to emerge organically. The demonstration highlights the therapist’s role in gently guiding the process, creating a safe space for exploration, and helping the client remain grounded in their inner experience. Overall, the video presents focus-oriented arts therapy as a powerful, experiential modality that bridges mind, body, and creative expression, offering a nuanced pathway for personal insight and transformation.
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Laury Rappaport, PhD
Laury Rappaport, Ph.D., LMFT, ATR-BC, REAT, pioneered and developed the theory and practices of Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy (FOAT®) and Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®)– based on 40 years of clinical, community, wellness, and organizational applications. She is a Certifying Coordinator, Focusing-Oriented Therapist, and Trainer with The International Focusing Institute in New York. Since founding the Focusing and Expressive Arts (FOAT) Institute, Laury has helped establish FOAT® as a recognized approach in the fields of art therapy and expressive art therapy, including book…
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