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.