FOAT®: Focusing Oriented Art Therapy: An Introduction
by Laury Rappaport
Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapy (FOAT®) is a mindfulness-based approach that integrates Focusing, developed by Dr. Eugene Gendlin, with the expressive arts therapies. This video showcases a workshop presented by Laury Rappaport at the 2nd World Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy Conference. 
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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
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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



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