VFTS 2023 2 | Laury Rappaport | Focusing Oriented Expressive Arts

FEATURED GUESTS: Laury Rappaport, PhD, MFT, REAT, ATR-BC, teaches expressive arts therapies and art therapy, and has served on the faculties at Lesley University, Notre Dame de Namur University, CA , Sonoma State University, California Institute of Integral Studies, and Meridian University. She is the author of Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Accessing the Body’s Wisdom and Creative Intelligence and editor/author of Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies. Laury is a Focusing Coordinator with The International Focusing Institute and the Founder/Director of the Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute.

LISTEN & LEARN: 

• The origins of Focusing Oriented Psychotherapy which developed from  research done by Eugene Gendlin and Carl Rogers and what causes change in therapy. 
• The process by which Laury Rappaport developed Focusing Oriented Art Therapy. 
• What is meant by the terms the "felt sense" and the "felt shift".
• Why Focusing is considered to be a human process. 
• What "Clearing the Space" is in focusing oriented and focusing oriented expressive arts therapies and why it is an effective tool for stress and pain reduction. 
• The role of clinical sensitivity as it pertains to maintaining a safety first approach in treatment. 

RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

• Laury's Session at the Expressive Therapies Summit { Virtual Session } March 23, 2023 Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®) as a Trauma-Informed Approach
• The Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute 
• Mindfulness & The Arts Therapies: Theory & Practice edited by Laury Rappaport
• Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Accessing the Body's Wisdom and Creative Intelligence by Laury Rappaport
• Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman https://amzn.to/3kY5Wgz
• Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: A Manual of the Experiential Method (The Practicing Professional)  by Eugene Gendlin