EXPRESSIVE ARTS FOCUSING
Expressive Arts Focusing EAF is a trauma-informed approach in the field of Expressive Arts Therapies crossing
- Focusing Oriented Espressive Arts FOAT® by Dr. Laury Rappaport, Founder/Director of the Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute, Santa Rosa, US
- Sensorimotor Art Therapy/Guided Drawing® by Cornelia Elbrecht, Founder/Director of the Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy & School for Initiatic Art Therapy, Apollo Bay, Australia
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Experiential Photo-Collage Therapy by Prof. Akira Ikemi (Kansai University, Japan) & Prof. Kathrin Seifert (Hochschule
der Künste im Sozialen Ottersberg, Germany)
- The Creative Connection by Nathalie Rogers
Benefits
Expressing the body sense into arts is offering a more of .... something that (re)connects to life
Bilateral Body Mapping
(Guided Drawing®)
releases trauma and intensive feelings of pain, anger and fear
Illustrating dreams is offering insights you cannot find by writing down the dream's message
Painting portraits from the body sense has healing potential by the artistic expression itself
Expressing the body sense into arts is offering a more of .... something that (re)connects to life
Drawing a plant or a landscape from the body sense helps to calm down and dwell within nature
Abstract painting from the body sense allows to express unclear moods and emotions and find out about new intuitions
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Tools
Expressive Arts Therapy
The Creative Connection with Nathalie Rogers, PhD, REAT
Focusing Oriented Expressive Arts Therapy FOAT®
FOAT® with Laury Rappaport, PHD, MFT, REAT, ART-BC
Sensorimotor Expressive Arts Therapy® | Guided Drawing®
Guided Drawing® with Cornelia Elbrecht, BA. MA. (ART Ed), AthR, SEP
Guided Drawing® is a body-focused and trauma-informed practise, using mindfulness, sensory awareness and trust in the guidance from within
Testimonies
Your webinar has done me an awful lot of good. I haven't felt as comfortable, free and light-hearted for ages as I do now after the course. I just wanted to tell you that, and thank you very much
Lore
So honestly presented - thank you very much for this beneficial, strenghtening offer
Astrid, counselor
The webinar war so valuable for me. Your calmness and sovereignty did me good. Thanks for everything, and the encouragement.
Sabine, remedial nurse
Despite the online distance
(and this is quite amazing for me) I felt very comfortable and safe. Your empathaic, clear and soothing instructions and exercises have done me a lot of good
Helena
The exercises were really good for me. I am now in focus. Thank you!
Anna, coach
After the webinar I worked on my picture a few more times ... playing with it, discovering more. Everything I found was so valuable. Thanks again
for the afternoon!
Gertrud, pediatric therapist
It is so exciting to see how you are bringing something to life that you feel exactly is on at this very moment and thereby accompany other people
Gaby, teacher
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