2023-2024 Graduate Academic Catalog

GEXTH 5021 Focusing-Oriented Expressive Therapies

FOAT® is a mindfulness-based, somatic approach to the expressive arts rooted in psychologist and philosopher Eugene Gendlin’s evidence-based research on Focusing. In this course, you will learn the history of Focusing and Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts; the main concepts of Focusing; the main approaches of Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts; and application to a variety of clinical issues (e.g. trauma, severe mental or medical illness; anxiety, depression, and wellness) and populations (e.g. adults, adolescents, children, individuals and groups).

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

N/A

Prerequisite

N/A

Corequisite

N/A