FOCUSZART The Focusing Studio

A Place For Arts In Focusing

Fascilitated by Freda Blob

Growth, Health, and Well-Being

Through Arts From The Felt Sense

Our Mission

Personal wellbeing and the way communites think, feel and act, is at the heart of the FOCUSZART mission

We firmly stand by the idea that embodied aesthetics have the power to bring change on a personal and a relational level

Art-making bridges the material and spiritual realms of life, offering a way to connect with our inner selves and the world around us

Arts in Focusing draws from the variety of cultural arts for healing purposes

Our approach supports cross-cultural learning by encouraging engagement with the arts through body-focused, bottom-up, right-brain activities

Arts in Focusing is a form of embodied artistic processing. It is both a creative form of meaning-making and an art form in its own right

We make space for the arts in Focusing Oriented Therapy and related fields, including counseling, education, community wellness, cultural creativity, and mindfulness

We offer three ways to engage with the arts in Focusing environments: Expressive Arts Focusing, Creativity Focusing and Creative Compassion for Peacebuilding

We also offer various Focusing training and certification programs at the FOCUSZART School  that incorporate therapeutic arts

Introducing Freda Blob

© Photo Studio Gudrun Th. de Maddalena

Founding Director Freda Blob

Freda Blob is a Focusing-oriented Art Therapist and Creative Arts Psychotherapist/Counselor with 30 years of clinical experience. She is a Certifying Coordinator for The International Focusing Institute TIFI

Expressive Arts Focusing

We offer trauma-informed Expressive Arts Focusing EXAF for clinical and non-clinical settings online and in person

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Take advantage of our expertise in Expressive Arts Focusing (EXAF) to promote personal growth and well-being. Discover new problem-solving strategies and become more effective in your work. Find inner peace by healing emotional wounds from the present and past. Let us help you on your journey!

EXAF is a body-focused approach embedded in the European Focusing culture, along with art and design

EXAF is an integrative approach that blends Focusing with multiple understandings of the Creative and Expressive Arts

EXAF is a trauma-informed, bottom-up approach that promotes self-regulation, resilience and existential health

EXAF draws from many approaches but is mainly person-centered and experiential, placing the client's experience at the heart of the co-creative therapeutic interaction

 

developed by Freda Blob

Creativity Focusing

We help you tap into your creative power through Arts To Focusing Joy practices that encourage creativity in life

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Creativity Focusing (CF) uses a practice called Arts To Focusing Joy (AFJ) together with user-friendly Focusing tools. Arts To Focusing Joy provides access to the joy of embracing your being and becoming as a creative individual. You are who you are, and you have infinite possibilities moving into a more creative version of yourself

CF is an action-oriented approach that uses the transformative power of art-making to help you become more you by creating art you love

CF helps you build a more creative and fulfilling life by cultivating creative shifts in both your art and your life

CF restores your full aliveness through Focusing-based engagement with the visual arts

CF is designed for absolute beginners. It is also for creatives who have lost their creative voice

 

developed by Freda Blob

Creative Compassion for Peacebuilding

Through Creative Compassion for Peacebuilding, we provide museum-art-based practices in self-paced learning environments and in individual and group sessions

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Creative Compassion for Peacebuilding (CCP) is a practice that helps you stay in a zone of emotional ambiguity and feel more comfortable with people who are different from you or have different needs

CCP uses the aesthetics to expand your empathic understanding of differences in art and people

CCP is a user-friendly approach that engages you in embodied cultural and creative arts activities

CCP is a Community Wellness Focusing approach to building relational empathy for global peace

CCP connects with the art of persecuted and neglected artists and those aligned with their artistic heritage

 

developed by Freda Blob

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