FOCUSZART Focusing Studio & School
A Place For Arts In Focusing
ENGAGE
The FOCUSZART Focusing Studio & School is a space designed to help individuals and groups embark on a journey of positive growth and healing
EXPRESS
Our mission is to encourage and support you in living a fuller and more authentic life, and in staying true to yourself in both art and life
EXPLORE
We provide programs in Focusing-Oriented Creative Arts Engagement and Therapy (FOCAET), which support our mission
Focusing-Oriented Creative Arts Engagement and Therapy (FOCAET)
developed by Freda Blob
Focusing-Oriented Creative Arts Engagement and Therapy (FOCAET) is an integrative approach combining the frameworks of museum arts engagement and creative arts therapies for use in Focusing and Focusing-oriented settings
FOCAET is an trauma-informed, mind-body approach with roots in European Focusing and art therapy history
FOCAET blends the concept of the Focusing Felt Sense with receptive-expressive arts engagement
FOCAET uses culturally sensitive museum art and the concept of awe to fascilitate artistic and therapeutic processing
CACF is founded on the principles and ethics of the person-centered and experiential approach (PCE)
Felt Sense-Based Studio Art is at the heart of the FOCAET programs
Our Focusing-Oriented Creative Arts Engagement and Therapy (FOCAET) programs, which are available online and on-site, include the following: Receptive-Expressive Arts Focusing (REAF), Expressive Arts Focusing (EXAF), and Creative Bloom Focusing (CBF)
Our on-site FOCAET programs also include the Focusing-Oriented Museum Arts Therapy (FOMAT) program and the Museum Arts Focusing (MAF) program
Our program offerings also include Focusing and Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapy and Expressive Arts (FOAT®), each with its own unique approache and application
Receptive-Expressive Arts Focusing (REAF)
Felt Sense-Based arts engagement in Focusing settings which uses art from museum collections and other global sources as references
Expressive Arts Focusing (EXAF)
Studio art in Focusing with the Whole Body (FWB) settings incorporating creative and expressive arts toolsets, with or without fine art references
Creative Bloom Focusing (CBF)
Studio art that blends fundamental design principles with Focusing concepts to enhance creative development, with fine and folk art references
Felt Sense-Based Studio Art
Felt Sense-Based Studio Art, also known as the art-making from the Felt Sense, is a slow, art-based, body-focused process of making meaning. It is both therapeutic and an art form in its own right. It unfolds the Felt Sense as a work of art in the process of becoming
"A felt sense is an internal aura that encompasses everything you feel and know about the given subject at a given time–encompasses it and communicates it to you all at once rather than detail by detail." –Eugene Gendlin, from: The International Focusing Institute
Felt Sense-Based Arts comes from the living body and from the body's forwarding of the creative life force
A Gendlin lecture at Humboldt House Achberg Germany, venue of Gendlin's European teachings 1992-97. Video presentation of the German-Swiss Focusing Network (2023) at the hall where Gendlin gave this lecture on dreams
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International Workshops
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Online Studio Times
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National Art-Based Projects
2026
Events
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March 20, 2026, 6 pm to 8 pm GMT
Event we recommend: Do Your Own Red Book by Dr. Noelle Imparato. Listen to Noelle talk about her six-week course starting in April 2026
Freda Blob
Andragogist, Therapist, Focusing Expert
Freda Blob is the Founding Director of the FOCUSZART Focusing Studio & School. She is an andragogist who specializes in art and design, as well as an experienced therapist who has worked in various environments for 30 years. She is a FOAT-trained, Licensed Art Therapist, Registered Person Centered Creative Arts Therapist, and Registered Person Centered and Experiential Psychotherapist and Counselor. She is also a Certifying Coordinator, Focusing-Oriented Therapist, and Focusing Trainer with The International Focusing Institute (TIFI)
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We promote the integration of Focusing-Oriented Creative Arts Engagement and Therapy (FOCAET) in art therapy, psychotherapy, counseling, education, community art, mindfulness, and related fields
Member of The International Focusing Institute (TIFI) and the Focusing-Oriented Therapies Association (FOTA)
Make Everything Art!
ENGAGE. EXPRESS. EXPLORE.
Trust Your Felt Sense. It's A Work Of Art In The Making