The 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 facilitate 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 are available online and on-site. They include the following: Receptive-Expressive Arts Focusing (REAF) as solo approach or part of Focusing-Oriented Therapy (FOT), Expressive Arts Focusing (EXAF), and Creative Bloom Focusing (CBF)
Our program offerings also include Focusing-Oriented Museum Arts Therapy (FOMAT), Museum Arts Focusing (MAF), Focusing, and Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy and Expressive Arts (FOAT®)
Receptive-Expressive Arts Focusing (REAF)
Arts engagement with art from museum collections and other global sources in Focusing or FOT settings, with or without expressive arts activities
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
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International Workshops
54
Online Studio Times
102
National Art-Based Projects
2026
Events
Focusing Skills Training
With Intermodal European Focusing Plus
Gain your TIFI Proficiency in Focusing Partnership (PFP) Award !
November 27, 2026, 6-9 pm CET/5-8 pm GMT with a Free Presentation Talk on November 13, 2026, 6-7.30 pm CET/5-6.30 pm GMT
Studio Time
FREE Youttube Stream
monthly - coming soon
Art Journaling
with REAF
monthly - coming soon
Smash ‘n’ Focus
FREE Workshop Series
EFA Community Art Table
October 12, 2026, 7 pm CET/6 pm GMT to 8.30 pm CET/7.30 GMT.
Our programs are designed for
therapeutic, self-exploratory, and
community-oriented use of the arts
Change Your Life
Start your journey with us. We look forward to serving you
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