Focusing Skills Training
Gaining a TIFI Proficiency in Focusing Partnership Award
64 learning units, each 45 minutes long
The international skills training provides an introduction to Focusing (Focusing, listening and partnership skills) and basic experience in Expressive Arts Focusing EXAF
Training Guidelines / Curriculum coming soon
The training will enable you to practice Focusing Partnerships (guide another individual who already knows Focusing)
The Focusing Skills Training is a stand-alone course and is also Part 1 of the Training for Certifying as a TIFI Focusing Fascilitator/Part 1 of the Training for Certifying as an EXAF Practitioner (Focusing Practitioner with Specialization in Expressive Arts Focusing EXAF)
The Focusing Skills Training meets the quality standards of the FOCUSZART School FZA ('Focusing Basis Training, Basics Online' - German) and the quality standards of the German Focusing Association DFG
The Online Training settings can be 1:1 or in groups of 3-4 participants each
Expressive Arts Focusing EXAF Skills Training
The Expressive Arts Focusing EXAF Skills Training provides 64 learning units, each 45 minutes long. You will receive a qualified certificate of attendance with the EFA, DFG and FOCUSZART School FZA logos
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In Focusing, we cannot make things happen. All we can do is to be with what comes. When something comes, it is vulnerable and worthy of protection. It needs kindness and acceptance. It grows through loving care for the very small and with respect for the very big that comes from the body's next right step. From there, we are guided as to whether to express or to keep company in silence
Freda Blob
Training for Certifying as a TIFI Focusing Facilitator
160 learning units, each 45 minutes long
The international training has two parts
- Part 1: Focusing Skills Training (64 learning units). A TIFI Profiency Partnership Award is accepted as equivalent
- Part 2: Training to deepen your Focusing skills and abilities, as well as your Focusing practice (96 learning units)
Training Guidelines / Curriculum coming soon
You will receive a certificate from The International Focusing Institute TIFI (Track: 'Certified Focusing Fascilitator').
The training will enable you to guide individuals in 1:1 Focusing sessions and in group settings (working with indivduals who do not know Focusing)
The training will not qualify you to practice Focusing Oriented Therapy FOT
As a sucessfully trained Focusing Fascilitator, your 1:1 sessions and group settings should meet the ethical framework of the professional organization in your country with which you are affiliated
The training builds on the TFI Skill Set Guidelines for Certifying as a TIFI Focusing Facilitator. It meets the quality standards of the German Focusing Association DFG ('Certified Focusing Practitioner') and the training standards of the German-Swiss Focusing Network FN ('Certified Focusing Practitioner')
The online training setting for Part 1 can be 1:1 or in groups of 3-4 participants each. The online training setting for Part 2 is only in a group of 4-8 trainees
Please notice: The 'Focusing Facilitator TIFI' certificate will not be available until January 2026
Training for Certifying as an EXAF Practitioner (Focusing Practioner with Specialization in Expressive Arts Focusing EXAF)
160 learning units, each 45 minutes long
The international training has two parts
- Part 1: Trauma-informed Expressive Arts Focusing Skills Training (64 learning units). A sucessfully completed FOAT® Skills Training is accepted as equivalent. Those who completed the Focusing Skills Training must complete additional hours of EXAF 1 : 1 training to earn equivalency
- Part 2: Focusing and Expressive Arts Focusing EXAF Training: Deepen your Focusing and EXAF skills and abilities, as well as your EXAF practice (96 learning units)
Training Guidelines / Curriculumcomming soon
The training will enable you to guide individuals in 1:1 Focusing sessions from a trauma-informed, art-based perspective. You will be trained to work with individuals who are new to Focusing and new to express themselves through therapeutic arts. You will learn Focusing interventions and Focusing oriented Creative and Expressive Arts practices as a toolkit. Studio art is at the heart of these practices
The training will not qualify you to practice clinical psychotherapy, trauma therapy or art therapy
As a sucessfully trained EXAF practitioner, your 1:1 sessions should meet the ethical framework of the Person-centered and Experiential Approach (PCE) or the ethical framework of the professional organization in your country with which you are affiliated
The training is based on the quality standards of the FOCUSZART School FZA (German Guidelines / Curriculum), and follows the guidelines of the TFI Skill Set Guidelines (Track: 'Certified Focusing Facilitator'). It also meets the quality standards of the German Focusing Association DFG ('Certified Focusing Practitioner'), and the training standards of the German-Swiss Focusing Network FN ('Certified Focusing Practitioner')
The online training setting for Part 1 can be 1:1 or in groups of 3-4 participants each. The online training setting for Part 2 is only in a group of 4-8 trainees
Training for Specialization in Focusing Oriented Expressive Arts FOAT-TIFI
For Focusing Professionals (TIFI Fascilitator, TIFI Trainer, TIFI FOT)
60 hours / 80 learning units, each 45 minutes long
More coming soon
We recommend TIFI Focusing Professionals for becoming a Coordinator-in-Training and subsequently a TIFI Certifying Coordinator
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