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Certifying as a TIFI Focusing Facilitator
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The international training provides 160 learning units, each 45 minutes long, that must to be completed under the guidance of your Focusing teacher
The 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)
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
Certifying as an EXAF Practitioner (Focusing Practioner with Specialization in Expressive Arts Focusing EXAF)
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The international training provides 160 learning units, each 45 minutes long, that must be completed under the guidance of your EXAF teacher
The 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 (96 learning units): Deepen your Focusing and EXAF skills and abilities, as well as your EXAF studio art practice (96 learning units)
You will receive a certificate of attendance with the EFA, DFG and FOCUSZART School FZA logos
The training will not qualify you to practice Focusing Oriented Therapy FOT, trauma therapy or art therapy
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-informed Creative and Expressive Arts practices as a toolkit. Studio art is at the heart of these practices
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
Click HERE for Upcoming Training Programs
Please reach out to us for further information
We email back within three business days