FOCUSZART SCHOOL

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