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Find a Focusing Professional - Freda Blob

Biography

I am a TIFI Certifying Coordinator since 2013,  teaching Focusing and Focusing Oriented Arts Therapy nationally and internationally online and in person. I have an endless curiosity and enthusiam for experimenting creatively with the multitude of Focusing approaches, methods and tools. Clients benefit from my committment to collaborative and co-creative settings both in the field of clinical and non-clinical work

In 2019 I created trauma-informed Expressive Arts Focusing ExAF, a method intergrating FOAT®, Sensorimotor Art Therapy®, Museum Arts-based Art Therapy, Person-centred Creative Arts and Focusing Plus (Focusing style of the German-Swiss Focusing Network FN).

In 2023 I designed an ExAF based practice for community-oriented Creative Compassion, presenting at the Focusing Help for Helpers Community (Lynn Preston) and at various international conferences including the 2023 FOT conference of The International Focusing Institute

Since 2014 I am engaged in the European Focusing Association EFA. I am a certifying Focusing teacher with the German Focusing Association DFG and senior teacher of the German-Swiss Focusing Network FN, having served the network from 2001 to 2023

I was introduced to Focusing in 1994 by the Swiss Institute GFK (Person-centered, Experiential and Body oriented Psychotherapy). From 1995 on I took FN Focusing Plus certifying training programs, and from the early 2000s on I took advanced trainings with international Focusing pioneers

My specialization in Existential Well-being Counseling (Mia Leijssen, KU Leuven/BEL), Focusing with the Whole Body (Astrid Schillings/GER) and Focusing Oriented Expressive Arts FOAT® (Laury Rappaport, US) took my teachings to a new level

The FOAT® training with Dr. Laury Rappaport forwarded my interest in Focusing with the Arts profoundly. In 2022 I got my Diploma of Advanced Studies DAS in art therapy from the Catholic University of Applied Sciences KU Freiburg (thesis on: The Experiential Third: Focusing Concepts for Art Therapy). From 2022 to 2024 I held a guest lectureship at KU Freiburg, in 2025 I applied for upgrading my DAS to MA. This MA project supplementing my prior degrees in Clinical Psychology and Adult Education (Pre-Bologna masters), will hopefully redefine museum arts-based concepts for Existential Health from First Person Science perspective

I am member of the International Association of Focusing Oriented Therapists IAFOTs, member of the British Focusing Association BFA, member of the European Network for Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling PCE, professional member of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Associtation IEATA and practitioner member of the Association for Person-centred Creative Arts APCCA

Given (first) name
Freda
Surname (last name)
Blob
Business Name
FOCUSZART The Focusing Studio
Phone
49 7071 8597035
Country
Germany
State/Province
BW
City
Tübingen
Certification(s)
Certified Focusing Professional, Coordinator, Focusing Trainer, Focusing-Oriented Therapy
Coordinator (Can certify through the Institute)?
Can Certify in Focusing
Coordinator-in-Training (CiT)
Focusing-Oriented Therapy (FOT)?
Practices Focusing-Oriented Therapy
Services Offered
Coaching, Group Sessions, Individual Sessions, Online Sessions, Presentations, Trainer Training
Credential(s)
CP (BA, MA), Ed (MA), AT, PCT, GDP
Language(s) Spoken
English, German
Areas of Interest
Adults, Community Wellness Focusing, Creative Process, Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapy (FOAT) - R, Spirituality/Meditation, Trauma, Wholebody Focusing
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