Focusing and Expressive Arts Institute

Join us for the continuation of our 2026 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴, 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 highlighting Pioneers and Master Teachers in Focusing and Expressive Arts (on Zoom) 🌼 Earn 2 NBCC CE Hours by attending each presentation– 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟰 𝗖𝗘𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹

🗓️ October 19th: 𝗗𝗿. 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 presenting 𝘍𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

🗓️ November 16th: 𝗗𝗿. 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗗. 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝘇 presenting 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴

Presentations will be recorded; if you cannot attend, you can still access the material.

𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧 — Single presentation: $25; Discount Bundle: $45
𝘊𝘌 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: $10 (𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦)

Roots, Branches, and Wings | Pioneers and Master Teachers Click for details, registration, and bundle savings!

The Daylong Celebrating Certification is a new event for certified members of The International Focusing Institute (TIFI). This event is for all those who are certified by TIFI (or will be by the time of the November 2026 Weeklong) and are current members. It is a chance to get a taste of the Weeklong, whether or not you can attend it this year. There is no cost for you to attend the Daylong; it is paid for by your certification fee.

This online event gives advanced and certified members a day-long experience together, led by the team leading the Weeklong for Advanced Focusers.

Register here: https://focusing.org/event/daylong-celebrating-certification-0

FOAT® Tools I: Foundations for Enhancing Resilience 2026 This rejuvenating series includes 4 teleconference sessions from September - October 2026! Recordings will be available if you are unable to attend live.

Join us NEXT MONTH for our 𝗙𝗢𝗔𝗧® 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗜: 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 series!

🗓 Saturdays, September 26; October 3, 17, and 24, 2026
🕙 10:00am - 12:00pm PDT

Through this practice group, small steps will cultivate access to your body’s creative wisdom, enhance both self-compassion and outward compassion, and support positive growth. Open to those new and experienced in FOAT, Focusing, and the expressive arts!

Faculty: Doreen Meister, MA, LMFT, Certified Focusing Trainer: Specialization in FOAT®, FOAT® Practitioner

For more information and registration, visit:

FOAT® Tools I: Foundations for Enhancing Resilience 2026 This rejuvenating series includes 4 teleconference sessions from September - October 2026! Recordings will be available if you are unable to attend live.

When the World Simply Is:Embodied Life in Wim Wenders’s Perfect Days
by Kristina Sved

This thoughtful essay explores the resonances between Wim Wenders' film, Perfect Days and Gene Gendlin's philosophy of Focusing and the felt sense.

The film invites viewers into a mode of attention in which meaning emerges through embodied, lived experience, where experiencing always exceeds what can be fully captured in words.

Read the full version: https://focusing.org/news-feed/when-world-simply-embodied-life-wim-wenderss-perfect-days

3 DAYS LEFT FOR EARLY BIRD

Join us this fall for our 𝗙𝗢𝗔𝗧® 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗜: 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 series!

🗓️ Saturdays, September 26; October 3, 17, and 24, 2026
🕙 10:00am - 12:00pm PDT

Through this practice group, small steps will cultivate access to your body’s creative wisdom, enhance both self-compassion and outward compassion, and support positive growth. Open to those new and experienced in FOAT, Focusing, and the expressive arts!

Faculty: Doreen Meister, MA, LMFT, Certified Focusing Trainer: Specialization in FOAT®, FOAT® Practitioner

For more information and registration, visit:

FOAT® Tools I: Foundations for Enhancing Resilience 2026 This rejuvenating series includes 4 teleconference sessions from September - October 2026! Recordings will be available if you are unable to attend live.

Join us!

Focusing and Focusing-Oriented Therapy: What are the similarities and differences between the two?

Jeffrey Morrison
Saturday, July 25, 2026
12:00pm-2:00pm, New York Time

What is Focusing?

What is Focusing-Oriented Therapy (FOT)?

Are they the same?

If not, how do they differ?

When are they similar?

Each has superpowers the other does not.

Perhaps it is in the context they are used each shine?

Jeffrey will share his thoughts while inviting participants to sense into what comes for them as the presentation unfolds. Using Gendlin quotes and years of practicing both, he will offer an engaging exploration of the complexity of the question itself. Gendlin wrote an entire book on Focusing-Oriented Therapy and never really defines FOT. Gendlin described felt sensing, attitudes towards the felt sense and another person, yet leaves open the question of what Focusing becomes in the context of FOT. On the other hand, what can Focusing offer that FOT may not? Is it a more open process on its own? If so, how?

Click to Learn More and Register: https://focusing.org/event/focusing-and-focusing-oriented-therapy-what-are-similarities-and-differences-between-two

Join Doreen Meister, Lynn Po***ck, and Karen Quatsoe for their upcoming FOAT workshop, “Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts: Cultivating Embodied Self-Compassion,” at the Expressive Therapies Mini-Summit: Pacific!

🗓️ April 23rd from 10:00am - 1:00pm PT
📍 Online (Live)
📚 3.0 CE Hours

For more information and registration, click the link below:

Schedule - Expressive Therapies Mini-Summit: Pacific. Online registration by Cvent