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Upcoming FOAT Trainings, Workshops, and Events
New Year's Workshop
Monday, January 12, 2026 1:00pm - 3:30pm PST / 4:00 - 6:30pm EST / Click here for your time zone
Loving Kindness Cards: A Mindful Creative Practice for Collective Wellbeing
Presented by Viviane Ephraimson-Abt, M.S.Ed., M.Ed., LPC
Open to all levels of experience in FOAT, Focusing, and Expressive Arts
In this workshop, we’ll explore how the simple act of creating and sharing Loving Kindness Cards can cultivate compassion, presence, and relational attunement—core elements of both healing and Focusing practices. Using upcycled materials such as cardboard from tissue or tea boxes, decorative papers, images, and inspiring sayings, participants will create mini collaged cards with messages of care and encouragement. These 3-inch sized pieces of art can be shared with clients, colleagues, loved ones, or even left in public spaces as a gesture of kindness. This enjoyable workshop will invite mindfulness, playfulness, and creative flow. As we craft and reflect together, we’ll discover how creating in community can become a doorway to loving presence—restoring connection with ourselves and others, one small act of kindness at a time.
World Art Therapy Conference
February 7 - 22. 2026
World Art Therapy Conference 2026
Hosted by Creative Arts Therapies Events
Conference registration is now open! You can register for free or with their paid package (includes home-study access and 46 NBCC CE Hours).
We will post more information soon about the key presentation with Laury Rappaport for the Arts Therapies and Mind-Body Approaches section that takes place February 7 - 8!
Ongoing FOAT Trainings
Approved FOAT® Training:
Level 1: Foundations and Approaches of Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®)
Facilitated by Lynn Pollock, MA, LMHC, REAT through Expressive You. Registration coming soon! For questions about this upcoming training, please contact Lynn at lynn@expressiveyou.me for more information.
Updates for FOAT® Training Program:
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Introduction to Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®) Self-Study is available– Completion fulfills the prerequisite for Level 1.
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Eligible for 3 CE Hours
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Level 1: Foundations and Approaches of Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts (FOAT®): The training group is now closed!
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Level 2: FOAT Facilitation and Partnership Skills: The current training group is now closed!
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Level 3: Advanced FOAT Practice Skills and Applications: The training group is now closed!
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Level 4: Integration and Application of FOAT into Practice: The training group is now closed!
FOAT® Training Program
We are excited to launch our newly updated FOAT® Training Program! The training includes all of the previous content but it is now streamlined into 4 levels instead of 6. There is additional supervision and FOAT Coaching to strengthen the online learning format. In addition, awards and Certifications can be earned after Levels 2 and 4 respectively.
For more information, including course descriptions, costs, and more, visit our FOAT® Training Program Page!
