About Us:
Founder/Lead Trainer: Laury Rappaport, Ph.D, ATR-BC, REAT,
and Certifying Focusing Coordinator, pioneered and developed the creation of Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy and Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts Therapy—based on 30 years of clinical work. Laury is the author of Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Accessing the Body's Wisdom and Creative Intelligence, published by Jessica Kingsley, 2009.
Laury’s clinical work includes thirty years of experience in a variety of settings, including inpatient, outpatient, community mental health, day treatment, private practice, and wellness centers. Specialty populations include working with clients and families with life-threatening illness and health related issues. Laury is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Family Therapist, a Board Certified Art Therapist with the American Art Therapy Association, and a Certifying Coordinator and Focusing-Oriented Therapist with The Focusing Institute.
Currently, Laury is an Associate Professor in the Art Therapy Psychology Department at Notre Dame de Namur University located south of San Francisco, CA. She has been on the faculty of Lesley University in Cambridge, MA for over twenty-five years, and has taught at Cambridge College, California Institute of Integral Studies, Wheelock College, Regis College, SUNY at Buffalo, and The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Additionally, Laury was the Academic Coordinator of Lesley University’s International Expressive Arts Therapies programs where she oversaw the administration of the program, trained and mentored international faculty, designed and implemented courses, and built an effective teaching team.
FOAT Trainers
FOAT Trainers are credentialed in 3 areas of expertise: 1). expressive arts (art therapy, dance therapy, music therapy, drama therapy, or expressive arts therapy, etc.). 2). Certification with The Focusing Institute as Focusing Professionals or Focusing-Oriented Therapists and 3), Certified by The FAI as Focusing-Oriented Arts Therapy Trainers (FOATT).
Sophie Glikson, MA, LMHC, CET, FOT
Sophie is a Certified Expressive Therapist, Certified Focusing-Oriented Therapist, and Certified FOAT Trainer. She has been in private practice offering expressive arts therapy to adults and children in Medford, MA since 1989. She integrates Focusing with the medicinal power of the arts in a heart-centered approach. Sophie is an Adjunct Faculty in the Expressive Therapies program in the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences at Lesley University and has been teaching since 1994. Her passion is to provide space for creative soul-making in the service of health, integrity, and inner peace.
Peggy Langley, MA, LMHC< FOT
Peggy received a Master's Degree in Dance/Movement Therapy from Lesley University in 1984 and has a BA degree in music. She has worked with a variety of populations as a therapist and educator, including children, geriatrics, adults living with HIV/AIDS, pregnant women and other adults with substance abuse issues. Peggy studies yoga, plays the flute and guitar, has been a facilitator at the "Opening the Heart" workshops, is a Certified Focusing-Oriented Therapist, and Certified FOAT Trainer. She works from a body-oriented perspective and believes in the dance of life.
