Faculty Profiles

Dr. Laury Rappaport

Associate Professor, Art Therapy Psychology

Laury Rappaport Office location: Gavin #1
Office hours: Monday and Thursday, 12:30 - 2 p.m. or by appointment
Phone number: (650) 508-3674
Email: lrappaport@ndnu.edu
Website: www.focusingarts.com
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Education History

  • Ph.D. in Psychology and Spirituality, 1987. Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH.
  • M/Ed. in Art/Expressive Therapy, 1979. Lesley College, Cambridge, MA.
    Honor’s Thesis:  Growth and Expression in an Art Therapy Group: A Group Developmental Approach.
  • B. A. in Art Therapy, cum laude,1975. State University of New York at Buffalo.

Post-Doctoral Training

  • Cambridge Couples and Family Therapy Center, Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry. Cambridge City Hospital, Cambridge MA. 1992-1994.

Professional Credentials and Honors

  • Licensed Marital and Family Therapist, MA,  1992. License #678.
  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MA, 1992. License #368.
  • Board Certified Art Therapist (A.T.R.-BC), November 1999
  • Registered Art Therapist (A.T.R.), American Association of Art Therapy, since 1980.
  • Registered Expressive Arts Therapist (REAT), International Expressive Arts Therapy Association
  • Certifying Focusing Coordinator and Focusing-Oriented Therapist (FOT).

Recognitions

  • Dorothy Stang Scholar, NDNU, Spring 2007-Present
  • Recipient of Community Based Learning Grant; NDNU; Spring 2007
  • Recipient of Community Based Research Grant, NDNU; Fall 2009

Professional Affiliations

  • American Association of Art Therapy, International membership Committee
  • Editorial Board, The Journal for Arts and Healthcare
  • Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association
  • Northern California Art Therapy Association
  • California Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
  • The Focusing Institute, Conflict Resolution Committee
  • The Moon Balloon, Board Member
  • Institutional Review Board, Notre Dame de Namur University
  • Mission Committee, Notre Dame de Namur University
  • Institute of Body, Mind, and Spirituality, Lesley University; Steering Committee, Board Member 2003-Present
  • International Association of Expressive Therapies; Co-Chair of International Committee, 1998-99 Co
  • Founder, Arlington Helping Professionals Alliance, 2001

Professional Presentations

  • November 2010: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: A Mindfulness Based Approach
    Master Supervision Group: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy
    Awareness: Art Therapy in the Digital World Panel
    American Association of Art Therapy Conference

  • October 2010: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy with Trauma    
    U.S. Association of Body Psychotherapy, Pleasant Hill, CA

    June 2010: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy                 
    Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
    Taisho University, Tokyo, Japan
    Gestalt Focusing Association, Kagoshima, Japan

    Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts Therapy
    Person-Centered Expressive Arts Institute, Tokyo, Japan

    University of Hong Kong, Center on Behavioral Health
    Lecture on Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy; Level I FOAT Training

  • February 2010: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Reducing Stress and Cultivating Resilience
    Fred Finch Youth Center, Oakland, CA

  • January 2010: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy
    Northern California Art Therapy Association 

  • August 2009: Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts and Meditation
    International Expressive Arts Association Conference:
    Peace-ing Our World Together
    Boston, MA

  • May 2009: Research using Clearing a Space, Grindler Body Attitudes Scale:
    Quantitative/ Qualitative Findings with Women with Breast Cancer
    International Focusing Conference, Awaji Island, Japan

  • May 2009: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy
    International Focusing Conference, Awaji Island, Japan

  • May 2009: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy           
     Taisho University, Tokyo, Japan

  • February 2009: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy Audio Interview, The Focusing Institute. 
     www. focusing.org

  • November 2008: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy.  Full-day Pre-Confererence Institute.
    American Association of Art Therapy Conference, Cleveland, OH

  • May 2008: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Beyond Duality
    The Focusing Institute International Conference, Montreal, Canada

  • November 2007: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy. 
    Workshop     Panel, Transformational Learning in Professional Practice
    American Association of Art Therapy Conference, Albuquerque, NM

  • May 2006: Love and Forgiveness Conference
    Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

  • November 2005: Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy.  Full-day Pre-Conference Institute.
     American Association of Art Therapy Conference, Atlanta, GA

  • May 2005: Focusing and Art Therapy:  Bridging Inner and Outer Expressions of Creativity
    The Focusing Institute International Conference, Toronto, CA.

  • May 2004: Infusing Creativity into Your Career:  Focusing, Imagination, and the Arts
    Liberating Creativity:  Moving to the Next Stage of Your Personal and Professional Life Conference
    Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.

  • February 2003: Focusing for Change, The Arlington Center, Arlington, MA

  • April 2002: Cultivating Resilience and Wellness through Focusing, Guided Imagery and Intermodal Expressive Therapy
    Lesley University: Mind, Body, Spirituality Conference

  • September 2001: Focusing:  Listening to the Deeper Self
    Kripalu Institute, Lenox, MA.

  • April 2001: Demystifying Stress Management
    Working Women’s Conference, Mix 98.5
    Braintree, MA

  • December 2000: Discovery Health Channel (Cable TV)
    Expressive Arts Therapy segment on Depression program

    • (The above is just a selection)

Publications

  • (2010). “Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Working with Trauma” in The Journal for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy.
  • (2010). Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: A Mindfulness Based Approach, Fusion E-Zine, Vol. 3
  • (2009). Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy: Accessing the Body’s Wisdom and Creative Intelligence, Jessica Kingsley, 2009. (also published in Japanese by Sheisin Shobo Publishers).
  • (2009).“Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy” in The Folio: Journal for Focusing and Experiential Therapy, Vol. 21, (1), 139-155.
  • (2009). Guest Editor, The Folio: Journal for Focusing and Experiential Therapy, Vol. 21, (1), 139-155.
  • (2006). “Focusing and Expressive Arts Therapy as a Complementary Treatment for Women with Breast Cancer,” co-authored with Klagsbrun, Rappaport, Marcow-Speiser, Byers, Post, Stepakoff, and Karman, to be published in Journal of Creativity and Mental Health, 2006. 
  • (1998). “Focusing and Art Therapy:  Tools for Healing from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” in The Folio: Journal for Focusing and Experiential Therapy.
  • (1992). “Focusing, Art, and Creative Movement:  A Method for Stress Management.”  Focusing  Connection.
  • (1988). “Focusing and Art Therapy,” in the Focusing Connection.
  • (1985). “Focusing and Body-Work” in the Focusing Connection.  Co-authored with Neil Friedman.
  • (1980). “Integrating Expressive Therapies Into A Day Treatment Setting,”  in Proceedings of American Association of  Partial-Hospitalization, 1980.  Co-authored with Shelley Cushner.
  • “A Group Developmental Approach To Art Therapy,” unpublished manuscript.