The psychodrama, sociodrama, sociometry and role training done by Psychodrama Australia Brisbane Campus is accredited by the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association Inc's (ANZPA's) Board of Examiners.
Contact the Director of Training, Elizabeth Synnot, on 0411876969 or via e-mail: dizzysynnot@gmail.com
All training is being held at 1/55 Clarence St, Coorparoo.
Upcoming Events
This program is a five day non-residential psychodrama training workshop 21-25 October 2026 with Elizabeth Synnot and Sara Crane. The purpose of this five-day workshop is to provide an intensive experiential training opportunity in psychodrama, sociodrama, sociometry, role training and general group work.
For more information, click the green button View Event.
This training is the heart of psychodrama training at the Psychodrama Australia Brisbane Campus. It is open to those new to training through to those preparing for certification with psychodrama's professional association, the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association (AANZPA).
This program runs for the year, starting with an interview and the creation of a ‘learning understanding’ in February. This is a four-term training program of nine weekends, one a month, and a five-day workshop in October. Dates and times for this year long Program can be viewed by clicking on the green View Event button.
Those who join this core group have the option to attend the following as part of the one core training fee for the year: the Psychodrama Essentials workshops as a trained auxiliary and three x 8-hour Writing workshops.
200 hours of training will be completed in 2026 on the completion of core training and attending these optional events.
Entry for those new to psychodrama training is via the Psychodrama Essentials workshop held in February each year or September for the following year.
Leaders: Elizabeth Synnot, Patricia O’Rourke, Chris Hosking and Sara Crane.
PSYCHODRAMA AUSTRALIA - Brisbane Campus
Summary of Training Program for 2027
Psychodrama Essentials 13 and 14 February 2027
11-12 September 2027
(Saturday and Sunday 10.00am to 4.00pm)
Cost: $525
Core, Intermediate and Advanced Training Program
Year long Program with 9 weekend workshops plus 5 day intensive workshop, This includes access to 3 supervised writing sessions.
Total cost for the year: $3,820
Pre-training interviews: between 1-12 February 2027
Weekend workshops: - 20-21 February 2027
- 20-21 March 2027
-17-18 April 2027
- 15-16 May 2027
-19-20 June 2027
-17-18 July 2027
- 21-22 August 2027
- 18-19 September 2027
- 20-21 November 2027
Timing: Sat 10.00 - 6.00pm and Sun 10.00am to 4.00pm
5 day Group Work and Psychodrama: 20 to 24 October 2027
Timing: 10.00am to 8.00pm daily, except Sun 10.00am to 4.00pm
Note: essential component of Core plus open to other interested participants
Cost: $1,240 (for people not enrolled in Core)
Psychodrama Writing Workshop: Dates to be advised
Current and Past Events
These writing days are for psychodrama trainees who are wanting a cooperative envirtonment to progress their writing. Each one will include a short training input session and time to do some writing.
Our Essentials programs are designed as an introduction to understanding people through the psychodramatic method and as a starting point to your investigation to see if learning psychodrama would add to your professional and personal life. As an introduction to psychodrama our Essentials programs have elements of theory, group experiences and an opportunity for you to apply what you've learnt. By immersing yourself in the method for two days, you'll begin to appreciate the power of psychodrama and group work, and see ways for it to positively impact on your life and your profession.
This program provides group supervision for trainees who are applying psychodramatic principles and using action methods in their work. It is a useful adjunct to work done in the Core Training or Advanced Training groups.
This program provides group supervision for counsellors and therapists who are working in private practice, community groups or in organizations.
This group is for trainees who are intent on expanding how they use the psychodrama method in their lives. This might be at work, in the community, in other organisations, individually or collaboratively with one another. The group will be a facilitated peer group, part project group, part supervision group, part support group and part writing group.
Core psychodrama training in Brisbane gets underway in 2016 on Saturday the 21st February. Participants actively develop themselves as a psychodramatist and group leader using the experiential learning method of psychodrama. The helping professions: mental health, psychotherapy, family therapy, community and organisational development, group leadership, counselling, pastoral care, allied health and other people centred professions, can immediately use elements of what is learnt in core training in their work.
This series of modules is designed for trainees who have 300 or more hours of training, who are using the method in their work and who are committed to further developing as a psychodramatist, sociometrist, role trainer or sociodramatist, and are or becoming Associate Members of AANZPA.
Our Essentials programs are designed as an introduction to understanding people through the psychodramatic method and as a starting point to your investigation to see if learning psychodrama would add to your professional and personal life. As an introduction to psychodrama our Essentials programs have elements of theory, group experiences and an opportunity for you to apply what you've learnt. By immersing yourself in the method for two days, you'll begin to appreciate the power of psychodrama and group work, and see ways for it to positively impact on your life and your profession. This one is the first one for the year and is an excellent way to work out if you would like to do the core training program, in which case it does not cost).
Often towards the end of the year folks look back and ponder how the year has gone or where it’s gone; some wonder how the might survive the Christmas break, and some wonder where they might go to from here. Often there is a year-end frenzy of so-called celebrations, lunches, preparations for the coming new year, and other provocations. This workshop is designed for people who would like to take the time to connect with themselves, polish rough spots, pack their emergency gear for the coming onslaught, and simply settle into being a creative force to be reckoned with.
This workshop is designed as a writing intensive for trainees who want to complete or substantially advance one or other of their writing requirements. The workshop will run from a short session Friday night 7-9 and following on 10 – dinner on Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday.
The spiritual quest, the quest for meaning, is often painted as an isolating one, which a person must do alone. When Moreno created psychodrama he created a way that we, as living breathing, strange, fateful, complicated, and isolated beings, can come together and with great intensity and great intimacy build something new in the world. Create something that has never existed since time began. Give birth to an artistic, aesthetic, profound co-creation that nourishes and feeds.
During these workshops we will work psychodramatically to untangle beliefs and habits around happiness and the happiness of those around you. The group will engage with one another at depth and investigate this important and fundamental area of life. We will all leave richer for the experience and wiser for what we have unearthed and learned.
This series will be a collaborative deep engagement and examination of freedom. What it means to you, to others, and how you and I can choose freedom and be free. We may have to kill off sentimentality, move beyond yearning, engage our courage, enter the naked areas of our hidden lives. We wont do it alone. The teaching will come from you, from me, from the group, from our relating, as we journey together. The psychodramatic method will serve us as a means to enter the realms we need, to find the spontaneity and creativity to craft new paths for our thinking, our feeling, and our actions.
This program provides group supervision for counsellors and therapists who are working in private practice, community groups or in organisations. The work of being a counsellor or a therapist is demanding, challenging and highly satisfying. At times, it is very helpful to be with others who do similar work and to reflect on and set out the different systems that develop. There will be opportunities to explore difficult and celebratory moments in one-to-one or group work; relationship issues with the client/s and themes that are problematic.
Core psychodrama training in Brisbane gets underway in 2015 on Saturday the 28th February. Participants actively develop themselves as a psychodramatist and group leader using the experiential learning method of psychodrama. The helping professions: mental health, psychotherapy, family therapy, community and organisational development, group leadership, counselling, pastoral care, allied health and other people centred professions, can immediately use elements of what is learnt in core training in their work.