Psychodrama Training Weekend Workshop. Canberra 19-21 November
In this training workshop, the content will be based on participants’ interests, concerns and purposes. The focus will be on experiential sessions applied to daily life including work, play and relationships, with a view to increasing the capacity to rise creatively to life’s challenges. The experiential, systemic, action process known as the psychodrama method is also learnt in the process.
Being a participant you can expect to be actively involved, have fun, and work hard as you enact scenes from life and imagination with the guidance of the director. People meet in depth by assisting in one-anothers' dramas and the group life. Action is involving and teaches new life-skills.
There will be some opportunities for supervised practice of directing psychodrama for psychodrama trainees.
The psychodrama method assists participants to increase their spontaneity and creativity through active participation. This participation includes group work, enactment and theoretical mini lectures. The program will assist in developing leadership and will lead to increasing abilities in relating to others.
The training assists is developing confidence in group presentations and in the development of interpersonal and group skills.
This program is designed for professional people who are involved in health, theatre, management, leadership, consultancies, coaching, mentoring , supervision, art, writing, teaching, human potential and creative therapies. The process will assist in the deepening of abilities to step into the shoes of others and this will contribute to the effectiveness of those who are therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists, health workers, managers, trainers and educators, actors, artists, writers and poets. Supervised practice for advanced psychodrama trainees is also an aspect of this program.
New participants should arrange a face to face or phone interview to connect, to determine the suitability of this course and for discussion regarding the training contract.
The course will consist of enactment, group participation and discussion. Participants are expected to be actively involved, in both days and the evening.
The learning of new skills may be emotionally challenging and participants are required to have abilities to sustain their life and are participating in areas such as studies, employment and social and creative activities.
A certificate of attendance will be given on request and may be used for points towards required professional development and psychodrama certification. The training hours are recognised by AANZPA and can lead to certification as a psychodramatist, sociodramatist, role trainer or sociometrist.
19-21 November Friday 9:30am - 5pm, Saturday 9.30am – 5pm, Sunday 9.30am -5pm
Emergency Restrictions:
If cancellation is necessary due to COVID19 restrictions, there will be some zoom sessions to opt in to. And refund of fees.
There may be requirements and restrictions such as social distancing, mask wearing, and vaccination requirements in place by ACT health authorities.
Trainers: Robert Brodie & Richard Hall