Post Graduate
Certificate in
Psychodramatic Techniques

Trainer:
Kate Hill

 Dates: click for details of Terms 1 to 4
Course Outline: click for details
Venue: The Earth Institute, 20 Clark St, Crows Nest
Cost: $2,240 including GST ($560 per term) (or $2,140 if paying full year) deposit $100

Overview:
So much training and self-development is shallow and simplistic: 'Learn this and you will be able to do that'. But human beings don't work this way, because real life is complex and unpredictable. Knowing what to do is very different from being able to do it. Psychodrama is a profound way to look at life in all its complexity and chaos. And to do this in a teachable, straightforward manner. This way you can face life with confidence and spontaneity.

Psychodrama is the drama of the soul, it is the theatre of truth. 'Psyche' relates to the spirit or mind, while 'drama' relates to the stories acted out in life every day. By combining mind and action, psychodrama gets to the reality beneath the surface. It teaches you to 'feel colours' or 'see smells', as it were. It may sound a bit 'airy fairy' but it's not. Once you get below the surface you can learn things about yourself and the roles you play that will help you make a real difference to your life and the lives of people around you.

Psychodrama is a general term that refers to any approach that expresses the philosophy and methods developed by Dr. J.L. Moreno. Thus the term psychodrama includes the concepts of spontaneity, creativity, role creation, role system, social and cultural atom, surplus realty and the specific techniques of self-presentation, mirroring, doubling, role reversal, concretisation, maximisation and future projection.
What is
Pschodrama 		A group action method originated by Dr. J.L. Moreno '1889-1974) which uses directed dramatic techniques to explore and resolve issues raised by participants.

Psychodrama aims to strengthen the abilities of people to express themselves responsively and creatively in the ordinary here and now situations in which they live and work. It explores real-life situations using dramatic enactment and analysis of the system of roles presented to generate effective new behaviours. Psychodrama highlights two-way relationships between individuals and works creatively with values and relationship dynamics within and between groups and in wider cultural settings.
History of
Psychodrama 		Psychodrama is based on the philosophy and methods conceived of by psychiatrist Dr Jacob Moreno (1889-1974). It grew out of his experiments in Vienna in the 1920's with the theatre of spontaneity, a form of improvisational theatre. Moving to the USA in 1925 he continued to combine this with his interest in social science, exploring the possibilities of treating clients using group psychotherapy. This work has been further refined by many practitioners and training institutes around the world including in the United Kingdom, Central and Eastern Europe, USA, South America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

Though somewhat younger, Moreno was a contemporary of Sigmund Freud, and like Freud he developed techniques to get below the surface of ordinary life to help people heal. Yet where Freud used the couch, Moreno used the stage, and instead of sitting passively he was an active participant on this stage.

Moreno developed several techniques related to psychodrama, including sociodrama, sociometry, role theory and group psychotherapy, all of which are studied within this program. Psychodrama is being actively used and taught throughout to the world. In places such as North and South America, Canada, the European Union, Russia, Turkey, South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, China, Japan.
Who is the
course for? 		This year long course is designed for counsellors, coaches, organisational consultants, pastoral workers, teachers and health professionals who want specific skills in action methods. Further training is required to become a psychodramatist.

Psychodrama training is a post-graduate course and is open to those with a degree, diploma or workplace equivalence. The training is taught through supervised experiential learning. The aim of this type of learning is for the trainees to know the theoretical and practical aspects of the psychodramatic methods through their experience. It involves both personal development and skills training. We provide a flexible system of training designed to meet the individual needs of trainees. Training sessions involve mini lectures, demonstrations, supervised practice and group interaction. Trainees are also expected to learn from applying psychodramatic concepts and methods in their work and their personal lives. Reading, written assignments and relevant tasks are expected.

This course is recognised as professional development points for members of CAPA.
Course
Outline 		Trainer: Kate Hill
Course Description:
Trainees participate in this year long ongoing training group designed in accordance with the ANZPA Training and Standards Manual. The hours are accredited with Psychodrama NSW. The training has two aspects:
  • psychodrama theory and practice
  • personal development
The training group is designed for individuals with different levels of experience in psychodrama. This enables all participants to benefit from the different roles and ability in the training group. Participants have the opportunity to experience psychodrama, deepen their directing capabilities and broaden their therapeutic interventions.
Term 1 The psychodramatic method - an overview.

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Understand the 5 aspects of a psychodrama
  2. Understand the 3 parts of psychodrama session - warm up, enactment and sharing
  3. Understand the systemic approach of Morenian theory
  4. Understand and demonstrate the use of the psychodrama techniques of role reversal, doubling , mirroring, future projection, soliloquy, aside, concretisation, maximisation, self presentation
  5. Participate in a drama as an auxiliary, protagonist and or director
  6. Understand the concept of projection and projective techniques
Term 2 Psychodramatic techniques

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Understand the concept of warm up
  2. Understand the concept of spontaneity, creativity and cultural conserve
  3. Understand Moreno's theory of the Canon of Creativity
  4. Describe and demonstrate different types of warm up - director directed/ group warm up
  5. Choosing the protagonist
  6. Describe the techniques for increasing the warm up throughout the session
  7. Understand the use of a variety of therapeutic interventions
  8. Producing a drama - from warm up to enactment
Term 3 Role Theory
Learning Outcomes:
  1. Understand the concept of role, including the construct of feeling, thinking and action components of a role
  2. To understand the development of roles and the three types of roles - psychosomatic, social and psychodramatic
  3. Understand the concept of the social and cultural atom and the interactive systems of roles
  4. Understand personality as a system of roles
  5. To create a role diagram based on one's social atom
  6. Ability to identify and name roles. To name roles and counter-roles and understand the relationship of these roles
  7. Identify progressive, fragmenting and coping roles
  8. To understand and define personal roles that are progressive or fragmenting using a role matrix
Term 4 Application of the techniques: Clinical interventions

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Demonstrate the use of various techniques in a drama
  2. Conduct an adequate group warm up
  3. Conduct an adequate sharing phase of the drama
  4. Conduct an interview with the protagonist and recognise the action cue and use it to produce an enactment
  5. Direct a small vignette with an interview, scene setting, use of psychodramatic techniques
  6. Identify the fragmenting and progressive roles in a drama
  7. Demonstrate the ability to be an auxiliary in a drama
Details Times: Wednesdays 6.30pm - 9.30pm, Weekends 9am - 4pm
Dates:
Term 1: 13, 20, 27 February, 5, 12, 19 March plus Weekend 23, 24 February
Term 2: 7, 14, 21, 28 May; 4, 11 June plus Saturday 10th May
Term 3: 30 July, 6, 13, 20, 27 August, 3 September plus Saturday 2nd August
Term 4: 22, 29 October 5, 12, 19, 26 November plus Saturday 8th November
Celebration evening: 6.30 pm - 8.30 pm, Friday 28th November
Venue: The Earth Institute, 20 Clark St, Crows Nest
Cost: $2,240 including GST ($560 per term) (or $2,140 if paying full year) deposit $100
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