Psychodrama NSW - Post Graduate Certificate, Psychodramatic Techniques Levels 1, 2 & 3


Post Graduate Certificate Psychodramatic Techniques Levels 1, 2 & 3 Trainers: Rollo Browne Bona Anna	Dates: click for details Venue: The Awareness Institute, 1/20 Clarke St, Crows Nest Cost: $2590 Full payment by start of program for 10% discount, deposit $250 Course Outline: Trainees participate in this ongoing multi-level training group designed in accordance with the ANZPA Training and Standards Manual. The group meets monthly and the hours are accredited with Psychodrama NSW. The training has two aspects: psychodrama theory and practice personal development. The multi-level training group is designed for individuals with different levels of experience in psychodrama. The curriculum is iterative and allows for the integration of concepts and practice to deepen. All participants benefit from the range of roles and abilities in the training group. Participants have the opportunity to experience psychodrama, broaden their production capabilities and deepen their therapeutic interventions. Trainees who successfully complete each year of this program achieve the Post Graduate Certificates in Psychodramatic Techniques at Levels One, Two and Three. These training hours contribute towards further accreditation by Australian & New Zealand Psychodrama Association (ANZPA) and are recognized by the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).
	Our Purpose: This course is designed for you to bring Morenian experiential methods into your thinking and practice. You will master the basic techniques, understand warm up, see and feel the effect of increased spontaneity in yourself and others. Imagine if you could bring this spontaneity into your work! The point is to apply your learning in your work and life, to be more effective in your work and have more satisfying interactions. 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 Psychodrama? 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. These methods are extremely helpful in building effective working relationships and deepening the impact of work in human service fields. It is not essential to become a fully qualified psychodratmatist or direct a psychodrama to do this. There are many benefits gained from studying the method and applying its insights to any situation.
	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 the institute 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 and 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. The training is taught through supervised experiential learning supported by reading and written assignments. 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.
	Course requirements Psychodrama training is a post-graduate course and is open to those with a degree, diploma or workplace equivalence. To be eligible for the course you must have a minimum of 12 hours experiential work in psychodrama or a related field and you must have an initial interview with the trainer to discuss your purpose. It is expected that you will attend all sessions and complete reading, written assignments and other relevant tasks. Minimum requirement for Graduate Certificates is 90% attendance and completion of 90% of assignments.
Learning Outcomes	The following Learning Outcomes relate to Level 1. The learning outcomes for Levels 2 & 3 are being revised.
Semester 1	Training Weekend 1: The Psychodramatic Method Learning outcomes: Understand the 5 aspects of a psychodrama and the concept of projection and projective techniques. Understand the 3 stages of a psychodrama session - warm up, enactment and sharing. Understand and demonstrate the use of the psychodrama techniques of role reversal, doubling, mirroring, soliloquy, aside, concretisation, maximisation, self presentation. Describe the techniques for increasing the warm up throughout the session. Participate in a drama as an auxiliary or protagonist. Understand Moreno's theory of the Canon of Creativity involving warm up, spontaneity, creativity and the cultural conserve.
	Training Weekend 2: Role Theory Learning outcomes: Understand the concept of role, including the construct of feeling, thinking and action components of a role. To understand the development of roles and distinguish three types of roles - psychosomatic, social and psychodramatic. Understand the concept of the social and cultural atom and the interactive systems of roles. Understand personality as a system of roles. Create a role diagram based on one's social atom. Identify and name roles and counter-roles and understand the relationship of these roles.
	Training Weekend 3: Production Learning outcomes: Identify and distinguish progressive, fragmenting and coping roles. To understand and define personal roles that are progressive or fragmenting using a role matrix. Develop hypotheses about a person's functioning and the presence of healthy roles. Understand the use of a variety of therapeutic interventions. Extend your ability to double, mirror and reverse roles. Further develop your ability to be an effective auxiliary.
	Training Weekend 4: Role Training Learning outcomes: Deepen your understanding of the purpose and steps in role training. Conduct a role assessment with the protagonist. Use appropriate techniques (mirroring, modelling etc) to develop the role. Understand and create an appropriate role test. Conduct an effective role training session.
Semester 2	Training Weekend 5: Psychodrama Applications Led by Charmaine McVea. This workshop is open to other psychodrama trainees and practitioners. Learning outcomes: Deepen your understanding and use of psychodramatic methods in 1:1 situations (therapy, counselling, coaching). Describe key differences in the psychodramatic approach to therapy & counselling. Understand the move into action and recognise action cues. Apply these to 1:1 situations that you face. Direct a 1:1 enactment. These sessions are also open to other experienced trainees.
	Training Weekend 6: Systems Thinking Learning outcomes: See social systems as comprised of social forces expressed through subgroups and their world views. Identify the role system being enacted. Name key elements in the social or role system produced on the stage. Make appropriate systemic observations, questions. Make an assessment of the nature of the systems (open and closed) and make interventions to progress functioning.
	Training Weekend 7: Sociometry Learning outcomes: Understand the fundamental principles of sociometry. Use techniques to produce the invisible networks in the group. Deepen the understanding of sociometry as the exploration of choices we make in groups. Make sociometric interventions to progress the group.
	Stanwell Tops Residential: Psychodrama Group Work Training more details Learning outcomes: Deepen your appreciation of the flexibility, breadth and depth of psychodrama as a group method. Become more aware of your functioning in groups. Refine your ability as an auxiliary and in directing dramas. Further integrate Morenian theory and practice by working in the moment and focusing on how spontaneity emerges. Expand your understanding of role theory as a living tool and apply it during group sessions. Identify principles in the phases of warm up, enactment and integration of psychodrama.
	Training Weekend 8: Integrating The Psychodramatic Method Learning outcomes: Demonstrate the use of various Morenian techniques in a drama or application in your work. Conduct an adequate warm up. Recognise the action cue and use it to produce an enactment. Direct a small vignette with an interview, scene setting, use of psychodramatic techniques. Apply one of Moreno's frameworks to the roles displayed in the drama. Make an intervention that progresses the work of the group or the protagonist. Conduct an adequate sharing phase of the drama.
Details	Semester 1 Dates: Training Weekend 1: Sat 3rd & Sun 4th March, 9.30am - 4.30pm The Psychodramatic Method Training Weekend 2: Sat 14th & Sun 15th April, 9.30am - 4.30pm Role Theory Training Weekend 3: Sat 5th & Sun 6th May, 9.30am - 4.30pm Production Training Weekend 4: Sat 2nd & Sun 3rd June, 9.30am - 4.30pm Role Training
	Semester 2 Dates: Training Weekend 5: Sat 7th & Sun 8th July, 9.30am - 4.30pm Psychodrama Applications Training Weekend 6: Sat 4th & Sun 5th August, 9.30am - 4.30pm Systems Thinking Training Weekend 7: Sat 8th - Sun 9th September, 9.30am - 4.30pm Sociometry Stanwell Tops Residential: Thurs 11th - Sun 14th October Psychodrama Group Work Training, led by Max Clayton & Rollo Browne > more details This residential workshop is open to other trainees. Training Weekend 8: Sat 3rd & Sun 4th November, 9.30am - 4.30pm Integrating the Psychodramatic Method Total 129 hours
	Venue: The Awareness Institute, 1/20 Clarke St, Crows Nest Cost: $2590 Full payment by start of program for 10% discount, deposit $250
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