SATURDAY MORNING
1. Expectations: Yours Or Theirs?
Elaine Ades Sachnoff, Ph.D., TEP,
Executive Director and Founder of the
Psychodrama Training Institute of
Chicago [formerly the Oasis Psychodrama
Training Institute], trained by Dr. J.
L. Moreno and Zerka T. Moreno at Beacon,
NY, author of numerous articles on
Psychodrama training and the WARM UP
BOOK. Is it possible to transcend
conflicting childhood messages? Explore
them psychodramatically.
2. The Nitty Gritty Of Sociodrama
Rosalie Minkin Belazar, TEP, MSW,
ATR, East-West Center for Psychodrama
and Sociodrama Training, San Francisco,
CA. The aim of this session is to
demonstrate the practical and essential
uses of Sociodrama. The workshop will
answer the following questions. What are
the ingredients, what are the tools,
what are the procedures, what are the
settings and what are the end results of
Sociodrama? The session is both didactic
and experiential.
3. Family...Culture...Self.. Who Am
I ????
Dena Baumgartner, Ph.D., CGP, CMFT,
TEP, Director of Tucson Center for
Action Methods and Psychodrama (T-CAMP).
Private practice. Tucson, AZ.
Transcending ones truth can lead to
major shifts in ones social atom. This
workshop will deal with the truth of our
families cultural conserves. The
Psychodrama conflict work will be on how
we can transcend into our personal
selves by understanding our past
choices, including birth. This workshop
will be experiential with processing.
4. Under the Willow Tree
John Olesen, M.A. , CP;
Counselor/Trainer with Shanti, San
Francisco, CA.; Former Recipient, Neil
Passariello Award; Member, American
Board of Examiners in Psychodrama,
Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy.
Longing for love is a desire for more
from life. Love is intimate: a powerful
call to "the moment" where we
experience vulnerability and
helplessness, exhilaration and untold
strength. Exploring our stories of love
past and love to-be connects us and
provides a channel for new possibilities
of transcendence. In this workshop, we
will use storytelling and Psychodramatic
techniques to connect the group and
bring love to life.
5. Blending Psychodrama and
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Marian E. Craig, Ph.D., TEP and Susan
M Woodmansee, M.S., OTR, TEP. Denver,
CO. Blending Psychodrama and Dialectical
Behavior Therapy (DBT) to resolve
conflict and dialectical dilemmas.
Utilizing cognitive and behavioral
restructuring provided by DBT and
Psychodramatic action methods to trace
the developmental emotional roots of
conflict, together moving toward healing
of the injured self.
6. Exploring The Interpersonal Space
Communicatively
Erica Michaels Hollander, J.D.,
Ph.D., C.P., University of Denver,
Denver, CO. Communication and how
it succeeds and how it fails examined
via Psychodramatic and sociometric
investigation.
7. Psychodrama and the
Goddess: Images of the Divine Feminine
in Action -
Canceled. See Sunday Afternoon.
8. The Furies and The Ethics of
Revenge
Leif Dag Blomkvist, M.A., TEP.
Psychologist. Director of training at
Swedish Moreno Institute. Trained and
certified at Moreno Institute NY as
Director of Psychodrama. Board Member of
the Nordic Board of Examiners (TEP).
Co-author with Zerka T. Moreno of
Surplus Reality and The Art Of Healing,
Cologne, Germany. Anina Della Casa,
M.A., Psychodrama leader by Swedish
Moreno Institute, Psychologist, Bern,
Switzerland, supervisor and teacher. One
of the cardinal sins in ancient Greece
was hubris. In Greek, "hubris"
means "outrageous presumption
against the Gods"-to forget one's
human nature. The capacity to feel shame
and attend to justice are the realm of
the underworld goddesses who rule those
domains. Aidos, the Goddess of Shame,
brings with her the vital regulating
factors of shame and conscience. The
underworld Winged Furies, Nemesis and
Themis, are more intimately linked to
primitive instinct and nature, to rage
and revenge. This workshop will explore
how the Psychodrama Stage can provide a
context, in surplus reality, where these
two force can interact.
9. "Mitakuye Oyasin" -
"We Are All Related"
Shirley A. Barclay, MFT, TEP,
Clinical Nurse Specialist. She is a
Native American Mixed Blood by birth.
Aa-gaa-su-yea-da is a Wolf Clan Mother
and Elder in The Southern Cherokee and
Associated Bands in Texas.
Ee-yeah-mee-cha'-ee-yeah in the Lakota
world is an Elder and Grandmother. Both
of these names are acknowledgements of
healing gifts developed over the years.
Shirley teaches these principles in her
training groups in Dallas, Kansas,
Seattle, and Argentina. She has walked
both paths for more than 25 years.
The title, a Lakota phrase, is a
prayer reflecting a way of life. This
workshop will explore what that
statement and prayer means to each of us
in our daily lives and as members of the
human race. Today we are living in a
world filled with fear and conflict. At
the same time many of us are holding a
standard for peace and resolution of
conflicts. Participants will explore how
this is reflected in this mirror of our
lives. What responsibility do each of us
have as we examine this as a possible
way to live our lives? What changes will
it bring? In this workshop we will
explore these questions from both a
Native American and a Western World
perspective and seek to find meaning for
each of us. I invite you to come and
explore these mysteries.
10. Facing the Foreigner: The Good,
The Bad and The Beautiful
Amna Jaffer, M.A., PAT, Fremont, CA.
The sense of belonging to a community, a
neighborhood, a spirit, is an important
if not crucial factor in one's
well-being. We will explore the concepts
of inclusion and exclusion using
sociometric and Psychodramatic methods.
This workshop will focus on the ways
that one can be more integrated into the
communities of their choice, on how they
can bring outsiders into their circle,
and will provide an opportunity to
integrate aspects of self that may be
split in intrapersonal conflict.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
11. Approaching Conflict As An
Evolutionary Driver: Tools for the
toolbox
Kate Cook, LPCC, TEP, Director,
Psychodrama and Action Methods,
Southwestern College, Private Practice,
Santa Fe, NM. Conflict is part of the
natural process of change. This workshop
will demonstrate imaginative,
experiential processes for exploring
situations or issues where conflict
and/or the potential for violence
exists. We will investigate how creative
energy gets stuck in conflict and how
shifts in perspective can be generated
through action and art. A
psychoeducational model called "the
window of reality" will be used to
discuss the biological aspects of
conflict and violence.
12. The Integration Of Psychodrama
& Buddhism
Herb Propper, Ph.D., TEP, is director
of Celebrations of the Soul in
Montpelier, VT, a center for
Psychodrama, Sociodrama, Sociometry and
Spiritual/Emotional growth. He is
Professor Emeritus of Theater at Johnson
(VT) State College, and practices
Tantric Buddhist meditation at Kagyu
Tenjay Chöling in Montpelier, VT. For
those who are curious about Buddhism as
well as experienced practitioners, an
introduction in action to the Buddhist
concept of Emptiness and the function of
Compassion in generating Bodhicitta (The
Heart/Mind of Enlightenment).
Explorations of Buddhist Emptiness, Role
Theory and the uses of role reversal in
generating compassion for all living
beings. Encounters with Buddhist Deities
of Compassion and those who appear to us
as 'enemies.'
13. Under the Willow Tree
- Canceled. See
Saturday Morning.
14. Fathers and Children: The
Life-Long Strange Attractor
Rory Remer, Ph.D., TEP, Professor of
Counseling Psychology (University of
Kentucky), has published articles on
Chaos/Spontaneity and related topics,
exploring links between chaos and
sociometric theories. If ever
relationships called for "truth and
transcendence" those of fathers and
their children do. Conflict may not be
perpetually present, but it is
inevitably part of the patterns.
Starting with a musical warm-up, these
patterns of strange (chaotic) attractors
will be relived, explored, and examined
Psychodramatically.
15. Yi Shu: the art of living with
change and Psychodrama
Gong Shu, Ph.D., ATR, TEP, LCSW,
founder of the International Zerka
Moreno Institute. Artist, Art Therapist,
Gestalt Therapist, conducts Psychodrama
and Art Therapy workshops
internationally. Yi means change. Shu
means art. Yi Shu simply means the art
of living with change. The process of Yi
Shu works to release energy blockages in
intrapersonal, interpersonal,
transpersonal, intra-cultural,
inter-cultural, intra-racial, and
interracial relations. The goal of this
workshop is to assist the participants
to learn to reach their highest creative
potential by breaking through the energy
blocks in the body, the mind, and the
spirit or in interpersonal relationships
that prevent them from creative
advancement. The processes incorporate
Psychodrama and much of the ancient
Chinese methods of Qi Gong and painting.
16. Cultivating Heart and Mind
Wisdom in Times of Conflict
Sylvia Israel, MFT, Certified
Psychodramatist & PAT, Registered
Drama Therapist/Board Certified Trainer,
founder and director of IMAGINE! Center.
Private Practice, Marin and San
Francisco, CA. Each of us has
experienced the heart wisdom of
compassion, empathy and forgiveness and
the mind wisdom of clarity. Yet, during
conflict these qualities can seem
distant and out-of-reach. With closed
hearts and minds, we may react with
repetitive, unskillful patterns. Using
Psychodrama, guided imagery and
movement, we will identify, embody and
practice the roles that help us navigate
conflict while remaining connected to
our inner truth.
17. Biodanza®, a new
movement-based system for human
integration
Ron Carter, M.D., Biodanza
Facilitator. Ron facilitated Biodanza
groups for several years in Peru before
he moved to Hawaii for a year promoting
Biodanza on land and in the water
(thermal springs and Watsu pools) and
now recently relocated to San Francisco
where he facilitates Biodanza sessions
in diverse clinical and non-clinical
settings. He is working towards the
creation of the first Biodanza School in
the USA. Biodanza is an enjoyable
free-form movement session with selected
music from all over the world and
naturally felt intuitive dances.
Biodanza is also a heartfelt approach to
personal empowerment through the
authentic expression of self as it
stimulates aliveness, ease and
self-satisfaction. Biodanza is Dancing
with Passion, a Re-Education in Love.
18. Action Centered Teaching
Strategies (ACTS)
Andrew R. Hughey, Ph.D., Executive
Director of the Moreno Institute West,
Darcy Erickson, M.A., TEP, Director of
Training and Instruction at the Moreno
Institute West. Action Centered Teaching
Strategies are multi-modal teaching and
learning techniques derived from the
study of Psychodrama, Sociodrama and
group process. The ACTS institute has
been training educators, counselors,
parents, and students for the past ten
years in the Bay Area. It is our goal to
increase accessibility to the school
curriculum for students of all learning
styles and abilities. Come and
experience our techniques!
19. Moreno's Vision, Our Vision, and
the Future
Ella Mae Shearon, Ph.D., Founder and
Director of The Institute for
Psychodrama, Cologne, Germany and
Virginia Beach, VA. In 1973, Moreno
wrote a special unpublished speech on
the future which was presented by Dr.
Shearon at an important university
event. Now, 30 years later, the words of
Moreno bring us hope and courage for the
present and the future. We are the
creators. The workshop will include
Surplus Reality,
"Stegreiftheater," and Future
Projection.
20. Sloth: The Last of The Deadly
Sins and Spontaneity
Anja Puhlmann, M.A., CP,
Psychologist. Supervisor, BSO. Certified
Practitioner by The Nordic Board of
Examiners. Director and Founder of the
Swiss Moreno Institute. The Deadly Sin
"Greed" is followed by the
last and most vital Sin: Sloth.
"Sloth Sins" cause the loss of
connection to other people, to the
world, and to God. Sloth destroys the
ability to have a dialogue with oneself
and the ability to think. This leads to
a loveless, empty existence; life is
felt to be a journey no longer worth
traveling, and connected with
ruthlessness. Sloth creates a
"Waste Economy," never having
time or interest to enjoy anything, but
viewing all human relations or feelings
as manufactured products. Psychodrama
and Spontaneity turns on the love for
other humans and increases the feeling
of wanting to be around others.
SUNDAY MORNING
21. Exploring The Interpersonal
Space Communicatively
Erica Michaels Hollander, J.D.,
Ph.D., C.P. (See Saturday Morning)
22. Approaching Conflict As An
Evolutionary Driver: Tools for the
toolbox
Kate Cook, LPCC, TEP. (See Saturday
Afternoon)
23. The Integration Of Psychodrama
& Buddhism
Herb Propper, Ph.D., TEP. (See
Saturday Afternoon)
24. Family...Culture...Self.. Who Am
I ????
Dena Baumgartner, Ph.D., CGP, CMFT,
TEP. (See Saturday Morning)
25. Fathers and Children: The
Life-Long Strange Attractor
Rory Remer, Ph.D., TEP. (See Saturday
Afternoon)
26. Yi Shu: the art of living with
change and Psychodrama
Gong Shu, Ph.D. ATR, TEP, LCSW. (See
Saturday Afternoon)
27. Cultivating Heart and Mind
Wisdom in Times of Conflict
Sylvia Israel, MFT, PAT. (See
Saturday Afternoon)
28. Facing the Foreigner: The Good,
The Bad and The Beautiful
Amna Jaffer, M.A., PAT. (See Saturday
Morning)
29. Moreno's Vision, Our Vision, and
the Future
Ella Mae Shearon, Ph.D. (See Saturday
Afternoon)
30. Sloth: The Last of The Deadly
Sins and Spontaneity
Anja Puhlmann, M.A., CP,
Psychologist. (See Saturday Morning)
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
31. Action Methods - Increase
Reading Comprehension: A Multimodal
Approach
Shirley A. Biggs Ph.D., Director,
University of Pittsburgh, Andrew R.
Hughey Ph.D., Co-director, San Jose
State University, MIW, Norman Johnson
Ph.D., Florida A&M University, Darcy
Erickson, M.A., TEP, San Lorenzo Valley
High School, MIW
Educators have come to value the use
of Psychodramatic techniques for
counseling and teaching students.
Teachers at all grade levels report that
they use drama or action oriented
activities in their classrooms. They
argue that using Psychodramatic
activities like role play and surplus
reality can help students understand
characters and situations in narrative
and historical texts. Counselors and
teachers apply these techniques with
students who have learning problems.
For example during the past decade,
graduate students at San Jose State
University conducted a series of more
than ten studies that explored the use
of Psychodrama and Sociodrama in
classroom and counseling settings. An
important conclusion drawn from these
studies was that aspects of Psychodrama
or Action Methods were useful learning
tools. Articles in the professional
literature reveal that teachers at
elementary, secondary and college levels
report enthusiastic participation and
enhanced comprehension when texts are
both read and experienced.
32. Expectations: Yours Or
Theirs? -
Canceled. See Saturday Morning.
33. Sociodrama For Our Time
Rosalie Minkin Belazar, TEP, MSW,
ATR, East-West Center for Psychodrama
and Sociodrama Training, San Francisco,
CA. The workshop demonstrates and
instructs creative and practical uses of
Sociodrama for the private and public
sector. The session, "Sociodrama
for our time" addresses the value
of Sociodrama as a method for developing
collective group themes in a supportive
atmosphere. Sociodrama provides
culturally diverse organizations with
the means of systematically building and
fostering effective personal and
interpersonal relationships.
34. Blending Psychodrama and
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Marian E. Craig, Ph.D., TEP, and
Susan M Woodmansee, M.S., OTR, TEP. (See
Saturday Morning)
35. Psychodrama and the Goddess:
Images of the Divine Feminine in Action
Judith Glass, Ph.D., RDT, TEP, Core
Faculty at California Institute of
Integral Studies, licensed clinical
psychologist, private practice,
Chairperson - Board of Examiners, drama
therapist, San Francisco, California.
This workshop will demonstrate a model
that introduces goddesses from disparate
cultures as icons for the empowerment of
women. Participants will have the
opportunity to role-play the different
goddesses and explore how the different
myths surrounding these goddesses can be
useful in everyday life. Participants
will examine the theoretical
underpinnings of Psychodrama and
storytelling and how the combination of
these two modalities can be therapeutic
when working with clients. In
particular, workshop participants will
learn the five Psychodrama techniques of
doubling, soliloquy, aside, mirroring,
and role reversal.
36. The Power of Your Therapeutic
Presence: Who are You? The Drama Within
Dorothy Baldwin Satten, Ph.D., TEP;
Founder and Director, Westwood Institute
for Psychodrama and Psychotherapy,
Tucson, AZ; ASGPP Fellow, and Mort
Satten, Ph.D., MFT, LPCC; Associate
Director, Westwood Institute, Tucson,
AZ; ASGPP Fellow, Adjunct Professor,
Antioch University. Addressing issues of
personal concern, participants will
discover the full use of self as
therapist. By finding and working with
the genesis of archaic internal
messages, we can discover what blocks
the avenues to integration. The
increased spontaneity and creativity
will combat tendencies to burn-out and
become depressed. Both linear and
metaphoric learning will strengthen our
observing ego functions and will provide
ways to help our protagonists move
beyond catharsis to integration.
37. The Furies and The Ethics of
Revenge
Leif Dag Blomkvist, M.A., TEP. (See
Saturday Morning)
38. "Mitakuye Oyasin" -
"We Are All Related"
Shirley A. Barclay (See Saturday
Morning)
39. Biodanza®, a new
movement-based system for human
integration
Ron Carter, M.D., Biodanza
Facilitator. (See Saturday Afternoon)
