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.
Upcoming Events
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).
PSYCHODRAMA AUSTRALIA - Brisbane Campus
Summary of Training Program for 2023
Term 1: January to March 2023
Psychodrama Essentials 11 and 12 February 2023 (Sat and Sunday 10.00am to 4.00pm)
Cost: $430
Core Program Year long Program with 9 weekend workshops, 5 day intensive workshop,
9 Supervision evening sessions and access to 3 supervised writing sessions.
Total cost for the year: $3,120
Focus for term 1: Sociometry and group work
Weekend workshops - 18 and 19 February 2023
(Sat 12.00 - 6.00pm and Sun 9.00am to 1.00pm)
- 18 and 19 March 2023
(Sat 12.00 - 6.00pm and Sun 9.00am - 1.00pm)
Plus Supervision evening - 17 February and 17 March 2023
(Fri nights 6.30 - 8.30pm)
Psychodrama Writing 11 and 12 March 2023 (10.00am to 2.00pm)
Term 2: April to June 2023
Core Program Focus for Term 2: Psychodrama and spontaneity
Weekend workshops - 21, 22 and 23 April 2023
(Fri 6.30-8.30pm, Sat 10.00 - 5.30pm and Sun 10.00am to 4.00pm)
Note: This workshop on Sociometry detailed in subsequent notice
- 20 and 21 May 2023
(Sat 12.00 - 6.00pm and Sun 9.00am to 1.00pm)
- 17 and 18 June 2023
(Sat 12.00 - 6.00pm and Sun 9.00am to 1.00pm)
Plus Supervision evenings - 21 April , 19 May and 16 June 2023
(Fri nights 6.30 - 8.30pm)
Psychodrama Writing 10 and 11 June 2023 (10.00am to 2.00pm)
Term 3: July to September 2023
Psychodrama Essentials 30 September and 1 October 2023 (Sat and Sunday 10.00am to 4.00pm)
Cost: $430
Core Program Focus for Term 3: Directing and the Philosophy of psychodrama
Weekend workshops - 15 and 16 July 2023
(Sat 12.00 - 6.00pm and Sun 9.00am to 1.00pm)
- 19 and 20 August 2023
(Sat 12.00 - 6.00pm and Sun 9.00am to 1.00pm)
- 9 and 10 September 2023
(Sat 12.00 - 6.00pm and Sun 9.00am to 1.00pm)
Plus Supervision evening - 14 July,18 August and 8 September 2023
(Fri nights 6.30 - 8.30pm)
Psychodrama Writing 12 and 13 August 2023 (10.00am to 2.00pm)
Term 4: October to November 2023
5 day Psychodrama and Wed 18 - Sun 22 October 2023
Group Work Workshop (10.00am to 8.00pm daily, except Sun 10.00am to 4.00pm)
- essential component of Core plus open to other interested participants
Cost: $1,020 (if not enrolled in Core Program)
Core Program Focus for Term 4: Role Training and Sociodrama
Weekend workshops - 18 and 19 November 2023
(Sat 12.00 - 6.00pm and Sun 9.00am to 1.00pm)
Plus Supervision evening - 17 November 2023 (Fri nights 6.30 - 8.30pm)
The Relevance of Sociometry to our Experiences in Groups.
Sociometry has at its core a vision of cohesive groups, interpersonal mutuality and a stable society. Sociometry guides us to explore the psycho-social networks and deeper or hidden structures that affect the groups in which we live and work. The feeling nature of the informal, personal and often invisible systems is an exciting yet threatening field of exploration but the integration of the formal and informal fields can be exceptionally important to the success of a stable, cohesive and productive group.
In this workshop we will explore the sociometric factors that are at play in our groups both in the immediate here-and-now group, as well as other significant groups both past and current. We will be seeking to develop our ability to be the initiators of greater mutuality in relationships and leaders of cohesive groups.
Dates and Times: Friday 21 April from 6.30-8.30pm
Saturday 22 April from 10.00am to 5.30pm
Sunday 23 April from 10.00am to 4.00pm
Psychodrama writing - series of weekend workshops 2023
This series is designed for psychodrama trainees completing a writing task as part of their certification. These writing tasks are outlined in the AANZPA Training and Standards Manual of the Board of Examiners.
These weekends are designed for those who have an interest in this method and want to learn more and for those considering entering the core training program.
You can expect to be introduced to the four specialties of psychodrama; role training, sociodrama, sociometry and psychodrama as group psychotherapy. It is likely that you will participate in an enactment to recreate a new living moment and perhaps a new solution to life’s vicissitudes.
This program is a five day non-residential psychodrama training workshop 18-22 October 2023 with Elizabeth Synnot and Sara Crane. The purpose of this five-day workshop is provide an intensive experiential training opportunity in psychodrama, sociodrama, sociometry, role training and general group work.
Current and Past Events
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.