Working with Creativity and Spontaneity at Our Core: Psychodrama Training

Creativity and spontaneity are essential capacities for effective practice in the helping professions. They enable practitioners to respond in the moment with, flexibility, and purpose to the complex and evolving situations encountered in therapeutic, organisational, and community settings. In psychodrama, spontaneity refers to the ability to meet both familiar and new situations in the moment, with openness and choice, rather than relying on habitual or fixed responses that may limit effectiveness.

J. L. Moreno, the founder of psychodrama, viewed spontaneity as fundamental to healthy functioning—personally, relationally, and socially. This orientation invites practitioners to work in ways that are attuned to context, including social systems and culture, while staying connected to their own humanity. It includes creativity and the capacity to engage with purpose and integrity in everyday professional practice.

Psychodrama provides a range of practical, embodied methods that actively support the development of spontaneity. Through dramatic enactment, these techniques create conditions for new perspectives, roles, and responses to emerge for both practitioners and clients. Spontaneity is a key indicator of growth, resilience, and wellbeing, and is commonly experienced as increased vitality, adaptability, and relational connection.  Participants will engage experientially with these methods and reflect on their relevance for their own professional development, clinical effectiveness, and work with individuals and groups.

At its heart, this workshop presents the essential stance of the psychodramatic practitioner: working as a therapeutic guide who supports our warming up to creativity, connection, and purposeful action.

To REGISTERr: Contact Helen Phelan hphelan@iinet.net.au 0407225116