Perth Campus
The Perth Campus aims to provide a range of opportunities for experiential learning applying Psychodrama, also referred to as action methods. This collectively includes group leadership, psychodrama, sociodrama, sociometry and role training that facilitate on-going, progressive and creative functioning in everyday life, work and community situations.
Psychodrama is a general term that includes the philosophy, theory, and methods developed by Dr JL Moreno (1898-1974) and since then by the Australian Aotearoa and New Zealand Psychodrama Association Inc (AANZPA) and many organisations and countries throughout the world.
Psychodrama is conducted in groups and has wide application in education, organisational development, community development, health and social justice. This professional development is for anyone who works with others as counsellors, coaches, organisational consultants, team leaders, community service providers, managers, teachers, health professionals, or who are working with individuals or groups in any field.
As well as the full-year Training Program, workshops for Introduction to Psychodrama and Professional development using Moreno's action methods will be offered from time to time. These will provide Registraion information on this website and are open to those new to psychodrama and any professional people intered in developing more creative reponses to life.s circumstances and more satisfying relationships.
For interest in the Training program, please contact Kevin Franklin kevfrank@westnet.com.au or Helen Phelan hjphelan@iinet.net.au and see information below.
The AANZPA site AANZPA.org has information on the annual conference held in January each year in various cities in Australia and New Zealand.
Upcoming Events
Perth Campus
2025 Psychodrama Training - Core Learning
Overview
Psychodrama is a general term that includes the philosophy, theory, and methods of Dr JL Moreno (1898-1974) and meets the Curriculum and Training Standards set by the Board of Examiners of Australia Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association.
Training in psychodrama, which is also referred to as action methods, is conducted in groups in which participants develop group-work leadership and the value of personal and professional development in a supportive group setting.
The psychodrama method is one that calls for expression of our self through both mind and body. It can be the means to awaken abilities and energies, to bring into our consciousness a greater sense of who we are and of the unique purpose which each of us has in being on this planet, and to assist us to make a working whole. It invites us to leave the conserved and stultified patterns by which we have imprisoned ourselves, and to enter once more into a free situation. We are invited to create through drama the situations that we have always dreamed of, and, through the release of spontaneity in role play, to develop abilities that have a practical application in life itself. AANZPA Training and Standards Manual 2020
This full-year training course covers the key aspects of the psychodrama method. The training is a commitment to your development, often enlivening, and at times facing the challenge of self-presentation, stepping forward to build reciprocal relationships and working and walking with each other. The training covers significant personal development in parallel with professional development and applications.
Training will enable integration of the theory and practice of the psychodramatic method into your professional practice. These include knowledge and skills in psychodrama, sociodrama, sociometry, role training and group work. Each participant brings to the training group a wide range of prior educational and life experiences. We gain from each other as we proceed throughout the course.
Who is the Course for?
This full-year course is designed for people who work with people. This may be as counsellors, coaches, organisational consultants, team leaders, community group leaders, managers, teachers, therapists or health professionals. Psychodrama training is a post-graduate course and is open to those with/or working towards, a degree, diploma, or equivalence in a relevant field.
We welcome interested newcomers and ask you to have an initial interview with the trainer of the Campus.
The Learning Process
Training is taught through supervised experiential learning processes, supported by reading and written assignments, supervised practice in action, shared learning, and group interaction. The experiential nature and reflective practice of the training will develop your thinking, appropriate new professional-practice approaches, and expand your creative responses in personal expression and relationships.
Training Standards.
This training is designed in accordance with the Training & Standards Manual as set out by Australian & Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association Inc. (AANZPA Inc.) Board of Examiners. Training hours are accredited with Psychodrama Australia Perth Campus towards accreditation.
For further information about psychodrama and training please visit frequently asked questions (FAQs) at www.psychodramaaustralia.edu.au
Title: Expanding our psychodrama identity
Further expanding our identities as Psychodramatists through the use of the full range of Moreno’s methodology including enactments, short written reports, discussions and considering next steps in the Protagonist’s development.
In particular the use of discussions of sociometry, role enactment, and moments of heightened or lowered spontaneity will be a focus.
Alongside this we will consider our own role expansion as therapeutic guides during the production of a drama and in our reflections on what happened after a drama. Please bring pen and paper and expect to be actively involved with one another and as a group.
Sociometry - Our Relational World
J. L. Moreno developed the term Sociometry to describe a set o methods to assist iindividuals in groups to make visible the depths, strengths and range of relational connections with each other and also for the group leader to be aware of the positions of group members and the overall pattern of relating and interactions. It provides open knowledge and an understanding of what our role is in each connection, and on what basis we choose. Knowledge includes what our preferences are, what criteria we use and maybe even discover what may or may not be free in our choices. . Having this knowledge of the reality of positive, negative or neutral relationships known to all, gives a basis for choosing next steps, and although challenging at times, it encourages an openness in interactions and opens room for exploration and creative responses.
For further information contact Helen Phelan hjphelan@iinet.net.au Mob: 0407225116
Current and Past Events
This workshop explores how we can develop the connections and appreciate social dynamics in the group.
An approach of Appreciation of ours and others functioning, values and connections will be explored. We will work with Moreno's concept of sociometry and it's everyday applications. This work links with aspects of group work, warm up and the quality of group interaction.
The work provides the opportunity to explore indivdual expressions and reactions, and encourages the development of new responses and more robust connections with group members. The workshop offers deeper exploration of Tele and our sociometric positions in this group and other social contexts (e.g.work). The process of applying sociometric questions will also be explored in action.
We will work with themes that emerge from the group.You will have the opportunity to be group member, a protagonist, an auxiliary, a director/producer or small group leader
This workshop focuses on leading and working with a group, establishing progressive relationships, and working cooperatively in the group,
Developing of roles as spontaneos actors and developing the group contributes, greatly to our culture and beneficial social relationships.
An approach of Appreciation of ours and others functioning and values will be explored, and we will apply Role Training, Social Atom Repair and Sociometry along with other psychodrama techniques that will assist in doing creative and colleageal work,
The work provides the opportunity to explore indivdual expressions and reactions, and encourages the development of new responses and more robust connections with group members.
Moreno recognised that we are not only in relationship with one another; we are at the same time influenced by the wider cultural and community system that we are part of.
We know the systems in our world through our own world view and perspectives. What you see and what sense you make of the system, influences the decisions for interventions and engagement.
You are invited to explore the systems in which we work and live through action methods that can develop new perspectives, uncover hidden dynamics and shine a light on the influencing forces. We will use sociodrama and other action methods.
This workshop forms part of the Introductory Psychodrama Training Program 2020. Trainees are encouraged to reflect on a system in the work or life to explore with the group.
For those new to psychodrama, please contact us for a brief pre-workshop interview.
The psychodrama method is relational and embraces the whole person. He proposed we are always in relationship and he developed role theory and practical appreciation of the dynamics in our relationships through sociometry. How are we drawn to one and not others, how come we may feel rejecting of others? or How is it that we may feel non-committal or neutral, about some people. These patterns and connections can be explored so we can gain new insights and form a ‘map’ of our social relationships. Moreno named the living ‘map’ of our relationships at a point in time as a Social and Cultural Atom.
A key aspect of Moreno's approach is the healing and expansion of our Social and Cultural Atom, the intra and interactive system of roles in our living network. In this workshop you will have the opportunity to explore your own social and cultural atom on paper and/or in action.
This workshop forms part of the Introductory Psychodrama Training Program 2020.
Due to care in the current health environement - we will not be having the usual workshop at our venue. We will however be providing an online workshop on Sat 28th 10-12, Please contact us direct to arrange connection.
Kevin Franklin kevfrank@westnet.com.au Kevin 0478641763 Helen Phelan hjphelan@iinet.net.au Helen 0407225116
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This workshop is the second in the Full-year Program
A key aspect of Moreno's approach is the healing and expansion of our Social and Cultural Atopm, the inter. intra and interactive system of roles in our living network.In this workshop you will have the opportunity to explore your own social and cultural atom on paper and/or in action.
This work provides new insights into your world and the influences on it and the choices taken, available and developing.
This workshop provides experience of psychodrama in action and learning related to core aspects of the method.
Stages of psychodrama and the five elements are covered and an introductory level given on the techniques of the method, as well as first insights into when and why theey are applied.
The psychodrama method is relational and embraces the whole person. Moreno's Role theory is essential in understanding child and personal development. In this workshop you will have the opportunity to experience a Role Training session and its elements as a means of understanding role theory and role development, as well as experience the effectiveness in exploring new responses in a situation realted to your life or work.
Come and participate in a Psychodrama one-day workshop conducted by experienced group practitioners. Psychodrama is an active and enlivening method which aims to increase spontaneity, strengthen relationships and build community.
This workshop is designed to introduce you, in a light, thoughtful and experiential manner, to key elements of psychodrama theory and practice. This will include exploring the many applications of psychodrama.
Together we explore what emerges in the group and invite creative responses to those emerging themes.
You are invited to participate in a Psychodrama workshop conducted by qualified and experienced psychodrama practitioners. Psychodrama is an active and enlivening method which aims to increase spontaneity, strengthen relationships and build community.
Spontaneity is a foundation concept of the psychodrama method. It involves the ability to respond to people and situations in a lively, authentic and thoughtful way. It involves letting go of the old and moving into new ways of being. Spontaneity flourishes in an atmosphere of experimentation and playfulness, and enables us to bring forward our creative abilities, and to move into the unknown with courage and confidence
Psychodrama is applicable in workplaces, community, therapeutic and personal situations, and contributes to both personal and professional development. If you're a professional educator, manager, HR / organisational change agent, counsellor, teacher, facilitator, psychotherapist, social worker, trainer, or related creative arts, you will find this workshop of benefit.
This series of Open Nights offer an introduction to the practice and theory of psychodrama in a creative environment.
For the Diary: One-day Workshop Sunday 15th Dec 10-4pm
You are invited to participate in a Psychodrama workshop conducted by qualified and experienced psychodrama practitioners. Psychodrama is an active and enlivening method which aims to increase spontaneity, strengthen relationships and build community.
Spontaneity is a foundation concept of the psychodrama method. It involves the ability to respond to people and situations in a lively, authentic and thoughtful way. It involves letting go of the old and moving into new ways of being. Spontaneity flourishes in an atmosphere of experimentation and playfulness, and enables us to bring forward our creative abilities, and to move into the unknown with courage and confidence
Psychodrama is applicable in workplaces, community, therapeutic and personal situations, and contributes to both personal and professional development. If you're a professional educator, manager, HR / organisational change agent, counsellor, teacher, facilitator, psychotherapist, social worker, trainer, or related creative arts, you will find this workshop of benefit.
This series of Open Nights offer an introduction to the practice and theory of psychodrama in a creative environment.
For the Diary: The next Session: Tues 10th Dec
You are invited to participate in a Psychodrama workshop conducted by qualified and experienced psychodrama practitioners. Psychodrama is an active and enlivening method which aims to increase spontaneity, strengthen relationships and build community.
Spontaneity is a foundation concept of the psychodrama method. It involves the ability to respond to people and situations in a lively, authentic and thoughtful way. It involves letting go of the old and moving into new ways of being. Spontaneity flourishes in an atmosphere of experimentation and playfulness, and enables us to bring forward our creative abilities, and to move into the unknown with courage and confidence
Psychodrama is applicable in workplaces, community, therapeutic and personal situations, and contributes to both personal and professional development. If you're a professional educator, manager, HR / organisational change agent, counsellor, teacher, facilitator, psychotherapist, social worker, trainer, or related creative arts, you will find this workshop of benefit.
This series of Open Nights offer an introduction to the practice and theory of psychodrama in a creative environment.
For the Diary: The next Sessions: Tues 26th November, Tues 10th Dec