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
Family Therapy Workshop
This session will focus on contexts, beliefs and behaviours in family systems. These are fundamental elements of Family Therapy, that are readily apparent in Psychodrama.
There will be opportunities to perceive or weave these elements further in your practice of the method.
The Leader
Liz Marks is a counselling psychologist, family therapist and supervisor in Melbourne. She is a Psychodramatist and TEP.
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
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
The Art of Production
-Exploring the Aesthetics and Dramatic Sensibility of Psychodramatic Enactment-
Join us for this weekend training workshop that invites participants into the artistry of producing psychodramas. We will immerse ourselves in the aesthetic and dramatic dimensions of both the director’s role and the auxiliaries supporting the protagonist’s expression through sensitive, embodied attention to co-create evocative and meaningful scenes.
Drawing on principles from theatre, improvisation, and psychodrama, we will explore tone, tempo, and transitions; the creative use of space, sound, silence, and symbol; and the playful spontaneity that brings scenes to life, enhanced spontaneity to the protagonist and creative energy to all. Participants will be encouraged to experiment, be curious, and improvise; and together, we will refine our capacity to direct with keen, dramatic sensibility-cultivating moments of beauty, clarity, and emotional resonance.
Open to beginner, intermediate, and advanced psychodrama trainees who wish to deepen the art and craft of psychodramatic production.
Current and Past Events
MARCH
Scope of learning:
Experience the psychodrama method in action including a focus on spontaneity and creativity. Coaching as protagonist, auxiliaries & sharing. Psychodrama techniques; interviewing, self-presentation, soliloquy, aside, mirroring & modelling, doubling, concretisation & maximisation.
4 evening workshops: Thurs 5th Thurs 12th, Thurs 19th,and Thurs 26th ; 6.30 – 9.30pm
For further information and Registration contact Kaye Keam (08) 93822883 kayekeam@gmail.com
Action Learning Centre, Perth Campus of Psychodrama Australia
A one-day orientation workshop introducing new trainees to our 2015 Professional Training & Development Program.
We live and work in a world of systems – family, work, community and organisations. What we see and what sense we make of events and relationships, influences our capacity to respond creatively and how we are impacted. You are invited to explore through action methods, the systems in which you work and live, to assist you to keep your life and creativity.
In this workshop you have the opportunity to identify and explore moments when you felt alive; and, what stops you from being alive to your own and to others’ responses at other times.
The purpose of this workshop is to warm up to the Creative Process, the pillars of which are spontaneity and creativity. Participants will have the opportunity to make their own artistic masterpieces that will provide the central focus for the day’s work.
This workshop will provide opportunities to experience how and why psychodrama – action methods & theory – assists people to awaken and strengthen their ability to live more creatively. It is on Saturday 12th July 2014, and runs 10:00am - 4:00pm with registration from 9:45am.
We live and work in a world of systems – family, work, community and organisations. You are invited to explore the systems in which we work and live through action methods to become co-creators that can open up new perspectives, uncover hidden dynamics and shine a light on the influencing forces. This workshop will be beneficial to change agents, organisational developers, trainers, consultants, researchers, family therapists, community workers and customer service officers.
In this workshop you have an opportunity to meet - and to get to know - your creative spirit.
This workshop presents an opportunity for us to meet with others to explore various old and outmoded myths and legends which hold us back in our growth and development as healthy, competent and creative individuals. At significant times of change in our lives we are often restricted by old ways of doing things that no longer serve us well.
In the workplace and in life we are often required to deal with things that seem difficult to handle. These can be inner journeys or journeys in the world. Sometimes we respond with concern and sometimes with creativity and courage.