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One-to-One Psychodrama Directing: Trauma-Informed Empty Chair Work
February 10, 2023 @ 8:30 am - February 12, 2023 @ 5:00 pm
Friday Feb 10th & Saturday Feb 11th 8:30am – 5:30pm; Sunday Feb 12th 8:30am – 3:30pm
21 CE Hours for PA social workers, counselors, MFTs, psychologists, and NBCC Hours | 21 training hours for ABESPGP & ISEP.
Full Weekend (21 CE Credits) Cost: $599 | $425 students (*write to us if cost is your only barrier)
Friday Only Option (8 CEs) – Cost: $199 | $125
8 CE Hours for APA, NBCC, and PA social workers, counselors, MFTs, & psychologists | 8 training hours for ABESPGP & ISEP.
Presented by Dr. Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAAETS, TEP
Location: Phoenix Center – 524 N. Providence Road Media, PA 19063
About the workshop:
This workshop is designed for professionals and psychodrama trainees interested in an intensive training focused on learning to direct psychodramas in individual sessions. The weekend will provide all participants with multiple practicum experiences of facilitating 1-1 psychodrama using the empty chair and concretization. Didactic content will be presented on the history, theory, and practice of 1-1 psychodrama including its strengths and limitations. Trauma-informed principles will be integrated throughout the weekend with a focus on strengths, safety, and post-traumatic growth. Multiple approaches and interventions in 1-1 psychodrama will be offered including use of the empty chair, concretization, doubling, role reversal, the mirror, and future projection.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify one strength of 1-1 psychodrama compared to group psychodrama
- Describe the limitations of 1-1 psychodrama compared to group psychodrama
- Explain methods for establishing safety in 1-1 psychodrama
- Identify two clinical rationales for the intervention of doubling
- Describe the psychodramatic intervention of the mirror position
- Articulate the clinical value of the mirror position for integration
- Explain the value of role reversal as an intervention
- Identify at least one situation to avoid role reversal
- Demonstrate concretization as an intervention
- Describe the psychodramatic use of the empty chair
- Describe the psychodramatic use of future projection
- Identify at least two trauma-informed principles to guide psychodrama facilitation
- List the three phases of a psychodrama session
- Describe the necessity of the warming-up process
- Explain the risks of retraumatization in psychodrama
- Define ‘spontaneity’ in psychodrama theory
- Explain the importance of strengths-based approach in trauma-focused psychodrama
- Describe the importance of cultural humility in psychodrama facilitation
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Weekend Option-21 CE Credits or 21 ISEP Training Hours Registration below:
Friday Only Option – 8 CE Credits or 8 ISEP Training Hours Registration below:
Please note that this is workshop will include both didactic and experiential learning components. The experiential learning structures include demonstrations of psychodrama and other experiential processes which often include (optional) personal disclosures from participants. While personal growth is often a byproduct of experiential learning in psychodrama, the primary purpose of this workshop is training. If you are seeking a workshop for personal growth, or seeking a professional training event that is entirely didactic (lecture/powerpoint), this is probably not the best workshop for you.
*Please note that we will no longer require participants to wear masks at events; you may still choose to wear a mask. Covid policies are subject to change based on changes in covid-19 cases leading up to the date of the event.
For folks traveling from out of town, there is a new beautiful bed and breakfast just 1 block from the Phoenix Center that we recommend. It is within walking distance of downtown Media and plenty of shops/restaurants – https://www.gifford-risleyhouse.com. Mention Phoenix Center for a reduced rate.
No Conflicts of Interest or outside commercial support have been declared by the presenter or others involved in the program.
This workshop is designed primarily for psychologists, social workers, counselors, and therapists but other professionals may also find it helpful. The instruction designed at the intermediate level (though many new and advanced professionals may also find it helpful).
For the workshop schedule or other details or questions about the workshop, please contact us at [email protected].
Continuing Education (CE) Approval Statements relevant to this workshop:
- Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy,LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy, LLC maintains responsibility for the program
- Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7013.
- Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy, LLC (Lic. #004115) has been approved as a pre-approved provider of professional continuing education for social workers (Section 47.36), Marriage and Family Therapist (Section 48.36) and Professional Counselors (Section 49.36) by the PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.
- Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychologists (Lic. # PSY000215) to offer continuing education for psychologists.
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