Trauma and Psychodrama Online Symposium

"Trauma and Psychodrama: Reducing Harm and Strengthening Resilience" is the theme for the upcoming two-day online symposium sponsored by the American Association of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama.

The symposium will offer plenary presentations and workshops to enhance awareness and knowledge of safe and ethical applications of psychodrama and related methods in addressing the many complex issues surrounding trauma prevention, treatment and recovery, particularly important with the extremely high prevalence of trauma and the need for harm reduction and resiliency-building.

Special plenary events include:

The Lifelong Legacy of Trauma: the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and Trauma-Informed Care, with Melinda Baldwin, Ph.D, LCSW, Lead, Interagency Task Force for Trauma-Informed Care; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services and Applying the SAMSHA Principles to Psychodrama with Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, TEP.

The Ten Evidence-Based Principles of Trauma Treatment (or Resilience or Both) with Eric Gentry, Ph.D, LMHC, DAAETS, Forward-Facing Institute, and Applying the Principles of Trauma Treatment to Psychodrama and Sociodrama with Nina Garcia, Ed.D., TEP.

Exploring the Ideas in the Book My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem with Uneeda Brewer, MSW, TEP.

Psychodrama Research Panel: From Trauma to Resilience with Rob Pramann, Ph.D, TEP; Joshua Marquit, Ph.D., teaching professor of psychology at Penn State Brandywine; and Richard G. Cowden, Ph.D., social-personality psychologist and psychology research associate for The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science.

Among the workshop topics are:

Exploring Eating Disorders, Belonging and Ancestral Trauma

Promoting Post-Traumatic Growth

Finding Balance Through Our Core Guidance

Embodied Resilience

Integrating Music and Psychodrama to Support Resiliency with Trauma Survivors

Psychodrama and Creative Arts Therapy: A Collaboration for Healing Trauma

Psychodrama with Trauma Survivors: Creating Safety and Engagement

Sprigs of Joy: Even Now!

Sociometrics and Relationship Trauma Repair

Post-Traumatic Strength in Collectivity

Resource Mining with a Psychodramatic Timeline to Unearth Strengths

Exploring Trauma of Environmental Racism

Trauma-Responsive Psychodrama

Post-Traumatic Growth and Mindfulness: A Sociodramatic Exploration

Intrapsychic Psychodrama for Lived Experience of Betrayal, Neglect, Abuse and Marginalization

Playing with Our Defenses: Working Safely with Trauma

Searching for the Internal Dreamcatchers: Psychodrama and Dreamwork for Coping with Trauma

Co-Therapy in Individual SEssions for Trauma Containment

Seen, Safe, Secure

CE credits

ASGPP has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6079. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified with on the brochure. ASGPP is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

Psychodrama credits

The American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy (ABE) certification standards specify a maximum of 100 training credits obtained through for ASGPP conferences. These 100 hours must be obtained through face-to-face, in-person conference attendance. The certification standards also allow up to 120 hours of distance learning led by PATs and/or TEPs to be applied toward the required training hours, provided those distance learning hours are reviewed and approved by the applicant’s primary trainer. As an accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of allowable distance learning hours is increased to 150. Distance learning hours must be documented under the name(s) of the TEPs or PATs leading these training sessions and not under the organizations sponsoring those distance learning sessions.

Intended audience

Mental health professionals, psychodramatists and psychodrama trainees, sociodramatists, Playback Theatre or other action methods practitioners or trainers, expressive arts therapists, drama, music, dance, poetry, other therapists; coaches, group facilitators, organizational consultants, students pursuing education in the field of mental health and social sciences and other professionals interested in trauma-informed care.

Tuition

Tuition varies for full-time professionals, students and retirees, and two-day, one-day and single event options are avilable.

Registration info

The symposium will take place via Zoom. For more information and to view full brochure with all workshops, plenary sessions and other events, visit ASGPP website.