Group psychotherapy can be a life-changing experience, offering relational experiences critical to the process of healing, growth and transformation, and psychodrama experienced in a group format Is perhaps the most powerful and effective modality in our therapeutic repertoire. This workshop will showcase the use of psychodrama, while teaching theory and technique invaluable for becoming a psychotherapist, and for anyone working towards self-improvement. The participants will have the opportunity to experience the magic of growth and change, while gaining training and expertise in basic psychodrama action techniques. (Participation in all exercises is voluntary.)
Learning Objectives
From this workshop, the attendee will be able to:
1. Describe basic psychodrama practice.
2. Shift some client(s) from reporting events to creating experiences in the “here and now” of the session.
3. Appreciate the power and effectiveness of psychodrama action concepts and techniques, and explain Doubling, Role Taking and Role Reversal.
4. Use one new technique as a therapeutic intervention in individual, couple, family, or group psychotherapy to facilitate access to emotions or to teach conflict resolution.
5. Use one new technique for building connection and cohesion in families, couples, and groups.
Presenter:
Shelley Firestone, M.D., FAGPA-F, CGP, PAT; a psychiatrist and psychotherapist for 40 years and lecturer at the University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry, with Board Certification, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine and S/P Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Member, Certified Group Psychotherapist, and Fellow, American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA); Member and Editorial Consultant, and Recipient of the Zerka Moreno Award (2016) of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP) and Certified Practitioner (CP) and Practitioner and Trainer (PAT) of the American Board of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy; Member and Certified Consultant for the A.K. Rice Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations (AKRI); Member American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and the American Association of Addiction Medicine (ASAM); Founder and Chairperson of the Jacob and Zerka Moreno Foundation for Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy; Medical Director, Psychotherapist and Psychiatrist, Chicago Center for Psychotherapy and Psychiatry.
