67th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 25

Morning Workshops

10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

Workshop 11

Positive Psychodrama Revisited: Finding the Genius Within

Chair:                

Merle Cantor Goldberg, LCSW-C, CGP, Private Practice, Silver Spring, Maryland

Positive psychodrama utilizes innovative psychodrama techniques as well as music, movement, and art forms to raise spontaneity and creativity, create rapid group cohesion and access universal strengths that transcend the boundaries of culture, language, and geography. In addition to learning new patient skills, participants may rediscover their own strengths and dreams, combat burn out, and renew energy and balance. experiential-didactic-demonstration-sharing of work experiences

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Utilize new techniques to promote rapid group cohesion.
2. Utilize new techniques to access patient strengths.
3. Integrate action techniques into ongoing multidisciplinary practice.
 

Course References:

Blatner, A. (1987 and subsequent). Acting In. New York: Springer Publications.
 

Dayton, T. (1994). The Drama Within. Deerfield Beach: Florida, Health Communications.
 

Gershoni, Jacob. ( 2003). Psychodrama in the 21st Century. New York: Springer Publications.