Psychodrama Workshops

The workshops are addressed to the general public, but also to a variety of groups such as parents, students, professionals in the fields of social services, mental health, preschool / primary / secondary education teachers, artists, etc. The aim is to bring them into contact and more thoroughly examine various subjects and themes, with a focus on personal and social issues. Τhe coordination method is based on psychodrama, therefore the workshops are experiential. The duration of each workshop is 5 hours. Limited number of participants.
Workshops since 2004 Introductory Seminar in Psychodrama The aim of the seminar is to introduce the participants to the philosophy, the methodology, the key features and the techniques of psychodrama. It is addressed to mental health professionals, social scientists, educators and professional group coordinators. The seminar was the first stage of the annual training program in psychodrama as a technique for empowering and animating groups. Creative Psychosis-From Art to sociodramatic and psychodramatic approach The workshop was organized in collaboration with the psychiatrist Pavlos Vassiliadis and it was an attempt to transform/transfer the artwork and the “automatic writing” to psychodramatic creation. It was addressed to mental health professionals, social scientists, artists and students and it covered 16 hours. June 8,23-24, 2013: Annual Introductory Seminar in Psychodrama The aim of the seminar was to introduce the participants to the philosophy, the methodology, the key features and the techniques of psychodrama. It was addressed to mental health professionals, social scientists, educators and professionals group coordinators. The seminar was the first stage of the annual training programme in psychodrama as a technique for empowering and animating groups, which was implemented from September 2013 until June 2014. Psychodrama and DramatherapyMyths and realities about the personal and the social meaning of the holidays. Coordination method: Psychodrama and Dramatherapy. The workshop was moderated by Sofia Symeonidou and Lia Zografou, drama therapist-supervisor.
Birth-Entering the world Welcoming the new-born to the world, the new roles that develop in the family, and the early memories that we carry from infancy contribute to the complex mosaic of our character. The recognition of the individual’s relation to the above stages and their life experiences were the subject of this workshop. Childhood in adulthood In adult life, the fertile elements of childhood that have been preserved can be a source of inspiration and creativity in everyday life. The aim of the workshop was to encourage participants to recover and maintain contact with such elements. Adolescence-In the Role of the Eternal Rebel The transitional period of adolescence is associated with major changes in the feelings, perceptions and orientations of the individual. The lack of clarity about the status of the adolescent creates problems, rooted in the early socialization stages. The way the adolescent resolves these problems may be socially unacceptable and this is where deviant behaviour and difficulty in managing everyday situations starts. The participants had the opportunity to discover and acknowledge their own behaviours and patterns, meeting their own teenager in adulthood. Conflict management Conflicts are a real, if not daily, condition faced by us all. Conflicts in interpersonal relationships, in the workplace, in the social surroundings, etc. call for resolution and management in ways that mitigate tensions and facilitate positive communication and personal development. In this workshop, participants had the opportunity to discover creative ways of conflict resolution and management.
Living as an adult Concepts and values such as maturity in relationships, life orientations, responsibilities and rights, make up the backdrop of an adult’s life. Very often the role of the adult is experienced as patterned, resulting in mechanization, stereotypy and automation. The aim of the workshop was to develop spontaneity and creativity among the participants, so as to contribute to building a multidimensional and unique adulthood. Play in adult life Play is one of the earliest forms of socialization, it is joy, it is a never-ending need. The need for play is overlooked in the course of adulthood, and its significance in life tends to be neglected or blocked. “Relearning how to play as an adult” was, therefore, the motto of the workshop, which aspired to be a highly cathartic and creative experience for the participants through their contact with personal experiences revolving around play and its importance. The philosophy of the moment in life “The philosophy of the moment” underpins psychodrama, which was developed by J.L. Moreno. Moreno proposed a worldview according to which all human beings are infinitely spontaneous, creative and equal. The aim of the workshop was to offer participants the experience of contact with the source of their own creativity and of establishing their own relationship with the philosophy of the moment, encountering the potentially creative elements that are within them in the moment of now. Discovering diversity and discrimination – moving from the multicultural to the intercultural society Internal conflict and individual pathology are the products of interaction with the outside world, family and society in general. This means that psychotherapy or change should not be content with only touching the inner world. Moreno has said that a truly therapeutic procedure should have as its objective nothing less than the whole of mankind. This workshop provided a framework in which to examine the relationship of the individual to the whole –i.e. society- and to discover how the individual relates to discrimination and diversity within the society. Children and parents, the value of the relationship According to the philosophy of J.L. Moreno, who argues that the central core in life is the relationship, not the self, it is challenging to negotiate the issue that no one can exist without the other. The child is the creator of the parent and the parent is the creator of the child. This relationship is based on roles, where one cannot exist without the other. In this workshop, participants were asked to relate their own lives to the charm, the difficulty and ultimately the value of the parent-child relationship.