Using Action to Effect Change
NOW OFFERING CAADAC CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS!
PSYCHODRAMA TRAINING GROUP IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY NOW FORMING
BEGINNING IN JANUARY, 2011
In this ongoing, monthly training group, participants will be trained on the theory and practice of sociometry, psychodrama and group psychotherapy. Participants will have the opportunity to practice these techniques and explore how they can be applied to their current clientele. This group will also serve as a safe, supportive place to pursue personal and professional growth, with opportunities for student directing.
TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:
• Motivating clients
• Helping clients connect to self and others
• Helping clients progress in treatment
• Building group cohesion
Saturdays once a month from 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
$115 per group; 3 month minimum commitment required;
commitment in 3 month increments thereafter.
Credit card payments accepted
LOCATION AND DATES TBD
CEU’S AVAILABLE FOR CALIFORNIA MFT/LCSW, CAADAC, LPC, CAS, CET AND PSYCHODRAMA
PSYCHODRAMA TRAINING GROUP IN ORANGE COUNTY, CA
In this ongoing, monthly training group, participants will be trained on the theory and practice of sociometry, psychodrama and group psychotherapy. Participants will have the opportunity to practice these techniques and explore how they can be applied to their current clientele. This group will also serve as a safe, supportive place to pursue personal and professional growth, with opportunities for student directing.
TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:
• Motivating clients
• Helping clients connect to self and others
• Helping clients progress in treatment
• Building group cohesion
Saturdays once a month from 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
2010 Dates
September 11th, October 2nd, November 6th,
December 4th
2011 Dates
January 8th, February 5th, March 5th, April 9th, May 7th, June 4th, July 9th (no group in August), September 10th, October 8th, November 12th, December 3rd
$115 per group; 3 month minimum commitment required;
commitment in 3 month increments thereafter.
Credit card payments accepted
1040 West 17th Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
CEU’S AVAILABLE FOR CALIFORNIA MFT/LCSW, CAADAC, LPC, CAS, CET AND PSYCHODRAMA
TIMING IS EVERYTHING: STAGES OF CHANGE AND ACTION METHODS
30TH ANNUAL CAADAC CONFERENCE
According to Prochaska, Norcross and DiClemente’s 6-stage model of change, when we following the timing of our clients and offer stage-sensitive interventions, we maximize their ability to move along the change continuum towards recovery. In this didactic and experiential workshop, we will explore how action methods can complement this change model.
Friday, October 1st at 4 pm (conference dates are September 30th - October 3rd
Irvine Marriott, Irvine, CA
12-STEP PSYCHODRAMA WORKSHOPS FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND TRAINING
Come join us and enhance your recovery as you experience the magic of psychodrama - an action method that allows you to access your spontaneity so that you can learn to let go of the past, and move into new, healthier behaviors in the future. Regardless of how many times you’ve worked the steps, by exploring them through action, you can see and experience them in a new and different way. This group is open to people from all 12-Step Fellowships and will serve as a safe, supportive place to:
• Increase your insight and awareness
• Break through barriers that are inhibiting your continued growth
• Deepen your spiritual connection
• Develop new solutions to old problems
• Increase your clarity about the steps and how to “practice these principles in all our affairs”
Saturday, September 25th
Saturday, November 20th
9:30 am - 1:00 pm
14156 Magnolia Boulevard, Suite 101
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
$50 per session
Credit card payments accepted
OPEN TO MEMBERS OF ALL 12-STEP FELLOWSHIPS
Please note that you must have at least 30 days of continuous recovery, as well as a strong support system in place, in order to attend.
CEU’S AVAILABLE FOR CALIFORNIA MFT/LCSW, CAADAC, LPC, CAS, CET AND PSYCHODRAMA
MONTHLY LITERATURE REVIEW CLASSES
These conference call classes are designed for those who want to deepen their understanding of sociometry, psychodrama and group psychotherapy, and can serve as a great addition to your preparation for the CP or TEP exams.
Advanced Class
Fridays once a month from 9:00 am - 11:00 am (PDT)
2010 DATES
September 17th, October 8th, November 19th,
December 10th
Beginner/Intermediate Class
Sundays every other month from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm (PDT)
2010 DATES
October 10th (further dates TBD)
$80 per class
This class can be counted towards psychodrama supervision hours.
DIRECTOR’S WEEKEND
This 3-day psychodrama directing intensive is designed specifically for those who are interested in sharpening their directing skills, and adding new ones to their directing “tool box”. A safe and supportive environment will be created to offer participants an opportunity to develop their skills in the role of director, including exploration of the following:
Structuring the drama - beginning, middle and end
Using auxiliaries effectively
What do I do when I get stuck?
Containment vs. Expansion
$480 if registered by October 12th; $530 thereafter
Credit card payments and payment plans available
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 12th - 14th, 2010
Friday and Saturday from 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
38 S. Macdonald, Mesa, AZ 85210
CEU’S AVAILABLE FOR CALIFORNIA MFT/LCSW, CAADAC, LPC, CAS, CET AND PSYCHODRAMA
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHODRAMATIC BODYWORK® WORKSHOP FOR PROFESSIONALS
This workshop combines two forms of psychotherapy: bodywork and psychodrama. The former involves safe touch to help individuals connect with the messages that are held in the body as pain, numbness and/or illness. In the latter, blocked spontaneity from earlier traumas is unblocked and re-integrated through dramatic action methods. Jean works with a skilled team of assistants who perform skits and demonstrations that help illustrate the theory. The atmosphere is relaxed and fun and fosters learning in an easy, natural manner.
The Introductory Level Workshop focuses on:
• understanding, witnessing, and experiencing the emotional release of anger, sadness and fear
• having opportunities to be facilitated in the experience of safely releasing each emotion
• witnessing the full range of each emotion from barely expressed to fully released
• learning where the body holds each of these emotions when they are 'unexpressed'
• learning and practicing guidelines for safe touch
• increasing our comfort level in the use of safe touch
• experiencing the integration of emotional release and bodywork in the structure of a psychodrama
• closure theory
• understand how the holding and releasing of energy affects the recovery process
Friday - Sunday, January 21-23, 2011
9:30 am - 5:00 pm each day
1040 West 17th Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
$480 if registered one month in advance; $530 thereafter
Credit card payments and payment plans available.
CEU’S AVAILABLE FOR CALIFORNIA MFT/LCSW, CAADAC, LPC, CAS, CET AND PSYCHODRAMA
DETAILS TO COME
PSYCHODRAMATIC BODYWORK® ADVANCED TRAINING
The Advanced Level Training allows us to practice and integrate the methods and information learned in the two earlier training programs. By using our own personal issues and blocks, we will experientially learn to enhance our clinical work. This level consists of 5 units, each 4 days in duration, spread over two years, or more .
Trusting our intuition is the foundation of the Advanced Level training. Students are encouraged at all times to draw from this source. They develop a heightened awareness of their own intuitive abilities through this process. On going therapy is a requirement at this level of training. Because the training is about entering fully into our bodies, and our bodies are where the traumas are stored, it is necessary to have the container of ongoing therapy to complete and support the deep transformational work that can take place. Personal healing does occur because it is an experiential training, but it is not a personal therapy group. Each participant is responsible for the care of their own "wounded self" during and after the training.
In addition, we find that when students release their bodily pain, it is very common for grounded spirituality to emerge spontaneously. They will often find themselves connecting to the spiritual realm, which is encouraged and supported at this level of training.
Unit I Meeting Dates:
September 3-6, 2010
9:30 am - 5:00 pm schedule all 4 days
38 S. Macdonald, Mesa, AZ 85210
FEE: $600 per unit (credit card payments and payment plans available)
Please note that you must have completed both the Introductory and Intermediate levels of Psychodramatic Bodywork® to participate in this training process. This is the first of 5 units that will occur over the next few years, with the group deciding the subsequent dates. A commitment MUST be made to all 5 units, which includes a financial commitment. In other words, once you join the group, you are financially responsible for all 5 units, whether you decide to continue or not.
Please download our REGISTRATION FORM and submit it with payment to:
Action Institute of California
11340 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 207
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Please review our CANCELLATION POLICY prior to registering for our workshops.
Please note that we request that participants abstain from any mood or mind-altering substances during the course of the day-long or weekend workshop, even if you are not in recovery. This allows participants to stay focused on their emotional and spiritual work.
We also request that all workshops and trainings be scent-free. Many people have allergies to such substances and we appreciate your abstaining from wearing any perfumes or colognes while participating.
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11340 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 207
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: 310-909-9780
E-mail: actioninstitute@mac.com
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Using Action to Effect Change