CORRECTION: January Psychodrama Directing Intensive - Early Registration Discount Available

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Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute

December 2008

CORRECTION!Dear Friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that the date for the Winter Psychodrama Directing Intensive on the e-mail we sent previously was incorrect. The correct date is January 15-19, 2009... not 2008! Please contact us with any questions about this training, and be sure to note the early registration discount deadline.Thanks, Walters Judy Swallow

REGISTER BY DECEMBER 16th FOR DISCOUNT! Winter Psychodrama Directing Intensivewith Walters, MS, LCAT, LMHC, TEPJanuary 15-19, 2009Boughton Place, Highland, NYOriginal Moreno psychodrama stage at Boughton PlaceCome and join eight other Certified Practitioners, PATs, TEPs and advanced psychodrama students for our winter psychodrama directing intensive! This intensive is limited to 9 participants. Everyone directs a full 2-hour psychodrama session; everyone gets to be a protagonist. The role of the director includes the producer, the social investigator, the group facilitator, the analyst/guide, the conflict manger, the sociometrist and more. This intensive will give advanced student directors the chance to explore these many functions. Each participant gets to direct a full two-hour psychodrama group including warm up, action and sharing. Each will have the opportunity to be the protagonist in his or her own drama. There will be close to an hour devoted to processing each session with an emphasis on both theory and practice.

This training offers the chance to take a look at what you are doing that works well (and why it works!). We will also take a look at where you get stuck in the process of directing (and why you get stuck in that particular spot). As a group, we look at psychodrama theory and how it can inform our choices of action to further facilitate the drama. It gives you the chance to hone your craft as well as a safe place to be protagonist in your own drama.Certified Practitioners, PATs and TEPs: Many practitioners, having "graduated" from their training group, no longer have the opportunity to enjoy being part of a group, nor get the chance to be a protagonist in their own psychodrama. This intensive will give you the opportunity to do both, as well as to get role relief from being the one in charge, the director, the group leader. Come enjoy being a group member, and hone your craft all at the same time!

Advanced Students: Many advanced students bemoan the limited directing opportunities in their own training groups. Their directing experience is mainly on their jobs with group members of various functioning levels as well as varied experience with psychodrama. This intensive guarantees you a chance to direct a group of your peers.It is expected that you will have previously directed at least five psychodramas or have permission of trainer. The psychodrama community is rich with diversity of background and theoretical orientation. Because your fellow group members will have trained with a variety of trainers, discussions will be enriched by a variety perspectives and training backgrounds. It also offers a great practice session for your on-site for those of you who are getting close to certification.

is committed to creating a warm, relaxed and humor filled environment that encourages spontaneity and reduces the anxiety that often accompanies directing in front of one's peers. Her position is that everyone has to make at least 12 mistakes or she won't have anything to talk about! (And don't forget to ask her about the first time she directed in front of her trainer and forgot to ask the protagonist what the issue was they were going to work on).

This intensive is limited to 9 participants with a minimum of 450 hours of training and with previous psychodrama directing experience.

Overnight accommodations are available.

CEU's/Certification Hours: Provides 30 hours towards certification by the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy.

Also provides CEUs toward national credentialing by National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors NAADAC), National Board of Certified Counselors and towards recertification requirements for the National Registry of Group Psychotherapists.

Many of our students who are social workers have had these hours accepted towards their social work CEU requirements, but that is on a state by state basis.

Fees: REGISTER EARLY! $640 if registration and fee are postmarked by December 16, 2008, $690 after. Payment plans may be arranged upon request. It is now possible to pay with a major credit card. Do not send credit card numbers to us. Contact HVPI for more information.

To Register: Please send a check made out to Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute to: HVPI, 68 DuBois Road, New Paltz, NY 12561. Include a piece of paper with your name, phone number, email address and regular address.

Refund policy: 4 weeks notice: 100% refund. 2 weeks notice: 50% credit towards future HVPI trainings. No refunds or credit with less than 2 weeks notice.

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Certification and Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

All HVPI workshops offer credit towards national certification by the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama and Group Psychotherapy and can be counted toward Drama Therapy Registration. The Continuing Education Units (CEUs) provided by most of these trainings are accepted toward national credentialing by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), the National Board of Certified Counselors, and towards re-certification by the National Registry of Group Psychotherapists. MFT, CSW and Drama Therapy CEUs are pending. Contact HVPI for details.

Upcoming Events: Save the Date!

March 26-30, 2009: 67th Annual ASGPP Conference. "Invitation to Encounter: Meet Me in St. Louis," St. Louis, MO. Click for more info.First Friday of Each Month: Community Playback Theater, Boughton Place, Kisor Rd, Highland, NY. Call 845 255-7502 for more information. Click for more info.

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