65th Annual Conference

Friday, February 22

Afternoon Workshops

2:45 - 6:00 P.M.

Workshop 66

The Use of Guided Enactment Techniques to Enhance Group Exploration

Chair:         

Monica L. Callahan, Ph.D., TEP, CGP, Private Practice, Bethesda, Maryland

Introducing an element of play to a group experience can often reduce anxiety and facilitate the exploration of problematic beliefs and interaction patterns. This workshop will focus on psychodrama-based guided enactment techniques as a therapeutic and training tool. Participants will experience and practice creating improvisational action structures that concretize issues of concern. Topics for enactment will be selected based on actual clinical or self-care challenges of workshop participants.
experiential-demonstration-sharing of work experiences-didactic
 

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Identify and explain basic principles underlying the effective use of guided enactment techniques
2. Formulate an action structure that can be applied in his/her work setting
3. Utilize at lease one basic enactment technique relevant to his/her work setting
 

Course References:

1. Blatner, A. (2000). Foundations of psychodrama: History, theory, and practice (4th Edition). New York: Springer.
2. Callahan, M.L., Psychodrama and the treatment of bulimia. In Hornyak, L.M. & Baker, E.K. (Ed.'s) (1989). Experiential therapies for eating disorders. New York: The Guilford Press.
3. Gershoni, J. (Ed.) (2003). Psychodrama in the 21st Century. New York: Springer.