British Psychodrama Association Festival - COUNT DOWN HAS BEGUN

Pavla Cveckova pavla.cityofheart at gmail.com
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Dear All

THE COUNT DOWN HAS BEGUN!

The festival is quickly approaching! Time to book!

Tickets are now available for the *BPA Festival of Psychodrama and
Sociodrama. *The festival runs from *3rd to 24th September 2021. *Each week
until the festival, we are sending a bulletin featuring some of our
presenters.

Booking information is at the end of this email.

Let’s meet another six of our presenters today and learn about their
workshops:


*PSYCHODRAMA: THE SOUL IN ACTION *
Thursday, 16th September 2021, 6pm - 9pm (BST)

*Presented by **VIRGINIE BOURY and NIALL LENIHAN*


*Virginie Boury* is a dramatherapist and psychodrama psychotherapist with
experience working with groups and individuals on psychiatric units, day
services, therapeutic communities and in private practice. She is currently
working at The Practice in Central London.

*Niall Lenihan* is a trainee psychodrama psychotherapist at the London
Centre for Psychodrama. He has experience working as a trainee with groups
in private practice.
*Description:* The etymology of the word psychodrama can be traced to the
Greek terms for the soul (‘psyche’, from the ancient love story of the
mortal Psyche and the immortal Eros) and action (‘drama’). Psychodrama is
the soul in action. The soul in action gives birth to spontaneity and
creativity through an encounter with the self, others and the world. In
this workshop we will use these roots of psychodrama to invite participants
to explore their personal relationship with the love story of Psyche and
Eros. This story brings out many themes: the overriding power of love;
being rescued by someone who loves you; a man not revealing himself to the
woman he loves; abusive relationships; the power of a mother over her son;
a father abandoning his daughter; the misuse of belief systems to justify
wrongdoing; your way of dealing with authority; loneliness; secrecy;
mistrust in a relationship; feeling betrayed, abandoned and heartbroken;
the aging woman losing her power to a younger beauty; envy; bad-mouthing
others; fear of losing your child; accidentally injuring another;
overcoming hurdles; revelation and enlightenment; a woman’s power of
self-defence; receiving help; mercy; transformation; birth and new
beginnings.

      Following psychodramatic action and personal sharing, the workshop
will look towards the future. The workshop will conclude with an
action-based reflection on how psychodrama and sociodrama can be used as
agents for change and transformation in our own lives, in the wider family,
professional and local communities in which we live, and at the wider
societal level at this time of ecological challenge and political
uncertainty.
The link to book this workshop: PSYCHODRAMA: THE SOUL IN ACTION
<https://www.psychodrama.org.uk/product/psychodrama-the-soul-in-action/>


*WITNESSING OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE WORLD THROUGH ROLE PLAY: BEING ABLE TO
WATCH OURSELVES IN PERFORMANCE (THE OBSERVER IS OBSERVED)*
Friday 17th September 2021, 10am - 12:30pm (BST)

*Presented by T.T. SRINATH*


*T.T. Srinath, PhD:* I am a Personal Growth and Organisation Consultant and
a qualified sensitivity trainer, qualified with the Indian Society for
Applied Behavioural Science, the Indian arm of NTL, USA. I have a
Post-Graduate degree in Human Resource from Xavier Labour Relations
Institute, and a Ph.D. in ‘Behaviour of the Small-Scale Entrepreneur’, from
Anna University, Chennai, India. I am a Certificate holder in Sociodrama &
Action Methods, issued by MPV / SAM Sociodrama & Action Methods Training
and accredited by the British Psychodrama Association. I am a stage actor,
a student of Gestalt, trained by the Northern Rivers Institute of Gestalt,
Australia. Over the last 27 years I have worked with CEOs, Managers, Middle
level Managers, Executives and front-line staff, numbering more than 32,000
individuals across India, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Middle East, and
Indonesia, ranging from manufacturing & service industries, educational
institutions, government departments, public sector and the NGO sector.
*Description:* Perhaps one of Jacob Moreno’s deep desires was to help each
of us find the advantages of ‘play’ in whatever we pursued. This was his
way of wanting to rehabilitate those needing mental strength and networks
which he called 'roles', which sometimes we take on with awareness and
sometimes without. The more aware, he emphasized, we are of the roles we
take on, the effectiveness in execution of the role would be better. To be
able to know the role we take on, act out, the impact we create on those
who experience us in the role and our ability to make the roles we take on
functional, requires that we 'step' out of the role even as we are involved
in 'acting' or playing it out, watch ourselves from a distance and see the
role in its full form.

      This concept of being in role yet being able to objectively view it
simultaneously was very widely practiced in Indian folklore, where
characters in role, time and again paused to examine the roles they were
playing and comprehend its impact on those they were in contact with. The
Sanskrit (probably one of the oldest languages in the world) term for this
is *'Sakshi bhava’ *which means, to have a witnessing attitude to the
world, developed by practising awareness within oneself. *Sakshi Bhava *is
a powerful meditative technique which also aids internal healing. Over a
two-and-half hour workshop each of us will have the opportunity to attempt
such a process 'of seeing ourselves from the outside', helping us delve a
little deeper into our being.
The link to book this workshop: WITNESSING OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE WORLD
THROUGH ROLE PLAY: BEING ABLE TO WATCH OURSELVES IN PERFORMANCE (THE
OBSERVER IS OBSERVED)
<https://www.psychodrama.org.uk/product/witnessing-our-attitude-towards-the-world-through-role-play-being-able-to-watch-ourselves-in-performance/>




*RESEARCH IN PSYCHODRAMA PSYCHOTHERAPY - HOW CAN PRACTITIONERS CONTRIBUTE?*
*Monday 20th September 2021, 6pm - 7:30pm (BST)*

*Presented by HANNES KRALL & ANNA CRUZ*

*Joh**annes Krall**, *ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr., Alpen-Adria-University of
Klagenfurt, Educational Sciences and Research; Psychologist, counsellor,
psychotherapist, supervisor; Trainer for supervision at the Austrian
Society of Groupdynamics and Grouptherapy and lecturer for psychodrama at
the University of Innsbruck; Director of the psychodrama training programme
at the Sigmund Freud Private University; Former president of FEPTO and
current chair of the FEPTO Research Committee. Recipient of an Excellence
Award granted by FEPTO. Key activities: Research in psychodrama training,
supervision and psychodrama practice. Several publications about
psychodrama, supervision, violence, trauma of children and young people.
Email: hannes.krall at aau.at

*Ana Cruz:* PhD in Psychology, Psychodrama; Degree in Clinical Psychology
and in Social Psychology; Director of Psychodrama (trainer of the
Portuguese Psychodrama Society) and Director of Psychodance (founding
member and trainer of the Iberian Psychodance Association Jaime G. Rojas
Bermúdez); Former member of FEPTO council and Member of the Research
Committee of the Federation of European Psychodrama Training Organizations
(FEPTO-RC); Clinical Psychologist in the Psychiatry and Mental Health
department of the Porto central hospital. Running Psychodrama and
psychodance groups with adults in private practice.

*Description: *Research in psychodrama is vital for the quality and further
development of psychodrama, both in theory and practice. Research is not
only an individual endeavour, but also as an essential part of a
professional culture, which must be fostered in training and practice.
Therefore, psychodrama needs psychodrama psychotherapists, trainers and
trainees who are interested in sharing about their practices and to engage
as research practitioners in a collaborative research network. Apart from
being a psychodrama director, the role as a researcher must be developed
and fostered. Several requirements are to be met to enhance practitioner
research:

   - To acknowledge research as important for psychodrama practice.
   - To get information about current research from journals, books,
   symposia etc.
   - To engage in research training and to improve knowledge and skills.
   - To participate in research activities and projects.
   - To create networks of research practitioners and institutions.
   - To present, publish and share results and experiences of research.


In recent years, several attempts within the Federation of European and
Mediterranean Psychodrama Training Organizations (FEPTO) have been
undertaken to develop a practitioner research community. The presentation
will give an overview about the work and developments within FEPTO and its
practitioner research network. Furthermore, it will focus on the question,
how practitioners can contribute to research by conducting practitioner
research projects. A specific mixed method design for practitioner research
will be introduced and discussed.

The link to book this workshop: RESEARCH IN PSYCHODRAMA PSYCHOTHERAPY - HOW
CAN PRACTITIONERS CONTRIBUTE?
<https://www.psychodrama.org.uk/product/research-in-psychodrama-psychotherapy-how-can-practitioners-contribute/>




*A SOCIODRAMA FOR OUR TIME: AN EXPLORATION OF A TOPIC OF CURRENT INTEREST
AND RELEVANCE*
Thursday, 23rd September 2021, 6pm - 9pm (BST)

*Presented by DIANE ADDERLEY*

*Diane Adderley *is a Senior Sociodrama Trainer (BPA Accredited),
psychodramatist and APTT (Accredited Playback Theatre Trainer). With Ron
Wiener, she co-directed the BPA’s Sociodrama and Action Methods school from
2006-2012. In the last 18 months, she has been directing large and small
scale sociodramas online for iSCAN International Sociodrama and Creative
Action Network) with the wonderful global participant groups we have been
able to access from our little black boxes.

*Description: *Who knows what September 2021 will bring? The world is
changing so fast in this pandemic and what particular colour the global
‘reality of uncertainty’ will be in the autumn is anyone’s guess, though
there is much speculation. This workshop will explore what is most current
for participants at the time. We will spend a while in small groups on the
day, looking at the topics that resonate for us and deciding on the
theme(s) we wish to explore sociodramatically. Bring the headlines that
capture your interest.

The link to book this workshop: A SOCIODRAMA FOR OUR TIME: AN EXPLORATION
OF A TOPIC OF CURRENT INTEREST AND RELEVANCE
<https://www.psychodrama.org.uk/product/a-sociodrama-for-our-time-an-exploration-of-a-topic-of-current-interest-and-relevance/>




*GENERAL BOOKING INFORMATION:*

Bookings are now open. *Before you book*,* please read the festival
programme brochure (available on the BPA festival bookings page).  *

Here is the link to the festival bookings page:
https://www.psychodrama.org.uk/the-british-psychodrama-association-online-festival/
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*Please note that there are TWO TYPES OF TICKET for the festival:*

   1. The large group ticket gives you access to the four large group
   events on the weekend of 3-6 September, the two Friday night chill out
   tents, the 9/11 anniversary remembrance, and the Playback session and the
   closing plenary on 24th September.
   2. Other workshops, which have a maximum of 15 to 25 places, must be
   purchased separately.


Please book now to make sure you get your pick of the workshops you want to
attend.

*Further notes:*

During the booking process, you will be asked if you would like to donate
to the *Michael Watson Trust.* This is a trust long affiliated with the
work of the BPA, offering bursaries to psychodrama and sociodrama students
and practitioners to attend workshops, conferences, etc.

Festival Bookstore: We are delighted to announce that we are working in
cooperation with Psychological Therapy Books so that you can order
psychodrama and sociodrama books (and books on related topics) at a
significant discount. Many of the titles on the bookstall have been written
or recommended by Festival speakers. You can shop directly with the
bookstore by clicking here.
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Thank you! We look forward to welcoming you to the festival!

*Pavla Cveckova, Head of Publicity Committee for the Festival,*
*and Leila Frondigoun and** Clark **Baim*
*Festival Co-Chairs*
*On behalf of the BPA Conference Committee and the BPA Executive*

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