The training is now being conducted through the Moreno Collegium for Human Centred Learning, Research and Development (www.morenocollegium.com.au). Please visit this site for details on psychodrama trinaing in Brisbane.
"The training is taught through supervised experiential learning. The aim of this type of learning is for trainees to know the different aspects of the psychodramatic method through their experience. Every member of a training group becomes a group leader, a director of a psychodrama, a sociodrama, a role training session or a sociometric exploration, or assists by playing a role in someone else's drama and participates as a group member in group interaction.
This means that all those who participate in training sessions experience themselves in a wide range of roles. The ability to interact spontaneously and new creative solutions to problems of living are developed in sessions. The teaching is in response to what the trainee says and does in the training sessions. The purpose of the teaching is to develop a greater flexibility in functioning, a greater perceptiveness, and a wider range of functioning in the here and now situation.
Thus an integration of theory and practice occurs. Trainees see and feel development occurring. As they apply learnings in their work, in their personal lives and in activities in the training group further supervision and teaching leads to refinement of abilities and the opening up of new areas of learning. Reading, written assignments and relevant tasks are recommended."
ANZPA Board of Examiners, Standards and Training Manual, 2004.
Qualified Practitioners
Practitioners trained in this method within the Australian and New Zealand Psychodrama Association are certificated as Psychodramatists, Sociodramatists, Roletrainers and Sociometrists. The training comprises 800 hours of training in accredited training seminars and workshops, along with approximately 1600 hours reading, preparation of written papers including a thesis, a practical assessment, supervised practice and allied activities in training seminars that contribute to the fulfillment of the training requirements. Practitioners who have completed the above training are eligible to be full members of ANZPA Inc.
ANZPA Inc. (Australian and New Zealand Psychodrama Association Inc)
ANZPA Inc. was established in 1980 and is the body governing the training and standards of practitioners of the psychodrama method. It is an active and vibrant association that holds annual conferences and publishes a professional journal.
ANZPA's website can be found at www.anzpa.org
