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It is recommended, but not required, that you stay onsite.
Book directly through:
Embassy Suites Phoenix – Scottsdale
602-765-5800
(Your room includes a complimentary cooked-to-order breakfast and an evening snack and beverage reception)

Instructors will direct a number of short and complete psychodramas, offering the opportunity to do personal work to a number of the participants. The opportunity exists for a number of other participants to do longer, complete psychodramas, potentially directed by advanced students with assistance from instructors.

Every effort will be made to allow those who want to do personal work to have an opportunity to be a protagonist in at least some short experiences. We are not able to guarantee that each participant will get to be a protagonist in a full psychodrama nor that each interested director will get to direct a full psychodrama, although every effort will be made to best meet the needs of the participants.

Twenty-Eight hours of training by a P.A.T. (Practitioner Applicant for Trainer) will be provided. Psychodrama students may receive up to 160 of their training hours from a P.A.T. Marlo Archer is an approved provider for NAADAC & NBCC.

PREREQUISITES (Must have Two)
1) Minimum of 24 hours’ Psychodrama training
2) A degree in a Behavioral Health Field
3) Attendance at previous API workshop

REGISTER ONLINE NOW

Faculty:
Dr. Marlo Archer, CP, PAT, is a co-founder of the Arizona Psychodrama Institute, a licensed psychologist, a Practitioner Applicant for Trainer in psychodrama, and the 2013 recipient of the ASGPP’s Zerka T. Moreno Award. Psychodrama students may receive up to 160 of their training hours from a PAT. Marlo Archer is an approved provider for NAADAC and NBCC.

Debra Wingo Gion, LPC, PAT, CGP is a co-founder of the Arizona Psychodrama Institute. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, has been a Certified Practitioner of Psychodrama for 25 years. She is also a nationally Certified Group Practitioner through the American Group Psychotherapy Association. She has worked in private practice settings, residential treatment centers and has worked in Canada with First Nations people as well as with the Gila River RBHA clients. She has been doing Trauma Recovery Work for 25 years, both individually and in groups. Debra incorporates her creativity, humor and calm, grounded manner in her work with clients and colleagues. She is excited to have just applied to work on her Practitioner Applicant for Trainer in Psychodrama to become a national Trainer.

Suggested Reading: Acting-In by Adam Blatner, pages 1-95

Here’s what people said about Beginning Director’s Psychodrama Intensive (June, 2013)

“The workshops are well thought out and the modeling by the instructors is terrific. The instructors were honest, open and wonderfully real. Traning is hands on and help is always nearby when needed. Mistakes are considered and treated as learning opportunities. Marlo and Debbie were ‘in the moment’ and highly respectful of the trainees while they directed and did their own work. I loved it and give it my highest recommendation!” – Alan A., Phoenix.

“When working with AZ Psychodrama Institute, I leave with a sense that I experienced everything i could hope for. I have to believe that the method originator (Moreno) is very well represented by the heroic psychodramatists at API. There is a very strong heart & depth of knowledge within their trainers and training systems.” – Nick, MA Professional / Addiction Counseling

Instructors will direct a number of short and complete psychodramas, offering the opportunity to do personal work to a number of the participants. The opportunity exists for a number of other participants to do longer, complete psychodramas, potentially directed by advanced students with assistance from instructors.

Every effort will be made to allow those who want to do personal work to have an opportunity to be a protagonist in at least some short experiences. We are not able to guarantee that each participant will get to be a protagonist in a full psychodrama nor that each interested director will get to direct a full psychodrama, although every effort will be made to best meet the needs of the participants.

Twenty Five hours of training by PATs. (Practitioner Applicant for Trainer) will be provided. Psychodrama students may receive up to 160 of their training hours from PATs. API is an approved provider for NAADAC.

PREREQUISITE (Must have ONE)
1. A Completed Master’s in any field
2. 24 Hours of Psychodrama Training
3. Actively Enrolled in a Master’s Program in a Behavioral Health field

REGISTER ONLINE NOW

Begins Thursday, June 2nd 5:30pm
Ends Sunday, June 5th at 1:00pm

Faculty:
Dr. Marlo Archer, CP, PAT, is a co-founder of the Arizona Psychodrama Institute, a licensed psychologist, a Practitioner Applicant for Trainer in psychodrama, and the 2013 recipient of the ASGPP’s Zerka T. Moreno Award. Psychodrama students may receive up to 160 of their training hours from a PAT. Marlo Archer is an approved provider for NAADAC and NBCC.

Debra Wingo Gion, LPC, PAT, CGP is a co-founder of the Arizona Psychodrama Institute. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, has been a Certified Practitioner of Psychodrama for 25 years. She is also a nationally Certified Group Practitioner through the American Group Psychotherapy Association. She has worked in private practice settings, residential treatment centers and has worked in Canada with First Nations people as well as with the Gila River RBHA clients. She has been doing Trauma Recovery Work for 25 years, both individually and in groups. Debra incorporates her creativity, humor and calm, grounded manner in her work with clients and colleagues.

Suggested Reading: Acting-In by Adam Blatner, pages 1-95

Here’s what people said about Beginning Director’s Psychodrama Intensive (June, 2013)

“The workshops are well thought out and the modeling by the instructors is terrific. The instructors were honest, open and wonderfully real. Traning is hands on and help is always nearby when needed. Mistakes are considered and treated as learning opportunities. Marlo and Debbie were ‘in the moment’ and highly respectful of the trainees while they directed and did their own work. I loved it and give it my highest recommendation!” – Alan A., Phoenix.

“When working with AZ Psychodrama Institute, I leave with a sense that I experienced everything i could hope for. I have to believe that the method originator (Moreno) is very well represented by the heroic psychodramatists at API. There is a very strong heart & depth of knowledge within their trainers and training systems.” – Nick, MA Professional / Addiction Counseling

2017 Conference Co-Chairs Mary Ann Bodnar, Uneeda Brewer, Jodi DeSciscio, Susan Mullins and Julie Wells

WELCOME YOU TO THE ASGPP 75th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary Conference, Navigating Waves of Change: Discovering and Celebrating our Hidden Treasures, held on the shores of beautiful Clearwater Beach. They invite you to come early, bring your family and enjoy a vacation before and after the conference! Clearwater is home to Winter, the famous dolphin from Dolphin Tale. Not too far away in Tampa is Busch Gardens, while St. Petersburg boasts the Dali Museum. And of course, there is the beach!

They plan to utilize the beautiful outdoor space for our president’s reception, the drumming circle and other activities. The Keynote and Plenary will both speak to the power of hidden treasures as we deepen our connection with one another and explore the importance of embracing our authentic selves.

While we are sad to have lost our beloved matriarch, Zerka Moreno, they have special events planned to honor her and celebrate her life.

CEs – ASGPP: National Registry of Certified Group Psychotherapists, Counselors (NBCC); Ce-Classes.com: CEs for Psychologists (APA); Social Workers (ASWB); Addiction Professionals (NAADAC); California and Texas Board Approvals;
The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling The entire conference (Thursday – Sunday) offers up to 34 hours toward CEs.

REGISTER ONLINE NOW

Begins Thursday, May 4th 9.30a
Ends Sunday, May 7th at 7:00pm

Featuring:
Session #50 PRIVILEGE IN ACTION by API STUDENT – James Pennington, MA, PLMHP, LAC, Heartland Family Service

Session #64 PASSING TONES: WHAT MUSIC (AND MUSICIANS) CAN REMIND THE WORLD ABOUT TENSION, CONFLICT, RESOLUTION, AND EVOLUTION by Anna Schaum, LPC, PAT,
Dramatic Changes, Portland, OR; and API STUDENT Adam Petty, LAC, CET II, ASGPP

Session #26 – THE CHILD AS SUBSTITUTE SPOUSE: NAMING AND VALIDATING EMOTIONAL INCEST by API Adjunct Faculty Adena Bank Lees, LCSW, BCETS, CP, Private Training and Consulting

Session #48 – SMARTPHONES IN SESSIONS: TRANSFORM INTRUSION TO ENGAGEMENT API Co-Founders Marlo Archer, PhD, TEP, & Grayce L. Gusmano, MMFT, LPC, CP, Private Practice. Additionally, Grayce is also serving on the Executive Council overseeing the Conference.

Session #2 – All Day Workshop ENCOUNTER WITH THE DIVINE and
Session #38 How to Have a Good Goodbye, both by API Supporter and Co-Founders Trainer Rebecca Walters, MS, LMHC, TEP, Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute, & MD Anderson Cancer Center University of Texas

Session #44 – PSYCHODRAMA IN INDIVIDUAL THERAPY by Sylvia Israel, LMFT, RDT/BCT, TEP, Bay Area Moreno Institute; California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS); and API Co-Founder Trainer Susan Powell, OTR, TEP, Centerwood Psychosocial Services and Psychodrama Training Institute

Session #21 – START WHERE YOU ARE – FIRST STEPS FOR ANY DIRECTOR by API Supporter and Consultant John Olesen, MA, TEP, Living Waters Institute, Bay Area Moreno Institute. At this conference John will also receive the Fellow Award.

Session #10 – Half Day Workshop MAKING MOVEMENT WHEN LIFE SEEMS STUCK by API Supporter Karen Carnabucci, MSS, LCSW, TEP, Private Practice, Author

Session #15 – MEDITATION TOOLS INTEGRATED WITH CLASSICAL PSYCHODRAMA: HEALING THE SPIRIT WITHIN by API Supporter, Saphira Linden, RDT/BCT, LCAT, TEP, Omega Transpersonal Drama Therapy and Psychodrama Program, Private Practice, and Daniel Wiener, PhD, LMFT, RDT/BCT, Central Connecticut State University, Rehearsals for Growth, LLC

Session #20 – LEARNING TO LOVE FAILURE by API Supporter Carol Frank, LPCC, RN, PAT, Private Practice, Albuquerque NM, Living Waters Institute, Santa Fe, NM; Sue Shaffer, LPCC, LCMHC, CP, Adams Center for Mind and Body in Burlington, Vermont

Session #28 – THE JUDGE WITHIN by API Supporter Jeanne Burger, EdD, LMFT, TEP, Private Practice, Director, Tidewater Psychodrama Group

API Supporter Mary Anna Palmer, LICSW, LMFT, TEP, is also serving on the Executive Council overseeing the Conference.

Thursday, June 4, from 5:30-8:30pm (3 hours)
Friday, June 5, from 9a-5p (8 hours)
Saturday, June 6, from 10a-6p (8 hours)
Sunday, June 7, from 8-9:30a & 10:30-3p (6 hours)

We will eat lunch together, paying separately, on Friday and Saturday at nearby restaurants. Check menus in advance to be sure your nutritional needs will be met and bring anything extra along you might need. (Note: Each participant will pay for his or her own lunches.)

Snacks will be provided on Thursday & Sunday, including mixed nuts, dried and fresh fruit, veggies & dip, and cheese & crackers (regular and gluten-free). Bring anything else you need.

Learning Objectives – Participants will:
1. Experience seasoned psychodrama directors.
2. Observe & Discuss live psychodrama key director choice points.
3. Recognize and Report elements of the psychodramatic spiral for finished psychodramas.
4. Describe a finished psychodrama, as a conserve, using the Canon of Creativity model.
5. Practice demonstrated elements with assistance and supervision.

Instructors will direct a number of short and complete psychodramas, offering the opportunity to do personal work to a number of the participants. The opportunity exists for a number of other participants to do longer, complete psychodramas, potentially directed by advanced students with assistance from instructors.

Every effort will be made to allow those who want to do personal work to have an opportunity to be a protagonist in at least some short experiences. We are not able to guarantee that each participant will get to be a protagonist in a full psychodrama nor that each interested director will get to direct a full psychodrama, although every effort will be made to best meet the needs of the participants.

Twenty Five hours of psychodrama training will be provided.

PREREQUISITE (Must have ONE)
1. A Completed Master’s in any field
2. 16 Hours of Psychodrama Training
3. Actively Enrolled in a Master’s Program in a Behavioral Health field

REGISTER ONLINE NOW

Faculty:
Dr. Marlo Archer, CP, TEP, is a co-founder of the Arizona Psychodrama Institute, a licensed psychologist, a Trainer, Educator, Practitioner (TEP) in psychodrama, a Fellow of the ASGPP, and the 2013 recipient of the ASGPP’s Zerka T. Moreno Award.

Debra Wingo Gion, LPC, CP, CGP is a co-founder of the Arizona Psychodrama Institute. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, has been a Certified Practitioner of Psychodrama for over 25 years and is a Practitioner Applicant for Trainer in psychodrama. She is also a nationally Certified Group Practitioner through the American Group Psychotherapy Association. She has worked in private practice settings, residential treatment centers and has worked in Canada with First Nations people as well as with the Gila River RBHA clients. She has been doing Trauma Recovery Work for 25 years, both individually and in groups. Debra incorporates her creativity, humor and calm, grounded manner in her work with clients and colleagues.

Suggested Reading: Acting-In by Adam Blatner, pages 1-95

INFORMED CONSENT
I understand that this workshop is intended only as training, not as therapy. I am aware that psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy are powerful methods that must be used carefully. I understand that this is an experiential workshop, that is, I will be allowed and encouraged to participate actively. I understand that as a result of my participation, therapeutic issues for further exploration may be revealed and that it is my responsibility to seek professional services for therapy, if such a need should arise. Workshop leaders are available to make referrals to professionals in my area. API adheres to multiple codes of ethics and seeks to reduce your risks.

I understand that it is API’s intent to provide high-quality, interactive training based on the most current information available, revising workshop content at least yearly. It is, however, up to each attendee to independently evaluate the accuracy and utility of the presented materials. The proposed content of each API course is limited to the stated Learning Objectives.

I have also been informed that the workshop will be videotaped for training purposes. My identity will be held confidential and the video will only be viewed by trainers of facilitators or by fellow workshop attendees, with an API trainer. My registration for this workshop constitutes consent to be videotaped. My participation in this workshop additionally constitutes permission to participate in research that may eventually be reported in a professional journal, without my personally identifying information.

Minimum of 5 registrants by 5/19/20 needed to hold the workshop. Prompt and generous refunds given to any who register for a workshop that fails to meet minimum registration.

Here’s what people said about Beginning Director’s Psychodrama Intensive (June, 2013)

“The workshops are well thought out and the modeling by the instructors is terrific. The instructors were honest, open and wonderfully real. Training is hands on and help is always nearby when needed. Mistakes are considered and treated as learning opportunities. Marlo and Debbie were ‘in the moment’ and highly respectful of the trainees while they directed and did their own work. I loved it and give it my highest recommendation!” – Alan A., Phoenix.

“When working with AZ Psychodrama Institute, I leave with a sense that I experienced everything i could hope for. I have to believe that the method originator (Moreno) is very well represented by the heroic psychodramatists at API. There is a very strong heart & depth of knowledge within their trainers and training systems.” – Nick, MA Professional / Addiction Counseling