64th Annual Conference

Saturday, March 10

Afternoon Workshops

2:15-5:30 P.M.

Workshop 90        

Souldrama: An Innovative Approach to Expand Your Practice and Enhance Your Creativity

Chair:

Manuela Maciel, Trainer of Sociodrama and Psychodrama at Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicodrama, Lisbon, Portugal

Connie Miller, LPC, MS. CP, Owner, Spring Lake Heights Counseling Center, Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey

Traditionally, brief time limited approaches to therapy are aimed at treating specific symptoms, rather than dealing with issues of a deeper more, personal, more spiritual nature.  When people seek therapy, they are often feeling personally diminished and disconnected from others spiritually impoverished as well as anxious and depressed.  Addressing these deeper more spiritual issues can affect lasting change.  Yet many treatment programs minimize or discourage the importance of spirituality, especially when the treatment in questions is aimed primarily at symptom relief.

experiential, didactic, sharing of work experiences, demonstration

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:
1. Define and integrate a multidisciplinary approach incorporating spirituality and psychology into the group process.

2. Define our personal relationship to a higher power which will enable clients to overcome their blocks and move forward.

3. Identify ways for mental health professionals to apply this integrate mind-body-spirit approach to their own work.

4. Uncover and use central themes to tie together isolated events and issues.

Course References:

1. The techniques and applications of Souldrama. (2000). International Journal of Action Methods.

2. Miller, C. (2006). Souldrama: A journey into the heart of god. www.lulo.com.

3. New Advances in Psychodrama to be published by Rutledge Press July 2006.