AUGUST DIRECTING INTENSIVE 2026
August 11-15th, 2026
Tuesday 9:30 AM- Saturday 4PM
Location: Boughton Place, Highland, NY
Home of the original Moreno Psychodrama Stage
Overnight Accommodations are available on site.
Trainer: Rebecca Walters MS, LMHC, LCAT, TEP
Register early! Directing Intensive is limited to 8 participants who are CP’s, TEP’s or Advanced Students with a minimum of 450 hours of training and who have directed at least 4 full Psychodramas or by permission of trainer.
Everyone directs a full two-hour twenty minute Psychodrama session; everyone gets to be a protagonist.
The role of the director includes the producer, the social investigator, the group facilitator, the analyst/guide, the conflict manager, the sociometrist and more. This intensive will give advanced student directors the chance to explore these many functions. Each participant gets to direct a full two-hour twenty minute psychodrama group including warm up, action and sharing. Each will have the opportunity to be the protagonist in his or her own drama. There will be close to an hour devoted to processing each session with an emphasis on both theory and practice.
This training offers the chance to take a look at what you are doing that works well (and why it works!). We will also take a look at where you get stuck in the process of directing (and why you get stuck in that particular spot). As a group, we look at psychodrama theory and how it can inform our choices of action to further facilitate the drama. It gives you the chance to hone your craft as well as a safe place to be protagonist in your own drama.
For Certified Practitioners, PATS and TEPS; Many practitioners, having “graduated” from their training group, no longer have the opportunity to enjoy being part of a group, nor get the chance to be a protagonist in their own psychodrama. This intensive will give you the opportunity to do both, as well as to get role relief from being the one in charge, the director, the group leader. Come enjoy being a group member, and hone your craft all at the same time!
For Advanced Students: Many advanced students bemoan the limited directing opportunities in their own training groups. Their directing experience is mainly on their jobs with group members of various functioning levels as well as varied experience with psychodrama This intensive guarantees you a chance to direct a group of your peers. It is expected that you will have previously directed at least four psychodramas or have permission of trainer. The psychodrama community is rich with diversity of background and theoretical orientation. Because your fellow group members will have trained with a variety of trainers, discussions will be enriched by a variety perspectives and training backgrounds. . It also offers a great practice session for your on-site for those of you who are getting close to certification.
Rebecca is committed to creating a warm, relaxed and humor-filled environment that encourages spontaneity and reduces the anxiety that often accompanies directing in front of one’s peers. Her position is that everyone has to make at least twelve mistakes or she won’t have anything to talk about! (And don’t forget to ask her about the first time she directed in front of her trainer and forgot to ask the protagonist what the issue was they were going to work on).
Continuing Education Hours
This workshop offers 32 training hours towards certification by the AMERICAN BOARD OF EXAMINERS in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy.
Hudson Valley Psychodrama, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP #6789. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Hudson Valley Psychodrama, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This course is approved for 32 CE.
Tuition: $875 if received by May 12th; $1025 after.
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