Trauma Track

Trauma Track

According to Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD “Psychodrama is one of the most effective treatments of PTSD and developmental trauma that I am familiar with… Psychodrama helps to make our inner world visible and manifest what we struggle with, not so much by words, but by actions, making the invisible observable and measurable. Operating in a space where important people from our past are recreated in the living present, and where we can experience and manifest our confused inner world, we can finally say the words that were never spoken, and allow feelings to emerge that could not be expressed back then. Working with others in three-dimensional space, as psychodrama does, can not only uniquely create a timeless experience where past and present can merge to help us reconfigure our mental alignment, but also provide profound reparative experiences.” Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD is professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine, president of the Trauma Research Foundation, and author of “The Body Keeps the Score”.

Psychodramas that address traumatic experiences, directed by skilled therapists who have received thorough training and supervision, can address and help heal some of the deepest wounds in our psyches.

Highly structured experiential exercises facilitated by therapists and counselors who have completed basic training in Psychodrama* and/or Sociometrics** can help trauma survivors understand the impact of past experiences on the present, and build skills in emotional and relational literacy and intelligence.

*Psychodrama and Sociometry were developed by J.L. and Zerka Moreno. Certification in the field is provided by the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy.

**Sociometrics, expanded from Moreno’s Sociometry, are embodied, research-based, experiential processes that are psycho-educational. Created by Tian Dayton, PhD, TEP

March’24 to July’25 Professional Trainings

January 22-26, 2026
Winter Psychodrama Intensive
with Rebecca Walters, MS, LMHC, LCAT, TEP,
Jennifer Salimbene, LCSW-R, CASAC, TEP
and Deb Shaddy,  MS, LMHP, LCPC, TEP
Highland, NY

March 21-22, 2026
The Grief Journey: Navigating the Waves of Grief and Loss
with Jenny Salimbene, LCSW TEP and Regina Sewell, PhD, MA TEP
Highland, NY

July 16-20, 2026
Summer Psychodrama Intensive
with Judy Swallow, MA, LCAT, TEP
Jennifer Salimbene, LCSW-R, CASAC, TEP
Deb Shaddy, MS, LMHP, LCPC, TEP
Greg Reid, PhD, LMHC, PAT
Highland, NY

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