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THURSDAY (Pre-Conference), November 4th
Note: NADT Conference sessions are valid for the following types of
Continuing Education credits: NADT RDT CE Hours and CEUs for
California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT) and
Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW).
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Registration: 8:00 am – 11:00 am
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
W1: Hospitality Room
PC1: Principles of Drama Therapy Kate Hurd, MA, RDT/BCT, LCAT Nisha Sajnani, PhD, RDT
Drama therapy is an active approach that helps clients tell their stories to solve a problem, achieve catharsis, extend the depth and breadth of inner experience, understand the meaning of images, and strengthen the ability to observe personal roles while increasing flexibility between roles. In this full day workshop you will be introduced to a variety of perspectives and approaches to this unique interdisciplinary practice. Strategies and techniques will be demonstrated and experientially explored. Wear comfortable clothes. PC2: Exploring the Possible: Sociodrama Intensive Nancy Sondag, MA, RDT/BCT, LCAT The threshold is less daunting, the future more inviting when possibilities are enacted. Sociodrama safely explores a group’s shared, common issues. In this one-day intensive participants will participate in the group process and learn sociodrama techniques which can be used for healing, problem-solving, training or building communities.
PC3: Playback Theatre and Liminality Liz Muckley, MA, RDT, LCPC
In Playback Theatre the letting go of one’s story to the community allows the limits of the narrative to dissolve into greater awareness and potential. Sharing personal story in Playback Theatre fosters a sense of communitas. In this way, successful Playback is a liminal event for the audience. PC4: Drama Therapy with Relief Victims Paula Patterson, RDT/BCT
Drama Therapy dissolves boundaries when drama therapists from one culture interact with people from another, even with language barriers. The presenter prepares college and medical students to employ Drama Therapy in international missions. A PowerPoint documenting student work in
PC5: Outside the Box: Bringing the Playspace to Public Places Fred Landers, RDT/BCT, LCAT Adam Reynolds, MFA, RDT, CASAC-T
PC6: In/Out/In-Between? Finding the Playspace with Clients on the Autism Spectrum Erica J. Craig, MSW, RDT, LCSW Finding and delineating the playspace with clients on the Austism Spectrum can be tricky. In this workshop, one drama therapist's individual and group work with this population will be presented. Video of sessions will be shared, along with an experiential group component. Discussion to follow. PC7: Drama Therapy Under Lock and Key Josiah Stickels, MA, RDT This session will focus on the use of drama therapy with adolescents and adults in in-patient psychiatric hospital settings. Topics covered will include integrating Cognitive Behaviorial and Drama Therapies, the limitations and benefits of the hospital setting, and therapeutic objectives for extreme short term treatment with acute populations.
PER1: Performing NUMBER OF PEOPLE: A Play Depicting Holocaust Survival and Memory Loss Bernard Beck, PhD Emilie Beck, BS David Bier, MSW David Y. Chack, PhD abd Meet Leo Gold, aging Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer’s, in a one-man show about the struggle to hold onto memory. Performed in the 2010 spring season at PER2: The Willing Suspension of Disbelief: Creative Artists in the Liminal Space Dani York, MA Alexis Maron, MA Yamille Mason, MA MaryAnne DiPasquale, MA Using Clifford Odet's "Waiting For Lefty" as inspiration, a series of interconnected vignettes set in the liminal space will explore where boundaries necessarily dissolve in order to transform being into becoming. We will explore that which allows us to tolerate the liminal space as therapists and creative artists. |
