Theatre of Spontaneity, Sunday 27 September - Birthdays with Phil Smalley

Birthdays, we all have at least one, and usually more than one.  But they can, and do, mean different things at different times.  When we are young, they can involve parties with friends and family and of course presents which are reflective of our actual age.  Well, they can involve parties and presents when we are older, too.  However, depending on what stage of life we are, how we experience them can vary greatly.

In this evening, we will be exploring how we have experienced birthday celebrations – our own as well as those of others in our lives – but also what we hope for in the future.

So, warm up your spontaneity and let’s party like we’re …. well however old or young we want to be.

Sunday September 27th, 2015

 at 6.00 pm. for 6.30 start – 8.30 finish

  Director: Phil Smalley

RSVP by 25th September to Gavin O'Loughlin  0403 597 685
$15.00 MPS members/$20.00 non-members 


The Location is 1/10-12 Adolph St. Cremorne, Victoria

Light refreshment provided

Friends, MPS members and
colleagues are welcome

Theatre of Spontaneity - Return to Yggdrasil

The Ancient Norse were greatly spiritual people.  Their creation/ destruction/ creation myth (Ragnarok) is one of the more powerful, imaginative and evocative religious images. 

Highly important aspects to Norse spirituality are the runes and the Yggdrasil (the world tree). According to the Poetic Edda, Odhinn sacrificed himself to the Yggdrasil to learn the mystery of the runes which granted him the wisdom to rule the gods.

Through Psychodrama enact the realm, enact the rune, enact the god or simply, beautifully, respond to your creative genius.

Explore the nine worlds of the Yggdrasil, of creation, destruction and restoration- a material, spiritual and most importantly, individual, journey.  In which of the nine realms do you sit in this moment? Will the mystery of the runes (Runa) be revealed to you?

https://youtu.be/k7-wkdvGUt0
Enslaved: Sigmundsskavat - Trad Old Norse tune.
Sunday August 30th, 2015
6-8.30pm
Director: Melas Khole
RSVP by 28th August to Gavin O'Loughlin  0403 597 685
$15.00 MPS members/$20.00 non-members

PIM presents a One-Day Training Workshop in September with Sharni Page-Cameron

    Finding Your Yellow Brick Road:                       

The Key to Unlocking New Avenues of Being

 Sunday, 6 September 2015 from 10 am to 5.30 pm.

Would you like to find new ways of living and working that are enlivening and enriching?  Would you like to feel “lighter” and less burdened by the weight of past experience?  Do you dream of wonderful possibilities but stop yourself short before allowing those possibilities to be?  Come along to this experiential workshop and reawaken your potential with Sharni as she uses the spontaneity principles of Psychodrama to help unblock your creativity.  This is a day to reconnect with your inner self so that you may see things anew. Those in training, education, corporate business and parents will enjoy the benefits of this personal and professional development group setting.  Please bring something for lunch to share.

Fee: $200.00 ($150.00 PIM trainees/MPS members) Application form with $50.00 deposit or full payment due by Friday, 19 August 2015 – see website for details.

Venue: Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne, Cremorne, Melbourne

The Director: Sharni Page-Cameron is an accredited Psychodramatist with the Australian & Aotearoa Board of Psychodrama, a member of the Moreno Psychodrama Society, a professional performer, playwright and composer. She graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2000 and has worked professionally in theatre, television, voiceovers, corporate and educational settings ever since.  Sharni is also a Mum of three young children.

Enquiries: E: pim@netspace.net.au      

Administrator: M: 0410 536 791

Friday Lunchtime Reading Group, 31 July 2015

Inter Subjectivity, Neuroscience and Psychodrama

Moderator: Gavin O'Loughlin

Moreno understood intuitively and wrote much that continues, and increasingly, to inform contemporary understanding of psychoanalysis, neuroscience and infant mental health. Moreno's understandings, assertions and theories about us in the world have some roots in this philosophical understanding.

He said, "Roles do not emerge from the self but the self may emerge from roles".

(Role Theory: The Role Concept, in Psychodrama Vol. 1, 1946, pp11-1V, 4^th Edition 1994)

Daniel Stern sees the confirmed existence of mirror neurons (Becchio and Bertone, 2005) as "implicit evidence for an inter subjective matrix suggestive of the human capacity to imitate understand empathise with and synchronise with others". (Daniel N. Stern, The Present Moment: In Psychotherapy and Everyday Life.  W.W Norton: New York, 97-103- 2007.

Existential phenomenology challenges the worldview of individualism, suggesting, "individual consciousness is actually a part or subsystem of a larger (inter-relational) consciousness" (Midgley, 2006, 100).

The 19th-20th century Japanese philosopher Kitaro Nishida said "It is not that there is experience because there is an individual but that there is an individual because there is an experience."  As quoted in Spinelli, Practicing Existential Psychotherapy: The Relational World. Sage Publications, Los Angeles - 2004, 11-17) 

This July Lunchtime Reading group further expands the discussion that Di Kearney began in the June Reading Group to include DanYaniv's viewpoint as set out in his article:

 
"Revisiting Morenian psychodramatic encounter in light of contemporary neuroscience: Relationship between empathy and creativity" - The Arts in Psychotherapy, 38 (2011) 52-58

How do the practices of psychodrama liberate the potential that sits within the new knowledge?  Does this change or deepen the concept of Tele? Is something new generated? How might this change our way of being or doing in psychodrama and in the world?

Lunchtime Reading Group
Last Friday of the month from 12.45 to 1.45 p.m

This group is designed to suit those with an hour to spare at lunchtime. Budding writers, trainees and practitioners are welcome! We will discuss psychodrama works; DVD’s and literature and other related material. A moderator who will send the material, or give it out at the previous meeting for reading or viewing, will lead the discussion.


Dates: 27 Feb, 27 Mar, (no April), 29 May, 26 Jun, 31 Jul, 28 Aug, 25 Sep, 30 Oct. & 27 Nov.

Fee: $10.00 per session includes freshly brewed coffee and selection of teas. BYO lunch.

Enquiries and RSVP: (text or phone only) 0403 597 685 (for reference material)

Theatre of Spontaneity, July 26 - If I were a Child I would......?

If I were a child I would...?

Sunday July 26th, 2015

6-8.30pm

Director: Sharni Page-Cameron

What are your memories as a child? What does your young self look like?  If you could talk to your young self what would you express to them?  What might they express to you?

Children are full of wonder, they do not judge and they do not have expectations.  Children challenge the rules and are connected with their feelings.  Children are spontaneous and creative, inquisitive and accepting, trusting and innocent, open and resilient, and most of all, children are full of love.

And then….we become adults.

JL Moreno observed when working with children, that as they grow older they become less spontaneous, less creative, and more anxious and cautious as society moulds them into ‘socially appropriate’ beings becomes stronger.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to get out of our adult heads for a while and embody the lifeful essence of a child again?  Well we can.

Come along and experience a playful, creative and enriching evening where our inner child is welcomed with open arms to help us bridge the gap between life as a child and life as an adult.

RSVP by 25th July to Gavin O'Loughlin  0403 597 685 

$15.00 MPS members/$20.00 non-members 

The Location is Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne

1/10-12 Adolph St. Cremorne, Victoria 

Light refreshment provided 

Friends, MPS members and colleagues are welcome

Songs That Move Your World with Cath Russell and Jillian Hiscock, Sunday 5 July 2015

The Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne
presents a One-Day Workshop

Songs That Move Your World

We all have music that moves our world. What is it for you? Singing a special song with your family as a child? A song that spoke to you in your adolescence? A song you share with a special partner in a relationship? Something you study or work out to? Something you dance to with friends? Participants are warmly invited to bring in such a song, a recording on your iPod, a cd or to sing or play it to us. We will work with receptive music therapy techniques to listen to the music of participants and psychodrama techniques to explore the ways we are as a group changed by the music we share. This workshop will be especially useful to psychodrama trainees, practitioners and people in a variety of fields who wish to explore new avenues and open up new perspectives on their work or lives.

Date: Sunday, 5 July from 10 am – 5.30 p.m (Previously advertised as 4 July)

Fee: $120.00 (Applications due by Friday, 26 June 2015.

Venue: Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne, 1/10-12 Adolph St, Cremorne 3121

This workshop is the first of 3 in a series. One or more may be attended.
Enquiries for all three workshops:
pim@netspace.net.au or directly to Cath on 9755 3013
www.psychodrama-institute-melbourne.com

The Leaders:

Cath Russell is an Australian Registered Music Therapist with Irish heritage and a Psychodrama-Assistant. She works with children in early intervention, adults and children with disabilities and in aged care institutions mainly through welfare and healthcare agencies. The ‘musical child’ continuously inspires her, a role all children can express regardless of their ability or skill. In 2014, she travelled to the Willie Clancy Scoil Samraidh in County Clare Ireland to study and sing with others drawn to Irish culture and music. Cath is excited to share and explore the links between timeless Irish Craic and psychodrama.

Jillian Hiscock has been doing psychodrama for professional development for 25 years. She was a member of a practicum-training group over the past 3 years. Music played a strong role in this group as an expression of emotion and tele and Jillian proving herself as a leader and artist in every respect. She also works in government in management roles and finds psychodramatic processes add great value in working with teams. Jillian is the Secretary/Treasurer of the Moreno Psychodrama Society.

Enquiries: Email: pim@netspace.net.au
Administrator: 0410 536 791

Friday Lunchtime Reading Group, 26 June 2015

Inter Subjectivity and Psychodrama

Moderator: Di Kearney

Moreno understood intuitively and wrote much that continues, and increasingly, to inform contemporary understanding of psychoanalysis neuroscience and infant mental health. Moreno's understandings assertions and theories about us in the world have some roots in this philosophical understanding.

He said, "Roles do not emerge from the self but the self may emerge from roles".

(Role Theory: The Role Concept, in Psychodrama Vol. 1, 1946, pp11-1V, 4^th Edition 1994)

Daniel Stern sees the confirmed existence of mirror neurons (Becchio and Bertone, 2005) as "implicit evidence for an inter subjective matrix suggestive of the human capacity to imitate understand empathise with and synchronise with others". (Stern, The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life - 2004)

Existential phenomenology challenges the worldview of individualism, suggesting, "individual consciousness is actually a part or subsystem of a larger (inter-relational) consciousness" (Midgley, 2006, 100).

The 19th-20th century Japanese philosopher Kitaro Nishida said "It is not that there is experience because there is an individual but that there is an individual because there is an experience."  As quoted in Spinelli, Practicing Existential Psychotherapy: The Relational World, 2007.

I'm excited about a discussion we could generate about key aspects of psychodrama in practice and implications for its application.

How do the practices of psychodrama liberate the potential that sits within the new knowledge?  Does this change or deepen the concept of Tele? Is something new generated? How might this change our way of being or doing in psychodrama and in the world?

Lunchtime Reading Group
Last Friday of the month from 12.45 to 1.45 p.m

This group is designed to suit those with an hour to spare at lunchtime. Budding writers, trainees and practitioners are welcome! We will discuss psychodrama works; DVD’s and literature and other related material. A moderator who will send the material, or give it out at the previous meeting for reading or viewing, will lead the discussion.


Dates: 27 Feb, 27 Mar, (no April), 29 May, 26 Jun, 31 Jul, 28 Aug, 25 Sep, 30 Oct. & 27 Nov.

Fee: $10.00 per session includes freshly brewed coffee and selection of teas. BYO lunch.

Enquiries and RSVP: (text or email) 0417 586 791 (And a copy of Moreno's article)

Theatre of Spontaneity with Sue Daniel, Sunday 28th June

A bibliodrama on the written word: How do religious texts and writings assist us in our everyday life?  Can we live in peace with one another?

These are two of the questions we will explore in the June Theatre of Spontaneity. The technique and art of bibliodrama is to bring to life some of the stories, tales, poems and religious texts in a completely different way. In addition bibliodrama give participants the opportunity to imagine alternative viewpoints, bring forward and enact their own views, ideas and thoughts, bring new and fresh interpretations, and thereby making them more relevant to their lives. Bibliodrama enables the group to find out how these texts are relevant to our society today and to explore the close connection between myth and religion. Some of these texts are the Hebrew Bible, Christian Bible, Hindu, Bhagavad Gita, The Koran, a book of Zen Tales, a book of Sufi Tales and Aboriginal dreamtime stories.

I will be using Dr J.L. Moreno’s earliest psychodrama methods and techniques in my presentation, which include axiodrama (1918), sociodrama (1921) bibliodrama and the psychodramatic empty chair.

Axiodrama deals with the activation of religious, ethical and cultural values in spontaneous-dramatic form (Moreno, 1953). A bibliodrama is the application of an action method to any piece of writing (Pitzele, 1998).  The essence of the method is to bring all or certain aspects of a text to the fore and allow participants to imagine the motivations of character, the writers and the motives or meanings of the plots.  Bibliodrama is a high form of spontaneity training.

Sunday 28th June 2015 at 6.00 pm. for 6.30 start – 8.30 finish

RSVP by 26th June to Gavin O'Loughlin  0403 597 685

$15.00 MPS members/$20.00 non-members

The Location is 1/10-12 Adolph St. Cremorne, Victoria

Light refreshment provided

Friends, MPS members and
colleagues are welcome

Personal Development for Professionals with Sue Daniel - June/July

THE GROUP:

Life provides many positive challenges and possibilities, which are ours if we have the courage to take them.  The aim of self-development is to live life creatively, spontaneously and with vision. These weekly sessions are for those who want to explore and enter into the deeper aspects of self with the aim of developing greater resilience, vitality and more effective relationships with self and others. There are opportunities to develop new roles and perspectives, acknowledge, celebrate and value old roles, to clear obstacles and resolve minor conflicts of living in your personal or professional life. This group has been running for over five years.  New people join.  It is particularly useful for psychodrama trainees and accredited practitioners who want to embark on some personal development using the psychodrama method.

 

THE LEADER:

Sue is a trainer, educator and practitioner of psychodrama, psychologist and individual and group psychotherapist in private practice.  She is the director of the Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne, Founder of the Australian and Aotearoa Board of Psychodrama and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy. 

DATES: 

4 Friday Afternoons, 2  – 5 pm

12 & 19 June (rest week, Friday 26 June) followed by 3 & 10 July 2015.

FEE: $300.00 (Dep.$50.00) MPS members Non-members: $360.00.

 Applications due by Tuesday, 9 June.

 Maximum number in group: 8

         

VENUE:

Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne

1/10-12 Adolph St, Cremorne 3121

 Medicare rebates may apply.

 Concessions for trainees and MPS members.

 All enquiries: 0417 586 791                                                       

                                                           

Changing moments when travelling

THEATRE OF SPONTENEITY 

31st May 2015
6:00 to 8:30pm

Presented by Hans Wilgenburg

Hans has recently returned from India and knows too well the changing moments experienced when travelling.

Every trip home or abroad has its moment(s) when you have a life changing experience be it happy, confronting or sad.  Each ‘moment’ has its ‘gift of life’  learning experience.

Come and share your experience using psychodrama to gain new insights for self and others present. 

Bring an object that symbolise your experience during a trip home or abroad.

All enquiries and details to:

 Gavin O'Loughlin on 0403 597 685

$20.00 at the door includes supper ($15.00 MPS members).