Poems from the Theatre of Spontaneity, 26 August 2012

We had a very rich evening with Jorge Burmeister last Sunday.  One of the many activities we experienced saw us gather into several small groups and work together finally creating a poem of our experience.  Here they are:

Poem 1:

Mountains, forces of earth
Deep in the center, far beneath, a baby
At peace, a pause, gathering for the next
My space, a woman's new space, creating
Going no further, more to go.

Poem 2:

Beautiful dirge
Softly tattooed
Joyous grief
In Beauty alive
Beauty passing
Crimson shroud worms
Him to his velvety abode

Life force seeps
Leaving only grey

Her cousin weeps
Scattering the petalled love
Of her garden bed

Everything returns to earth.

Poem 3.

I am here
In the beautiful fragility
This is life

I am here
With my loved ones
Past and present
This is life

I am here
With the fondness
Of memories
This is life

I am here
With the spirit of people
Who are ever presence
This is life

I am here
With the tapestry
Of richness and warmth
Sewn with threads of beauty
And losses and pain
This is life

Life is everything
And everywhere
Petal of the Cherry Blossom
This is life.

Poem 4.

Whale shark
Awesome power
Sweet water
Waiting its time
In the moment

Time gauges
Both sides
Watching my child

The moment
Surely deep water

In the moment
Love came
So truly
But loss can part
The moment

Time heals
Time heralds
Time swirls
It is always
My time.

Poem 5.

We are rooted in the earth
Feeling our strength
Nourishing our spirit
Greenness growing into our being.

Enhancing Therapeutic Effectiveness through training in Theory and Clinical Experience in Fundamentals of Psychodrama and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

International Organisation of Group Analytic Psychotherapy

Enhancing Therapeutic Effectiveness through training in

Theory and Clinical Experience in Fundamentals of

Psychodrama and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Congress

1-2 September 2012

9.00am-5.00pm

 

Sandringham Hotel, Dolphin Congress Room

Cnr Bay Rd and Bay Roads, Sandringham, VIC

Keynote Speakers:

• Jorge Burmeister M.D., Spain President IAGP. Past President German Association of Group Psychotherapy and Past Vice Director Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Switzerland.  Trainer in Family Therapy and CBT. Dean International Academy for Groups. Granada, Spain.

• Sue Daniel, Director, Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne. Co-chair Education Committee IAGP, Founder of Moreno Psychodrama Society, Chairperson of the Australian and Aotearoa Board of Psychodrama (AABP) and Consulting Psychologist in private practice, Melbourne.
• Neil Hucker, Consultant Psychiatrist in private practice, Melbourne and ANZPA accredited Psychodramatist.
• Lorraine Michael, Psychodramatist (MPS accredited), Member of the Board of ABP, Counsellor and Occupational Therapist within a public mental health system in Melbourne. She works with individuals and groups on both the open ward and extra-care facility (psychiatric intensive care) of the AIU.
• Sabar Rustomjee, FRANZCP; MBBS. Clinical Member and Certified Group Psychotherapist American Group Psychotherapy Association.  Full Member Group Analytic Society International.Past President IAGP.Founder member and President IOGAP.

 

Topics

• Psychotherapy in Emergencies including Prevention and management of suicidal clients.
• Earl  Hopper’s Social Unconscious in Groups and Organisations
• Fundamentals of Psychodrama
• Morenian Co-Unconscious, Role Theory and Sociometry
•  Psychodrama and Role Theory in Personality  Disorders
• Gulliver’s Travels- a psychodrama presentation
•  Adolescence – its pleasures and difficulties
•  Psychodrama in Borderline Personalities

 

Interested PIM, PIA and MPS members contact Sue Daniel on 9416 3779.

Further information:  Dr. Sabar Rustomjee   sabar@iprimus.com.au

	FEES:	Mailing Details: P O Box 3018 Central Park Vic 3145
	$180 per day $250 both days

New Book! Supervision in Psychodrama: Experiential Learning in Psychotherapy and Training.

A new book (in English!) is coming out in September from Springer Verlag in Germany.  It is an anthology of authors from various countries and it’s titled:
 

Supervision in Psychodrama: Experiential Learning in Psychotherapy and Training. (Springer VS, 2012, 280 pages).  The Editors are Hannes Krall, Jutta Fürst & Pierre Fontaine.
 

 

Many experienced psychodrama trainers and supervisors contributed to this book:

Norbert Apter, Maurizio Gasseau & Leandra Perrotta, Agnes Dudler & Kersti Weiß, Giovanni Boria, Sue Daniel, Judith Teszáry, Einya Artzi, Arşaluys Kayır, Chantal Nève-Hanquet, Jan Lap, Ildikó Erdélyi, Hilde Gött, Anna Chesner, Gabriela Moita & António Roma-Torres, Ioannis K. Tsegos & Natassa Karapostoli and Hannes Krall, Jutta Fürst & Pierre Fontaine. 

Supervision in Psychodrama gives an interesting  overview of supervision in psychodrama training in various countries. The full price of the book is 34,95 Euro.  Let’s bring attention to this book to our psychodrama communities!

Photos from the IAGP Congress in Cartagena, Colombia

Congress Opening July 17 2012

German Estefan, Maria Cecilia Orozco (1 of 3 primary organizers of the Congress) and Jorge Burmeister (now Immediate Past-President of IAGP)

Ben, Neil Hucker and Margaret Shanahan

Having fun at the Havana Bar

Ted Bugarski and Sue Daniel

Congress Opening

Marlene Marra (1 of 3 of the primary people who organized the Congress), Heloisa Fleury (Immediate Past-Treasurer of IAGP) with her husband, Elisabath Rohre (Germany) and Christer Sandhal (Sweden).

Ted having a close shave

Sue, Ted and Ursula Hauser (Switzerland and Costa Rica)

Maria Cecilia and Jorge opening the Pre-Congress

From Spain, Natacha Navarro, Cristina Taboda and Maite Pi (1 of 3 primary people who organized the Congress). 

Congress Opening

Moreno Psychodrama Society members, Ted Bugarski (Australia) and Jun Maeda (Japan)

Fruit Seller, Cartagena

Natacha, Cristina, Maite and Marlene

Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena, Colombia

The Wall around the old city of Cartagena built by the Spanish

What a night!

Di Kearney and Jenny Gould created a wonderland for their Magic Shop this evening, beautiful music, beautiful scenery; a lovely ambiance for the Theatre of Spontaneity. The tree of life in the backdrop a significant and enriching reminder that it is 'National Tree Day' today.

The Theatre of Spontaneity - Sunday 29 July 2012

On Sunday 29 July  the Moreno Psychodrama Society presents the Theatre of Spontaneity

Di Kearney and Jenny Gould will present....

The Magic Shoppe

        How do you get what you want in this life???     It's Magic!!!    You are invited to visit the THE MAGIC SHOPPE.....where mysteries can be revealed!!

Gather together for a cup of tea or coffee from 6 p.m for a 6.30 p.m sharp start at the Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne, 155 Langridge St, Collingwood.

$20.00 ($15.00 MPS Members) SUPPER provided!

RSVP for catering purposes by Friday 27 June to Gavin O'Loughin 0403 597 685

Personal Development for Professionals

INVITATION

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 psychodrama workshops are for those who want to explore and enter into the deeper aspects of self with the aim of developing greater strength, vitality and more effective relationships with self and others. There are opportunities to develop new roles and perspectives, acknowledge, celebrate and value old roles and to resolve minor conflicts of living in your personal or professional life.  

Maximum number in group: 8 - 10

GROUP LEADER:

Sue is a trainer, educator and practitioner of psychodrama, a psychologist, psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice.  Sue conducts workshops and training seminars worldwide.  She is the director of the Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne, Chairperson of the Australian and Aotearoa Board of Psychodrama and a member of the Board of Directors of the IAGP. 

AUGUST: 4 Friday Afternoons, 2 – 5 pm

              3, 10, 17 & 24 August         

FEE: $250.00 (Dep.$50.00) Applications

    due by Wednesday, 25 July 2012.

               

VENUE:

Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne

155 Langridge St, Collingwood

Medicare rebates may apply,

All enquiries: (03) 9416 3779

      

IAGP News

1. IAGP Board Elections 2012-2015

Sue Daniel is elected to the Board of Directors of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes for a further term.  She commences this new phase on the Board at the IAGP Congress in Cartagena, Colombia 21 July 2012.

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Jun Maeda is also elected to the Board of Directors of IAGP.  Jun is currently completing his psychodrama training with PIM and MPS. 

2. IAGP Congress
Pre-Congress Date: 16-17 July 2012
Congress Date: Evening of 17 July - 21 July 2012


16th-21st July, 2012
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
BETWEEN WORDS AND CULTURES - SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION:
18th International Congress of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes
 

The IAGP's next international conference will be held in Colombia and will offer a unique possibility to get in touch with the most recent developments in group psychotherapy and group processes. It will focus especially on the topic of social transformation, putting emphasis on the vision of J.L. Moreno, S. Foulkes and K. Levin, to apply our competences also on the scale of social or collective groups. We invite all of you: researchers, educators, psychotherapists, students and other professionals from around the world and across borders to come together, to learn from each other and to hopefully grow in our professional and human dimensions. For further details, see  http://www.iagpcongress.org. (This link to an external site run by the local organisers will open in a new window.) 3. President of IAGP Jorge Burmeister will visit Melbourne August - September 2012.  Jorge Burmeister and his wife, Natacha Navarro from Spain will be visiting Melbourne in a couple of months. More news on the blog soon. Tel: PIM Office 94163779 after 24 July 2012.

Zerka's 95th - A celebration of love

Zerka Moreno (centre) celebrating her 95th birthday on 13 June 2012

Theatre of Spontaneity, Sunday 24 June with Daniel James

Waxing Lyrical!

A word can change the world.       

Words are art, even more-so with the accompaniment of music. The combination of the beautiful (or beautifully ugly) words and the beautiful (or beautifully ugly) music can create an emotional experience within each individual. We sway, thrash, dance, hum, scream along.

We take meaning, often very personal and subjective (but never wrong) from what we hear. Such an encounter cannot help but change us, regardless of desire for change or otherwise.

The wonder of the lyrical encounter can be a source of inspiration capable of giving the gifts of laughter, tears and anything betwixt.

This session aims to explore the impact of lyrics to songs on all who arrive, on culture and on sub culture. Come with your favourites or sup on those provided (spontaneity in action) and explore what dwells within the magic of lyric and the magic of our responses to lyric.

Lets experience beautiful lyrics together.

Gather together for a cup of tea or coffee from 6 p.m for a 6.30 p.m sharp start

$20.00 ($15.00 MPS Members) SUPPER provided!
RSVP for catering purposes by Friday 22 June to Gavin O'Loughin 0403 597 685