Wednesday, June 17, 2009

PIM NEWS - June/July 2009

I am glad to hear (you can find them in this blog) from Linda Harrington and Bob Cummings and also recently from Margaret Cunningham, all of whom have been deeply effected by the fire on February 7, this year. I feel a lot for them as they continue to heal and face all of the things that have to be faced, with courage. I am glad too that they know that their community of psychodramatists supports them and surrounds them with love. We were recently delighted to hear that Linda has a new job, in her neck of the woods, and wish her well.

Our Community
PIM is part of a larger community of psychodramatists called the Moreno Psychodrama Society, and this in turn is part of a larger community of psychodramatists worldwide. Psychodrama is pretty much practised on every continent, and within these, in hundreds of countries. If you are reading this blog you have joined the MPS either as Friend of MPS, a trainee of PIM or as an accredited psychodramatist with PIM (Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne) or PIA (Psychodrama Institute of Aotearoa).

The structure of our community is based on mutual role relationships, and creativity and spontaneity, following the Morenian psychodrama model introduced by the founder of the psychodrama method and group psychotherapy, Jacob Levy Moreno (pictured below).

Within our community is a Board of Psychodrama which attends to assessments and practicums and ethics, two training Institutes PIM and PIA, and the Moreno Psychodrama Society (MPS).

The Moreno Society is a body of people who want to take psychodrama out into the world with conferences and other events; social and professional, and by making relationships with other organisations in Australia and overseas and with people in our society. We have a library of articles, journals and books dating back to 1914.

Joining MPS gives you a body to belong to which is a professional body and a community body. Those practicing psychodrama are required to be a member so that their professional affiliation is seen by the public and their professional peers. As a member and accredited psychodramatist each receives a practice certificate for one year on the payment of their subscription. The Moreno Psychodrama Society is an affiliate organisation of the IAGP (International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes), the founder also being J. L. Moreno.


I am looking forward to developing a Moreno Photo gallery for inclusion on our website in the near future but for now here is a picture of Moreno (above left) and his widow, Zerka Moreno (left) (with Gillian Blackwell on her left). Zerka turned 92 on the 13th of June and is practising individual and group psychodrama in her home in Charlottesville, USA.



Theatre of Spontaneity
The Theatre of Spontaneity continues to be well attended and of increasing interest to those in our wider community. John De Bono and Keran Howe conducted the evening on Sunday 31 May. The Practicum group continue to head up the Theatre of Spontaneity and keep coming up with new ideas for the sessions. The group consists of Gavin O'Loughlin, Liliana Melone, Patricia Green, Kate Cordukes, Rachael Zyznikow, Keran Howe and John De Bono. The suppers continue to be a source of pleasure, with gluten free and other delights. Do come a bit earlier so we can process all of the registrations and get started by 6 p.m. Normally the sessions go until 8 p.m.
Dates for June and July, Sundays 28 June and 26 July at PIM.

Elective Workshop

The Elective one-day Workshop "Explore Your Dreams through Psychodrama" led by Marie Watt is on Saturday 27 June from 10 a.m to 5.30 p.m. Registrations closed on Friday 12 June. The workshop is full however there is a list in case of cancellations. Please confirm if you have elected to do this workshop before Thursday 18 June. Contact the PIM office on 9416 3779. Click on picture at left for a closer view.


Optimism - One-Day Conference
At the side of this blog you can find the blog for the conference, just click on. There have been updates, with description of program, including workshop leaders and session descriptions and registration. The conference has engendered much interest so much so that we intend to hold further one-day conferences and symposiums in the near future. Keep tuned in to this blog for calls for proposals in August. The Moreno Psychodrama Society committee has ccontinued to meet at Faust in North Melbourne on Sunday mornings to co-create this conference. Thank you team; Nikki Alderman, Patricia Green, Stephanie Lee, Gillian Blackwell and John De Bono. Thanks to Steph for her artwork for the conference, postcards, letterheads and name tags.
Visit the website: www.psychodrama-institute-melbourne.com

Personal Development Courses:
1) 4 Wednesdays:
Nikki Alderman and Stephanie Lee are conducting a series of four personal development groups from Wednesday 17 June until July 8 in the middle of the day. in Footscray There will be repeat series during 2009. Contact Nikki on 0418 134 749.

2) Weekend Workshop:
“Happiness and Health in Work and Life”
Saturday and Sunday, 18th & 19th July 2009
10 a.m - 5.30 p.m both days
Leader: Sue Daniel
This group is for people who want to develop abilities and roles that are conducive to living healthy and happy lives, and, to have satisfying and vital relationships. There is an opportunity to focus on unfinished business, minor conflicts of living and creating opportunities to develop new roles and perspectives. This weekend workshop is for those who want to explore and enter into the deeper aspects of their relationship with themselves and others. Contact Sue 9416 3779.

The Practitioners Group
The psychodrama practitioners' group is held on the last Friday of the month, the next two coming up on Fridays 26 June and 24 July. Held at PIM from 9.30 a.m to 12.30 p.m.

Rome Congress Participants
The next social gathering for those going to the Rome Congress is at Sue and Ted's home on Saturday 27 June from 3 - 7 p.m. We are having a late brunch or early dinner and a movie courtesy of Jil Toovey. Bring some Italian food for the table and any information on Rome to share. RSVP Sue on 9416 3779 by June 26. The meeting after that will be our final one and this is going to be held at Julia Lau's house on Saturday 25 July. RSVP Julia on 9370 7474.

PIM Training
Wishing everyone a good rest of term and enjoyable term break until we gather for the third term in the week beginning 27 July.

Sue Daniel

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