WPTI - Staff

Director of Training

Dr Max Clayton

Executive Director

Bev Hosking

Staff - Teaching and Supervision

Max Clayton, Joan Daniels, John Faisandier, Bev Hosking, Chris Hosking, Claire Guy, Diana Jones, Katerina Seligman, Cher Williscroft.

Visiting Trainer

Jenny Hutt

Staff - Supervision

Viv Pender

Administrative Assistants

Wellington: Glenis Levack. Contact Glenis. admin@wpti.org.nz

Palmerston North: Marcia Amadio. Contact Marcia. mamadio@actrix.co.nz

Profile of Leaders

Dr G Max Clayton is the Director of Training with the Wellington Psychodrama Training Institute. He has been responsible for much of the development of psychodrama in Australia and New Zealand. For the past 34 years he has been conducting training workshops in psychodrama, sociodrama, sociometry, role training and group work in many parts of the world.

Joan Daniels is a psychodramatist. She works as a therapist and trainer with individuals, couples and groups.

John Faisandier is a psychodramatist and TEP. He runs his own business as a trainer and organisational consultant. For a number of years he worked at Queen Mary Hospital as the psychodramatist and trainer of counsellors.

Bev Hosking is a role trainer and is experienced in action methods that aim to promote social dialogue and the formation of cohesive communities. She is a founding staff member of WPTI and works as an individual and small group supervisor, consultant trainer, counsellor and playback theatre practitioner and trainer.

Chris Hosking is a psychodramatist, counsellor, individual supervisor and group work supervisor. Over a number of years, Chris has been a visiting teacher to several training institutes in NZ and Australia and has been involved in training others in the areas of psychodrama, sociometry and groups as systems.

Diana Jones is a sociometrist and TEP. She is a company director, organisation development practitioner and executive coach. She has been applying psychodramatic methods in organisations and in professional supervision for over 18 years.

Viv Pender is a psychodramatist, psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice. She has worked as a trainer of counsellors and other health professionals for many years.

Jenny Hutt is a certified sociodramatist, a trainer-educator-practitioner in training (TEPIT) and a staff member of the Australian College of Psychodrama in Melbourne. She works with individuals, teams and organisations as a learning and organisational development consultant and coach. She has an honours degree in social anthropology and is keenly interested in workplace diversity and cross-cultural relations.