Group Work Training 2023 (Christchurch)

This experientially-based training includes both theoretical and practical components. The training is suitable for: established group facilitators; new and prospective group workers; and, those who would like to better understand or participate in groups. This workshop is part of the ongoing psychodrama training in Christchurch and is open to others.

Application of this training may be in formal groups, in clinical or community settings, in the management of work teams or in the informal groups of everyday life.

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CITP

Dates

3, 4 & 5 March 2023

 

Times

Friday: 6.30 – 9:00 PM. Saturday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

Venue

Village Health, Lincoln Road, Christchurch

Fee

$410.00

Total training hours: 16.5 hours

Workshop Code

citp-2023B

Trainers

Simon Gurnsey

Simon Gurnsey

PANZ Ōtautahi Christchurch Campus

Simon Gurnsey is an AANZPA Sociometrist and Trainer Educator Practitioner in training (TEPit).  He provides training in the PANZ Ōtautahi Christchurch and Ōtepoti Dunedin Campuses. He has held various leadership roles within the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association (AANZPA), including Treasurer on the Executive Committee and served as the AANZPA Membership Administrator for many years.

Simon has a focus on using psychodrama to foster inclusion and equity in professional settings. He has worked for many years in NGO organisations, most recently with the award-winning environmental organisation Weed Action Native Habitat Restoration Trust. His systemic orientation integrates a focus on the community, developmental and political spheres in enabling effective organisation and action. He has been published in AANZPA's journal, where he writes about mythical stories, organisational culture and the application of sociometry.

Simon keeps his creativity flowing through his passion for building things out of wood and earth. Pictures of his new woodshed are available! He enjoys spending time at the home he shares with Sara Crane and a large number of domestic animals.

Judith McDonald

Judith McDonald

PANZ Ōtepoti Dunedin Campus

Judith is a Psychodramatist and and Trainer Educator Practitioner in training (TEPit) who works in private practice as a Registered Psychotherapist. Her pathway to attaining her interim psychotherapy registration was by qualifying as a Psychodramatist. She enjoys walking, reading, semi-occasional gardening and getting away for weekends and holidays with her family and dog in their house bus.