A standalone weekend psychodrama training workshop run by Cher Williscroft
In this workshop ‘Making Humane Interventions in Social Systems’, we plan to act on those aspects of ourselves that are liberating, so we are more able to sustain ourselves in the organisational cultures and social groups in which we are working and living. This may be a work organisation, community group, team, or group.
We will explore systems that you are actively involved in, unpack the complexities of these groups and organisations, formulate an analysis and generate relevant intervention strategies.
The actions you take will aim to uplift your spirit and free you from oppressive forces and hopefully promote humane values. Sociodramatic enactments, sociometric investigations, psychodrama and role training will be the methodology applied in this standalone workshop.
‘The psychodramatic method is based on the idea of highly motivated human beings acting on the aspirations and deepest concerns of the society or subculture or small group in which they live.’ AANZPA Training and Standards Manual 2020
Who can attend?
All levels of trainees and those working or participating in organisations, NGO’s and community groups, who wish to make changes in the organisation that they are a part. Those involved in team development or organisational development, conflict resolution, creative expression, community development and social change would also benefit from this workshop.
If you are new to psychodrama, have not trained with us before or are returning after a long break from training, please contact us for a training conversation prior to enrolling to ensure you have the psychodrama experience needed to enter a training programme and our training programme will be a good match for you. (See our enrolment policy)
Enrol in 'Making Humane Interventions in Social Systems' - June 2024
Nelson Whakatū PANZ (formerly ExLD)
Workshop Code: NSN24-A2
Dates and Times
Friday, 14 June 6.30 – 9.00 pm
Saturday, 15 June 9.30 am to 6.00 pm
Sunday, 16 June 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
Venue
Fee
$515 includes morning and afternoon teas
(Minimum 50% deposit required to secure a place with the balance payable 4 weeks before workshop starts)
BYO lunch or eat at a local café
Training hours
Trainer
Cher Williscroft
PANZ Whakatū Nelson Director of Training
Cher is a Sociodramatist and Trainer Educator Practitioner (TEP) with PANZ and is Director of Training for the Wakatu/Nelson campus. She currently sits on the Board of Examiners and holds the role of the Practical Assessment Registrar. She has served twice on the AANZPA Executive as Membership Secretary and Secretary.
Cher’s early career was in Community Arts, Community Education, Community Recreation and Community Development, working for Nelson City Council and Nelson Polytechnic.For 8 years she worked in leadership roles at the Sealord Group Ltd as Human Resources Manager and then Organisation Development Manager, where she applied herself as a sociodramatist in the leadership of Maori and Japanese owned commercial seafood organisation.
As Managing Director of her business, Conflict Management Ltd (since 1986), she developed her lifelong interest in conflict resolution working as a mediator, facilitating breakthrough communication in the workplace. In 2004 she developed a successful workshop called
Courageous Conversations running several times each year since 2004 and she continues to teach the conflict resolution methods that she has developed, today in Courageous Conversations Masterclasses. She currently supervises clients in leadership positions.
Cher holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Women’s Studies from Murdoch University in WA
Living in Nelson, by the sea with her partner John, she kayaks, hangs out in nature, and cooks from the garden. She performs in a singing duo, keeps fit, and drafts and constructs her own clothes. Her daughter Maddy and her partner with two mokopuna are the joy of her life.