PANZ Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
The PANZ Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington Campus provides training leading to certification as an AANZPA practitioner of Psychodrama, Sociodrama, Sociometry or Role Training. The Campus curriculum and practice is governed by the AANZPA Code of Ethics and the AANZPA Board of Examiners’ Training and Standards Manual.
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The Structure of the Training Process
Training involves attending the year-long programme, other training and personal development workshops, reading, writing, practising with peers, attending supervision and other social activities. Training is open to those who wish to develop their professional abilities without necessarily becoming certificated practitioners in psychodrama.
For some people attending a year or two of training enhances their ability to do the particular work they are focused on. Other people experience a desire to develop a level of sophistication and excellence in working with people using the psychodramatic method. These people work for 5 to 7 years to achieve certification with the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association (AANZPA) as a Psychodramatist, Sociodramatist, Sociometrist or Role Trainer.
At the end of the training year, each trainee has a 40-minute consultation with members of the training staff to review role development, progress and next steps in their training.
PANZ Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington Training Programme
Introduction to Psychodrama series 1 – Psychodrama
22 March. Psychodrama Workshop.
Introduction to Psychodrama series 2 – Role Training
3 May. Role Training Workshop.
Residential Psychodrama Training Workshop. Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
11 – 15 June 2025. Wellington. Residential Psychodrama Training Workshop. This 4-day workshop will address all aspects of the psychodrama method with experiences of being a director, auxiliary, protagonist and group member.
Group work training and supervision
July 2 – August 27. These group work training and supervision sessions will provide an opportunity to explore and integrate the theory and practice of group work.
Introduction to Psychodrama series 3 – Sociodrama Workshop
28 June. Sociodrama Workshop.
Introduction to Psychodrama series 4 – Sociometry Workshop
26 July. Sociometry Workshop.
Te Whanganui-a -Tara Wellington Supervised Practice Workshop
1-3 August 2025. Wellington: Chris Hosking. Supervised Practice Workshop. A 3-day standalone training workshop which is suitable for trainees who want to develop and refine the application of the psychodrama method in their practice.
Introduction to Psychodrama series 5 – Spontaneity Workshop
18 October. Spontaneity Workshop.
PANZ Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington Staff
Bev Hosking
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington Campus Director of Training
Bev Hosking is an experienced counsellor, group worker and supervisor who has been in private practice since 1987. She is a Role Trainer and TEP (Trainer, Educator and Practitioner); and the Director of Training for the PANZ Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington Campus.
Bev has been actively pursuing new approaches for us to meet with each other so that we can develop our capacities to respond creatively to our current social, cultural and political realities.
She works with active methods to promote social dialogue and is committed to bringing spontaneity and creativity to all aspects of life and work.
Chris Hosking
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington Campus
Chris Hosking is an AANZPA registered Psychodramatist and Trainer Educator Practitioner and a Distinguished Member of AANZPA. Chris has served on various committees within AANZPA including the Executive, the Board of Examiners and the Ethics Committee. Chris has been training people in Psychodrama and its various applications for many years working in Australia and New Zealand campus programs as well as being an active trainer in the psychodrama programs in Greece and Japan. Chris has worked as a consultant in Community Development in South East Asia for many years in particular working in the recovery programs in post-war Vietnam and during the uprisings in Myanmar.
Cissy Rock
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington Campus
Cissy Rock is a sociodramatist with extensive experience in group work, facilitation, and leadership development. She is committed to empowering people through participatory processes that generate creativity, spontaneity, and social cohesion.
As a trainer, Cissy combines her background in community-led development with her expertise in action methods to support individuals and groups to expand their roles and respond effectively to complex social, cultural, political and organisational challenges. Her style is collaborative, engaging, and deeply grounded in the principles of inclusion and equity.
Cissy has presented at international conferences and worked with the Houston Psychodrama Institute offering training in India. She has also contributed to community development journals, sharing insights on participatory methods, social cohesion, and inclusive leadership. With over 20 years of experience working alongside communities and government, Cissy founded Community Think in 2015, a collective dedicated to strengthening social cohesion through campaigns, place-based organising, community engagement, and professional supervision. Cissy creates Fringe Festival shows as part of her commitment to public-facing experiences of psychodrama that speak to real-world contexts. Cissy is the current President of AANZPA.
Cissy lives in Petone, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, and enjoys drinking coffee, eating cinnamon brioche and/or doughnuts and building connections wherever she goes.
Cinnamon Boreham
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington Campus
Aoraki te Mauka Tipuna,
Ko Ōhau rātou, ko Pūkaki, ko Tekapo ngā puna roimata.
Ko Waitaki te Awa.
Ko Āraiteuru, ko Takitimu, ko Uruao ngā Waka.
Ko Kāi Tahu, ko Kāti Māmoe, ko Waitaha ōku Iwi.
Ko Cinnamon Boreham toku ingoa.
I am a certified psychodramatist and registered psychotherapist with over 30 years of experience in community-based therapeutic work. My career is dedicated to supporting individuals, families, and groups through transformative healing processes, with a strong focus on trauma-informed therapy, cultural
responsiveness, and social justice.
I have held leadership positions such as General Manager of Stopping Violence Dunedin and contributed to policy development as a Domestic Violence Panel Member for the Ministry of Justice. My work includes co-
facilitating the Freedom to Fly groups for survivors of sexual abuse. In addition to my psychodrama training, I hold qualifications in Te Ao Māori models of practice, and EMDR.
Outside of my professional work, I enjoy creative arts, including verbatim theatre and Playback Theatre, and using performance as a medium for healing and social change. I enjoy painting, sculpture, and travel, which
enrich my approach to psychodrama and deepen my connection to human experience.
Diana Jones
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington Campus
Diana Jones is a sociometrist, and Trainer Educator Practitioner with AANZPA. She was AANZPA Executive Treasurer for four years, past President of FTINZ, the former Chair of PANZ and the current AANZPA Journal Editor.
For 35 years, Diana was executive coach and leadership advisor to business leaders and their teams applying sociometry, role training, group work, and sociodrama to refresh informal relationship networks, radically improving group dynamics, and assist executives grapple with business dilemmas. She helped over 450 senior leaders to shift to being in the moment as they influenced and led groups in her Executive Presence programme. Diana has published two books on sociometry in leadership; Leadership Material: how personal experience shapes executive presence (2017) and Leadership Levers: Releasing the power of relationships for exceptional participation, alignment and team results (2022).
As academic supervisor in the MA Applied Programme at Victoria University for nine years she worked alongside business and arts leaders as graduates developed policy and its application in practice. Diana led residential leadership programmes for senior leaders based on group work and peer learning for the New Zealand College of Management for six years. She is an accredited organisation behaviour observer and feedback giver with the Centre for Creative Leadership in North Carolina.
Diana is a portrait artist, a former chair of the Wellington Women’s Homeless Trust, a gym and Pilates enthusiast, a te reo tauira, and not having children of her own, lives the miracle of being the third grandmother to four.
Vivienne Thomson
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Campus Director of Training
Vivienne is a Sociodramatist and Trainer Educator Practitioner (TEP) and is the Director of Training of the PANZ Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland campus. She served on the AANZPA Executive (2003-2005) and Board of Examiners (2006-2014), including as Secretary of the Board (2009-2014) and is currently the Chair of the Ethics Committee.
After working as a primary teacher in the public system, Vivienne ran an alternative school for several years. Following her teaching career she established a training and consulting company in the 1980s which continues today. She has used her experience in psychodrama to develop innovative approaches to her work which have led to significant organisational developments in New Zealand and overseas. Results of her work have been published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Great Britain, the New Zealand Resource Centre and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has also developed training resources that have been used in the University of London, the Centre for Post Graduate Pharmacy Education Great Britain, and in many NZ organisations. Currently, Vivienne’s work is mostly providing supervision and mentoring to individuals enabling them to apply their talents in their particular chosen field of work.
Vivienne has a Diploma of Teaching, a B.A. majoring in Education, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Product Design Enterprise. A little known fact is that she’s a qualified International Wildwater Judge. Now she tends to have more sedate interests such as being a Board member (Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Trust), private pianist, handbell ringer, keen gardener and cook, and grandmother.
Jenny Hutt
Jenny Hutt is a facilitator, coach and consultant who lives in Melbourne, Australia. She is a Sociodramatist; Trainer Educator, Practitioner (AANZPA) and Director of Training at Psychodrama Australia’s Melbourne Campus. Jenny is an associate with the Burbangana Group, a majority Aboriginal owned consulting company.
Training Interview
When your enrolment is received campus trainers will interview you to ensure you have the necessary pre-requisites for training in Psychodrama in Aotearoa New Zealand. Acceptance into training is at the discretion of the trainers in the campus.