About this event
Discover the power of sociodrama—a creative action method that transforms group work through purposeful, spontaneous engagement. In this workshop, you’ll explore dynamic techniques like doubling and role reversal to help groups uncover hidden meanings, navigate complex dynamics, and build genuine empathy. Learn to think on your feet, harness the creative potential of the moment, and facilitate experiences that go beyond traditional discussion.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- How to apply sociodrama techniques such as doubling and role reversal to facilitate group exploration and uncover implicit group dynamics.
- Responding spontaneously and creatively to emerging group needs and unexpected moments during facilitation.
- Consider how to design and lead action-based activities that cultivate empathy and deeper understanding in a group.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Facilitators, educators, therapists, team leaders.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- Participants will leave with practical tools to bring groups to life through creative action.
RECORDING
This event will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.
ZOOM
This event will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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Valerie Monti Holland
Valerie Monti Holland, MA, is a Sociodrama Trainer for the BPA (British Psychodrama Association). She is also a founding member of iSCAN (International Sociodrama and Creative Action Network).
As a sociodramatist and social entrepreneur, she facilitates and coaches across the world from boardrooms to the European Commission, in prisons and countless conference suites resulting in films, papers, presentations and workshops.
Valerie also coaches with a focus on championing women in leadership roles across the private, public and voluntary sectors.
When she’s not designing ways for groups to engage, you can find her at least ankle deep in mud on a hike or cycle ride across the Peak District before collapsing on a yoga mat to integrate body and soul. She’s the very proud mother of a son and daughter.
Website | www.creativecoachingbyval.co.uk
LinkedIn | Valerie Monti Holland FRSA