CLAIMING THE GOLD IN THE GOLDEN YEARS ​​

PRESENTER: DEBORAH S. SHADDY

Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday  14:00-16:30
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Sociodrama and different social groups – the strenghts of communities
TYPE: Workshop
ROOM:
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 25
TAGS: Different Social Groups, June28 Afternoon
ABSTRACT:

Finding the “Gold” in the “Golden Year”: Maximizing the creativity for communities throughout the life-span

As we age, roles shift, change, and all too often, contract. Yet, communities thrive and reach their full potential when all participants are able to participate fully within the limits of their abilities. When embraced, age can provide space to access powerful new energies and tune into archetypes of compassion, outrage, power and new layers of wisdom. The gift that years and experience offer is the potential for increased clarity and voice. Moreno’s methodologies of psychodrama and sociodrama provide avenues to expand roles and find new ones. In this workshop we will provide tools to help ourselves and those we work with identify archetypes that will help them step fully and confidently into the fullness of their most authentic selves and enrich their own lives and that of the communities with which they interact.

Learning Objectives. After attending this workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify archetypes useful for ages 50 and beyond
  2. Describe two psychodramatic and sociodramatic techniques useful in reinvigorating life after 50
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Deborah Shaddy, MS, LMHP, LCPC, TEP has over 25 years of experience as a psychotherapist, educator, consultant, and in program development. She holds a Master’s degree from Creighton University in Omaha, NE. Deborah has a long-held passion for the power of experiential methods, developed through psychodrama and Virginia Satir’s Process Community. She is certified as a trainer, educator and practitioner of psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy by the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama and as an Experiential Arts Facilitator by Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. She also has been influenced by post-graduate Jungian and object relations studies.

Deborah is known as a warm and skilled practitioner, facilitator and educator. She has brought her skills to individuals, divorcing families, Fortune 500 companies, colleges and universities and religious communities. Her primary area of expertise is in healing trauma and she has a special interest in transforming relationships with self, with families and others, and within organizations and communities. She utilizes her psychodrama and sociometry skills in her clinical practice, in the development and facilitation of spirituality retreats, and in consultations to corporate, academic, and professional groups.

Deborah is the founder of the Sophia Center, a counseling, consultation and training practice. She is senior faculty member of the Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute in Highland, NY and presents at local and national conferences. Deborah was an elected member of the Executive Council of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP) where she chaired the Continuing Education Committee.