STRATEGIES FOR EMPOWERMENT:
NAVIGATING AND RESISTING ANTI-LGBTI RHETORIC​​

PRESENTERS: REGINA SEWELL – JENNIFER SALIMBENE

Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday  10:00-12:30
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Sociodrama and social healing – recovery from collective crises and collective trauma
TYPE: Workshop
ROOM:
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 50
TAGS: Social Healing, June28 Morning
ABSTRACT:

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) rights are under pressure as social conservatives have increasingly taken action to target legislation and policies against LGBTI people. The political rhetoric driving these anti-LGBTI policies has led to an increase in the amount of hate speech and violence LGBTI people face and makes workspaces, schools and other public spaces feel unsafe. This impact is amplified by internalized messages stemming from years of micro-aggressions. In this workshop, we will use sociodrama to explore strategies to help LGBTI people navigate and resist the impact of anti-LGBTI rhetoric and find ways to help them effectively speak truth to power.

1. Define Kipper’s (2002) cognitive double.
2. Describe how to use embodied cognition to help participants experience a sense of empowerment.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

Regina Sewell, LMHC, PCC, CP, PAT / PhD (Sociology) is a licensed counselor and CP and PAT who has been using psychodrama with clients and in groups since 2004 and Sociodrama in sociology classes since 2005. I am also the Secretary of the ASGPP and am on faculty with HVPI. 

Jennifer Salimbene, LCSW-R, CASAC, TEP is a licensed social worker and addictions counselor, a graduate of the School of Playback Theatre and senior faculty member at HVPI.