Ongoing Professional Training

Diploma

This normally takes four years and is accredited through the British Psychodrama Association.

Students must do 300 hours training with course trainers, 300 hours with other approved trainers and write two essays and 60 short pieces.

Students who do not have training in psychodrama must also complete 150 hours of training in psychodrama for which a certificate may be awarded.

Certificate

This usually takes two years. Students must do 100 hours training with the course trainers, 40 hours with other approved trainers and one essay and 20 short pieces.

* It is not necessary to enrol as a Diploma or Certificate student to attend the course.

Course structure

Each year's course from September consists of 7 linked weekends.

Participants with different levels of experience are combined in the same group to encourage a rich group culture and interchange of experience.

For Diploma and Certificate trainees the course includes ongoing recording of workshops and regular meetings of "action learning work-sets" between sessions.

The directors

Ron Wiener

is a senior sociodrama trainer and organisational consultant, specialising in team-building with a worldwide practice. He co-directs the MPV/SAM school of sociodrama and creative action methods which runs certificate and diploma courses in Manchester and Shanghai. The school is an accredited school of the British Psychodrama Association (BPA) who gave Ron a lifetime achievement award in 2008. He is also a lead tutor in drama at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield and was part of a panel on Drama and Older People at the 2008 Performing the World conference in New York. He has a long history in community theatre and is a trustee of a number of voluntary organisations.

Di Adderley

is a BPA-accredited senior sociodrama trainer and co-director of MPV/SAM. She is also an Associate Consultant with Oakridge Training and Consulting; a psychodrama psychotherapist in private practice; and the founder/manager of RealPlay, a team of actors who work in the corporate field. Di's first career was as a professional actor/musician for 20 years. She is a founder member of Playback Theatre Manchester, a practitioner with York Playback Theatre and a Leadership Graduate of the original School of Playback Theatre (USA). Di runs workshops in the form both nationally and internationally, in Canada, USA, Sweden, Norway, Serbia, Turkey and Germany.

To Enrol

Send your name, address, email and telephone number, indicating whether you are interested in attending as a diploma, certificate or participant member, an indication of your interests and a short resume of experience to:

Ron Wiener, 43 Bentcliffe Avenue, Leeds LS17 6QJ.
Diploma trainees may be required to attend an interview, for which there is a fee.

For further information contact

Ron Wiener: 0113 266 7722
ron@ronwiener.co.uk
Di Adderley: 0161 798 6044
diadderley@gmail.com