National Association for Drama Therapy Conference White Plains NY

This news in today from National Association of Drama Therapy NADT Conference Chair, Mark Beauregard, RDT, LCAT:

"Finding Home: Pathways To Belonging"
Annual Conference of The National Association for Drama Therapy

November 5-8, 2009 in White Plains NY

Greetings,
I am writing to remind you that the deadline for submission of proposals for workshops for the 2009 Annual National Association for Drama Therapy Conference is MARCH 7th 2009. Now is the time to submit your proposals! For more information and for submission guidelines, visit the NADT website.

Creative Approaches in Social Work Training

I had an opportunity to work and

study as an actor with Muriel Gold Ph.D.

in projects for two years (Stanislavski,

naturalistic approaches). Formerly the

Artistic Director of the Saidye Bronfman

Centre Theatre in Montreal, Muriel has

used drama approaches with adolescent

female survivors of sexual

abuse as well as conducting workshops with

acting teachers and social workers and family therapy

trainees. "Therapy through Drama: The Fictional Family" is a helpful

resource for those with an interest in applying progressive drama

methods in Social Work training. The step-by-step techniques take

readers through the process of developing and investigating

historical background,scene sequences, self exploratory

exercises, fictional character objectives, obstacles and dramatic

conflict scenes. This can be illuminating preparatory work for those

who want to gain an embodied understanding of both self and

client while learning new skills helpful in therapy and group work.

http:www.amazon.com/Fictional-Fam