PANZ Ōtepoti Dunedin
The PANZ Ōtepoti Dunedin Campus provides training leading to certification as an AANZPA practitioner of Psychodrama, Sociodrama, Sociometry or Role Training. The Campus curriculum and practice is governed by the AANZPA Code of Ethics and the AANZPA Board of Examiners’ Training and Standards Manual.
Training Information
Enrolment
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Training agreement
Training plan
Complaints procedure
Policy manual
The Structure of the Training Process
Training involves attending the year-long programme, other training and personal development workshops, reading, writing, practising with peers, attending supervision and other social activities. Training is open to those who wish to develop their professional abilities without necessarily becoming certificated practitioners in psychodrama.
For some people attending a year or two of training enhances their ability to do the particular work they are focused on. Other people experience a desire to develop a level of sophistication and excellence in working with people using the psychodramatic method. These people work for 5 to 7 years to achieve certification with the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association (AANZPA) as a Psychodramatist, Sociodramatist, Sociometrist or Role Trainer.
At the end of the training year, each trainee has a 40-minute consultation with members of the training staff to review role development, progress and next steps in their training.
PANZ Ōtepoti Dunedin Training Programme
Marae Based Intensive Psychodrama Workshop 2024
25 – 29 September 2024. Karitane. This experientially based training includes both theoretical and practical components. This is part of the training for Ōtepoti Dunedin and Ōtautahi Christchurch multi-level group trainees and the workshop is open to others. This workshop is suitable for anyone working in the human relations field.
Ōteptoti Dunedin Multi-Level Psychodrama Training 2024
Begins 8 March 2024. Ōtepoti Dunedin. The multi-level training in 2024 involves participating in a year-long programme consisting of experiential workshops, reading, writing, a peer practice group and supervision.
Ōtautahi Christchurch Multi-Level Psychodrama Training 2024
Begins 8 March 2024. Ōtautahi Christchurch. The multi-level training in 2024 involves participating in a year-long programme consisting of experiential workshops, reading, writing, a peer practice group and supervision.
PANZ Ōtepoti Dunedin Staff
Sara Crane
PANZ Ōtautahi Christchurch
Sara Crane is the PANZ Ōtautahi and Ōtepoti Campus Director of Training. She is a Psychodramatist, a Trainer Educator Practitioner (TEP, AANZPA) and is a Registered Psychotherapist with a special interest in children and families and has a long-standing involvement with Playback Theatre. (More...)
Simon Gurnsey
PANZ Ōtautahi Christchurch
Simon Gurnsey is a Sociometrist and an AANZPA TEP in training. Psychodrama has been his passion and delight since his first experience of it in the late 1980s. He combines his love for psychodrama and playback theatre to create a unique approach to personal and professional development. Simon has a deep commitment to helping groups and individuals grow and develop to produce thriving organisations and adequate and trained professionals in their chosen fields of work. He is a member of the AANZPA Executive and holds the office of Treasurer. He lives and works in the small community of Parua Bay.
Judith McDonald
PANZ Ōtepoti Dunedin
Judith works in private practice as a Registered Psychotherapist. Her pathway to attaining her interim psychotherapy registration was by qualifying as a Psychodramatist. She enjoys walking, reading, semi-occasional gardening and getting away for weekends and holidays with her family and dog in their house bus.
Maria Snegirev
PANZ Ōtepoti Dunedin
Maria is a Psychodramatist, Registered Psychotherapist and experienced group facilitator. She has been a member of AANZPA since about 2010 and has held various roles on the committee of the Otago branch. Maria studied at Otago and has a B.A. in Russian Language and Literature, and a Diploma in Teaching. She has 20 years experience of leading Non-Violence programmes and has completed level 1 of Imago training. (More...)
Hamish Brown
PANZ Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Hamish is a Psychodramatist, Trainer Educator Practitioner (TEP) and delivers training in Auckland in Aotearoa New Zealand through PANZ Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. (more...)
Chris Hosking
PANZ Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington
Chris Hosking is an action methods practitioner and trainer with considerable breadth of experience. She has been training people in psychodrama and sociometry for many years in Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Greece and Japan. Her training orientation is based upon an experiential learning model and a systems approach. She is a qualified Psychodramatist and Trainer, Educator and Practitioner with the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Psychodrama Association and a Distinguished Member of AANZPA.
Training Interview
When your enrolment is received campus trainers will interview you to ensure you have the necessary pre-requisites for training in Psychodrama in Aotearoa New Zealand. Acceptance into training is at the discretion of the trainers in the campus.