PANZ Whakatū Nelson
The PANZ Whakatū Nelson 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.
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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 Whakatū Nelson Training Programme
Developing Your Psychodrama Practice – March 2024
Auckland. Begins Friday, Saturday & Sunday 16-18 February 2024. The purpose of the Foundations year is to provide an introduction and overview of the entire content of the method – psychodrama, sociodrama, sociometry, role training and group work.
Supervised Practice Series ‘Running Groups’ – Friday afternoon series
3 x Friday afternoons 2.00–4.30 pm Supervised Practice sessions run by Cher Williscroft on 8 March, 14 June and 11 October. Enrolment is for all 3 sessions. Focus is on setting up and running psychodrama groups in your work or in the community. Designed for those who want to run a group using Psychodramatic action methods and receive peer support and trainer supervision for their practice. Max 5 people.
Developing Your Psychodrama Practice – March 2024
March 8–10 Weekend training workshop run by Cher Williscroft ‘Developing Your Psychodrama Practice’ (Friday evening plus Saturday/Sunday). Suitable for all levels of trainees wishing to develop their practice, including people who’d like to dip their toes into a psychodrama training experience for the first time.
PANZ Whakatū Nelson Staff
![Cher Williscroft](https://panz.psychodrama.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/Portrait-CW.jpg)
Cher Williscroft
PANZ Whakatū Nelson
Cher Williscroft is a Sociodramatist, a Trainer Educator and Practitioner (T.E.P. AANZPA) and encourages the art of clear and kind communication in conflict situations in the workplace. She is a mediator, conversation facilitator, coach and mentor. As Managing Director of Conflict Management Ltd she has 30 years’ experience and has a mission to improving workplace relationships through humane communication.
![Claire Guy](https://panz.psychodrama.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/Portrait-CG.jpg)
Claire Guy
PANZ Whakatū Nelson
Claire is a Nelson-based Psychodramatist, TEP and registered psychotherapist. She is known for her spontaneity and authenticity. She has learned through 30 years of experience that laughter and a playful spirit assists the digestion of painful memories and almost unbearable circumstances. She supervises many parents, family workers, counsellors and other practitioners who work with children. One client said to her recently, "Coming to see you is like going to a good movie. First of all, I tell you what is going on; then by some miraculous means we have a laugh together; then I have a good cry. I leave feeling much lighter and happier with myself".
![Chris Hosking](https://panz.psychodrama.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/Portrait-CH.jpg)
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.