Upcoming Trainings
Psychodrama Skills Training Workshops 2025
Unlock the power of psychodrama with our Skills Training Series – a hands-on exploration of core techniques that bring insight, creativity, and transformation into your practice.
Whether you’re new to psychodrama or looking to refine your skills, each workshop offers a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding and enhance your facilitation.
The Fine Art of Doubling – 26 April
As therapists, challenging clients’ defences can be counterproductive. Instead, we use ‘Doubling’ in Psychodrama to ease anxiety, foster understanding, and encourage participation.
You will learn:
- How to use Doubling to help clients engage in therapy
- How to support clients in tuning into their feelings
- How to enhance group participation through Doubling
Role Reversal – 17 May
In Psychodrama, “Reverse Roles!” is a common phrase, inviting us to see through another’s eyes. This powerful technique shifts perspectives and deepens empathy.
You will learn:
- How to facilitate role reversal
- Steps to interviewing for a role
- When to use Role Reversal in directing a vignette
Future Projection – 14 June
Future Projection helps clients step into their future, envision the life they want, and explore the path to get there, fostering hope and motivation.
You will learn:
- How to guide clients in envisioning a hopeful future
- Techniques like timelines, sculpting, and interviewing
- How to identify obstacles and resources
Magic Shop – 28 June
The Magic Shop is a creative, client-centred activity where clients exchange limiting traits for strengths like courage and self-compassion. It helps them recognise relapse triggers, build resilience, and practise healthy behaviours.
You will learn:
- How to engage group members interactively
- Steps to creating and facilitating the Magic Shop
- Ways to encourage spontaneity and creativity
Ticket Price:
$600.00 for 4 workshops (inclusive of GST 9%)
Dates & Time:
- The Fine Art of Doubling (26 April 2025, Saturday, 2-6pm)
- Role Reversal (17 May 2025, Saturday, 2-6pm)
- Future Projection (14 June 2025, Saturday, 2-6pm)
- Magic Shop (28 June 2025, Saturday, 2-6pm)
Who should attend:
Social workers, counsellors, therapists, teachers, coaches and others in the helping profession
No prior psychodrama experience required
16 psychodrama training hours will be awarded towards certification with APCB and ABE.
Registration closes on 20 April 2025 or earlier if at full capacity. Due to the structure of the training, seats are limited to 12 pax. Don’t miss out – sign up early!
Check out our registration page for more information or email us at psychodrama@promises.com.sg.
Note: This event may be cancelled or rescheduled if the required number of participants is not achieved. Full refund will be provided.
Previous Trainings
Psychodrama Training Cohort 2025
Our Training Cohort offers intensive psychodrama training experience for professionals and students in the fields of mental health, substance abuse and recovery, creative arts therapies, religion, law, human services, personnel management, nursing and medicine, group facilitation, and education. These year-long formats create communities of learners committed to personal and professional growth. They provide safe places in which to develop spontaneity as a director, auxiliary, protagonist, and group member.
Each year in our Training Cohort special topics such as the use of psychodrama in individual therapy, action methods with children and adolescents, working with anger and fear, spontaneity training, working with resistance, sociodrama, the use of the body and working with trauma may be offered. There will be many opportunities for student directing.
Program Requirements
Cohort Training is open to students at all levels of experience with the following prerequisites:
- Bachelor degree
- 25 hours of previous psychodrama training or experience
- Those who do not meet all requirements may qualify depending on an interview with training directors
IMPORTANT: ALL interested candidates are required to undergo an intake interview before enrolling for the Cohort. Please submit your details for an intake interview here.
Dates & Times
The cohort will meet 4 times per cycle; Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday. 90 Psychodrama Certification Hours will be awarded at the end of the training cycle.
Term 1: 13 – 16 March 2025
Term 2: 29 May – 1 June 2025
Term 3: 2 – 5 October 2025
Ticket Prices*
Early Bird: SGD 2,505 (ends 24 Jan 2025)
Standard: SGD 2,950
*Prices include GST 9%
Registration closes on 31 January 2025 or earlier if at full capacity. Due to the structure of the training, seats are limited to 10 pax. Don’t miss out – sign up early!
Check out our registration page for more information or email us at psychodrama@promises.com.sg.
Psychodrama Skills Training Workshop: “Don’t Play Play – Using Doubling To Work With Resistance”
As therapists, we often find that attacking clients’ defenses is counter-productive.
Instead, we look for the handles that open doors, to help them ‘warm up’ to being willing participants in therapy, and discover creative ways of interacting with their worlds.
In Psychodrama, we use this technique “Doubling”. It is used to decrease group members’ anxiety and to help them feel more understood and accepted.
In this workshop, you will learn how to:
- Use the Psychodrama technique of “Doubling” to help clients warm up to participating in therapy
- Help clients tune into themselves and their feelings
- Use “Doubling” as a tool for greater group participation
Who should attend:
- Social workers, counsellors, therapists, teachers, coaches and others in the helping profession
- No prior psychodrama experience required
Date & Time
1 March 2025: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Ticket Price
$152.60 per person (inclusive of GST 9%)
4 psychodrama training hours will be awarded towards certification with APCB and ABE.
Registration closes on 22 February 2025 or earlier if at full capacity. Due to the structure of the training, seats are limited to 12 pax. Don’t miss out – sign up early!
Psychodrama Singapore Intensive II 2024
Our second Psychodrama Intensive workshop of the year will take place in November 2024, and joining us once again is the esteemed Rebecca Walters from Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute.
During this highly experiential workshop participants will learn and practice the psychodramatic method, its structure, skills and techniques which are applicable to work with individuals, couples, families and groups. You will learn:
- doubling
- role reversal
- concretization
- warm ups
through structured exercises, vignettes and full psychodramas. Group members will have the opportunity to learn the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the psychodrama method in a safe environment. With the guidance of our facilitators, you will have the opportunity to experience the roles of:
- protagonist
- auxiliary
- group member
- director
Program Requirements
Students at all levels of experience are welcomed. For those with no psychodrama experience, you are encouraged to join an Open Session prior to attending this Intensive workshop, but it is not required.
Dates & Time*
20, 21, 22 Nov 2024: 9:00am – 6:30pm
23 Nov 2024: 9:00am – 4.30pm
*Timings subject to change at trainer’s discretion
Ticket Prices**
Early Bird (ends 20 Oct 2024): $1,400 nett
Standard: $1,480 nett
Registration closes 17 November 2024 or earlier if at full capacity. Due to the structure of the training, seats are limited to 24 pax. Don’t miss out – sign up early!
Check out our registration page for more information or email us at psychodrama@promises.com.sg.
Psychodrama Skills Training Workshop: “Psychodrama in Individual Therapy”
As therapists, we often find conventional talk therapy not as effective as experiential methods. Psychodrama in Individual Therapy can be used to facilitate perspective changes in our clients using empty chairs, props and psychodrama techniques such as doubling and role reversal. Tapping into your clients’ inner resources you will learn to ways to stimulate their spontaneity and creative problem solving through psychodrama .
In this workshop, you will learn how to:
- Shift from talk therapy mode to psychodrama
- Facilitate role reversal
- Interview for role
- Use concretisation
- Use the Empty Chair
- Facilitate a session with integration
Who should attend:
- Social workers, counsellors, therapists, teachers, coaches and others in the helping profession
- No prior psychodrama experience required
Date & Time
14 September 2024: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Ticket Price
$130.80 per person
4 psychodrama training hours will be awarded towards certification with APCB and ABE.
Registration closes on 8 September 2024 or earlier if at full capacity. Due to the structure of the training, seats are limited to 12 pax. Don’t miss out – sign up early!
As therapists, we often find conventional talk therapy not as effective as experiential methods. Psychodrama in Individual Therapy can be used to facilitate perspective changes in our clients using empty chairs, props and psychodrama techniques such as doubling and role reversal. Tapping into your clients’ inner resources you will learn to ways to stimulate their spontaneity and creative problem solving through psychodrama .
In this workshop, you will learn how to:
- Shift from talk therapy mode to psychodrama
- Facilitate role reversal
- Interview for role
- Use concretisation
- Use the Empty Chair
- Facilitate a session with integration
Who should attend:
- Social workers, counsellors, therapists, teachers, coaches and others in the helping profession
- No prior psychodrama experience required
Date & Time
14 September 2024: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Ticket Price
$130.80 per person
4 psychodrama training hours will be awarded towards certification with APCB and ABE.
Registration closes on 8 September 2024 or earlier if at full capacity. Due to the structure of the training, seats are limited to 12 pax. Don’t miss out – sign up early!
Psychodrama Training Cohort 2024
Our Training Cohort offers intensive psychodrama training experience for professionals and students in the fields of mental health, substance abuse and recovery, creative arts therapies, religion, law, human services, personnel management, nursing and medicine, group facilitation, and education. These year-long formats create communities of learners committed to personal and professional growth. They provide safe places in which to develop spontaneity as a director, auxiliary, protagonist, and group member.
Each year in our Training Cohort special topics such as the use of psychodrama in individual therapy, action methods with children and adolescents, working with anger and fear, spontaneity training, working with resistance, sociodrama, the use of the body and working with trauma may be offered. There will be many opportunities for student directing.
Program Requirements
Cohort Training is open to students at all levels of experience with the following prerequisites:
- 25 hours of previous psychodrama training, including one Psychodrama Singapore/ HVPI Intensive or its equivalent.
- Masters degree holder or studying a Masters degree program
- Currently in a therapeutic relationship
- Pass an intake interview with trainer(s)
IMPORTANT: ALL interested candidates are required to undergo an intake interview before enrolling for the Cohort. Please submit your details for an intake interview here.
Dates & Times
The cohort will meet 4 times per cycle; Thursday night, Friday, Saturday & Sunday. 100 Psychodrama Certification Hours will be awarded at the end of the training cycle.
Session 1: 2 – 5 May 2024
Session 2: 5 – 8 September 2024
Session 3: 9 – 12 January 2025
Session 4: 8 – 11 May 2025
Ticket Prices*
Early Bird: SGD 2,690 (ends 4 Mar 2024)
Standard: SGD 3,090
*Prices exclude GST
Registration closes on 22 April 2024 or earlier if at full capacity. Due to the structure of the training, seats are limited to 10 pax. Don’t miss out – sign up early!
Check out our registration page for more information or email us at psychodrama@promises.com.sg.
Psychodrama Singapore Intensive 2024
We are excited to have our Psychodrama Singapore Intensive Training Program take place in 2024.
During this highly experiential workshop participants will learn and practice the psychodramatic method, its structure, skills and techniques which are applicable to work with individuals, couples, families and groups. You will learn:
- doubling
- role reversal
- concretization
- warm ups
through structured exercises, vignettes and full psychodramas. Group members will have the opportunity to learn the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the psychodrama method in a safe environment. With the guidance of our facilitators, you will have the opportunity to experience the roles of:
- protagonist
- auxiliary
- group member
- director
Psychodrama skills will be taught through a combination of didactic and experiential processes with handouts provided.
Students at all levels of experience are welcomed. However, you must have attended at least one Psychodrama Singapore event or have prior psychodrama experience. Otherwise, an intake interview is required to assess suitability before you register.
Due to the structure of the training, seats are limited to 18 pax. Don’t miss out – Sign up early! Registration closes 08 January 2024 or earlier if at full capacity.
Check out our registration page for more information or email us at psychodrama@promises.com.sg.
Psychodrama Training Cohort 2023
*Closing date for registration is a week before each workshop.
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