IN PERSON TRAINING!
Date & Time: Friday, February 20th from 9:00am - 5:15pm
Facilitators: Kate Merkle MPH, RDN, LCSW, PAT & Mallory Primm, PsyD, PAT
Location: Nourishment Works, 3921 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Lunch break: Together we’ll break for lunch. Enjoy complimentary snacks and beverages during our training day.
Contact: info@chicagopsychodrama.com
Cost: Prices listed below. Please note the varying rates depending on the payment method (PayPal vs. Zelle).
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Paypal Regular Rate: $240
Paypal Early Bird: $220 (ends 1/19/26)
Paypal Staff: $220
Paypal Student: $110
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Zelle Regular Rate: $225
Zelle Early Bird: $205 (ends 1/19/25)
Zelle Staff: $205
Zelle Student: $100
Early Bird Pricing Ends 1/19/26!
Embodying the one who loves you: A February Psychodrama Training
In the spirit of February—a month often associated with love, tenderness, and connection—this training invites professionals to turn inward and explore the compassionate presence within. Drawing on psychodrama, sociometry, and contemporary compassion research, participants will engage in embodied action to access “the one who loves you”—the internal figure that offers warmth, acceptance, and unconditional regard. Through guided warm-ups, role development, and action methods, we will explore themes of self-compassion, emotional nourishment, and healing connection. Inspired by the work of Dr. Kristin Neff, Jack Kornfield, Dr. Brené Brown and psychodramatic role theory, this training provides a supportive and creative space for practitioners to deepen their capacity for self-kindness and to bring compassion-informed action into their clinical work.
Whether you are renewing your own self-compassion practice or looking to strengthen the compassionate roles you help clients embody, this day offers gentle, powerful psychodramatic learning to “come home to yourself.”
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”
What You’ll Learn
By the end of the day, participants will be able to:
Psychodramatic methods for accessing and embodying compassionate roles.
Techniques to cultivate self-kindness, emotional nourishment, and internal support.
Practical ways to bring compassion-informed action into clinical and group work.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is ideal for mental health professionals, educators, social workers, coaches, lawyers, nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals, managers, team leaders, and HR professionals and anyone interested in incorporating psychodramatic methods into their work. No prior experience is necessary—just a willingness to learn and participate.
What to Expect
This highly interactive day will include:
Warm-up activities that build connection and prepare the group for embodied compassion work.
Guided psychodrama experiences focused on developing and exploring compassionate inner roles.
Opportunities to engage in personal reflection and professional skill-building within a supportive group.
Time for integration, discussion, and connection with fellow participants.
Opportunities to practice skills in small groups and receive valuable guidance and feedback from the trainers.
revious training in psychodrama and/or acting is NOT required. These sessions are for anyone from the first-time participant to individuals with advanced training in psychodrama.
A lunch break will be provided.
Psychodrama has been used all over the world in many different clinical settings and has helped in the treatment of mood disorders, eating disorders, substance abuse, trauma, chronic mental illness, and relational issues.
Facilitators
Mallory Primm, PsyD, PAT and Kate Merkle, LCSW, MPH, RDN, PAT, are board certified psychodramatist and experienced trainers of psychodrama and sociometry. Attendees will have opportunities to practice skills in small groups and receive valuable guidance and feedback from the trainers. Participants can expect to gain a deeper understanding of the psychodrama approach and will develop the skills necessary to incorporate these tools into their own professional work.
Continuing Education (CE) Credits
This training provides 7 CEs for Illinois Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, U.S. Registered Dietitians (RD/RDN), Diet Technician Registered (DTR, NDTR), and Public Health professionals (CPH).
Psychodrama Training Hours
Additionally, this training offers 8 psychodrama training hours for students who are working toward the American Board of Examiners (ABE) certification in Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy. These hours are valid indefinitely.
Drama Therapy Training Hours
This training offers (1 credit/7 hours) of the required Psychodrama/Sociodrama credits/hours. For students in NADTA’s Registered Drama Therapist Alternative Training Program. All trainers are TEPs and PATs as required by NADTA.
