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From Frost to Flourish: A New Year Psychodrama Training

  • Nourishment Works 3921 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL, 60613 United States (map)

IN PERSON TRAINING!

Date & Time: Friday, January 23th from 9:00am - 5:15pm

Facilitators: Brittany Lakin-Starr, Ph.D.,TEP

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).

  • Paypal Regular Rate: $240

    Paypal Early Bird: $220 (ends 12/15/25)

    Paypal Staff: $220

    Paypal Student: $110

  • Zelle Regular Rate: $225

    Zelle Early Bird: $205 (ends 12/15/25)

    Zelle Staff: $205

    Zelle Student: $100

REGISTER NOW!

Early Bird Pricing Ends 12/15/25!


From Frost to Flourish: A New Year Psychodrama Training

Step into the new year with intention, clarity, and embodied action. This one-day psychodrama training invites participants to explore personal and professional transformation through experiential techniques that engage mind, body, and heart. In the quiet of winter, we often find space for reflection. From Frost to Flourish guides participants to examine the roles they’ve inhabited, release what no longer serves them, and rehearse the identities they wish to step into in the year ahead. Through role-playing, empty-chair work, sculpting, and action-based exercises, participants will deepen their self-awareness and leave with practical tools for ongoing growth.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of the day, participants will be able to:

  • Identify and enact roles that support desired personal or professional growth.

  • Practice psychodramatic techniques for exploring internal conflicts, hopes, and

    aspirations.

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

By the end of the day, participants will be able to:

  • Identify and enact roles that support desired personal or professional growth.

  • Practice psychodramatic techniques for exploring internal conflicts, hopes, and aspirations.

  • Facilitate and guide role-based exercises safely and effectively in a group setting.

  • Use future projection and role sculpting to envision and rehearse meaningful changes.

Workshop Highlights

  • Experiential exercises focused on releasing old roles and stepping into new ones.

  • Empty chair, doubling, and role reversal techniques for clarity and insight.

Previous 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.

Facilitator

Brittany Lakin-Starr, Ph.D.,TEP., is a board certified trainer, educator, and practitioner of psychodrama and sociometry. As this training spans two days, attendees will have plenty of 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 CE 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, which remain 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.

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