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American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama-ASGPP

Promoting the use of psychodrama and action methods in psychotherapy, education and other settings.

Membership organization promoting the use of psychodrama and action methods in psychotherapy, education and other settings.

10/29/2025

🎃 Register for the ASGPP Fall Symposium
Nov. 8–9, 2025 | Online

All registrants by Oct. 31 are entered into a raffle for 50% off Niagara 2026 Conference Registration!

Get yourself a treat and register here: https://asgpp.org/6th-asgpp-fall-online-symposium/

10/27/2025

We’re excited to feature a plenary that brings the heart of psychodrama to life through real stories and real-world impact:
✨ The Research Pathway to Wonder & Collective Empowerment ✨

Sunday, Nov. 9 (online)
🎓 Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAAETS, TEP: author, researcher, psychodrama trainer, and advocate for evidence-based, trauma-informed psychodrama.
🎓 Rob Pramann, Ph.D., ABPP, TEP: psychologist, psychodrama trainer, and expert in sociometry and experiential research.

This dynamic conversation isn’t just about data. It’s about why what we do matters, and how the stories we live in action become the proof of healing itself.

Join us for connection, inspiration, and a renewed sense of confidence in the power of psychodrama and sociometry.

👉 Register here: https://asgpp.org/6th-asgpp-fall-online-symposium/

🍁CE credits and sliding-scale registration available.

10/21/2025

Keynote Spotlight for ASGPP Virtual Fall Symposium!
Nov 8-9, 2025

We’re honored to open our Fall Symposium: Psychodrama and Sociometry: Pathways to Wonder & Collective Empowerment, with two extraordinary voices.

📅 Saturday, Nov. 8 (online)
✨ Marcia Karp: a pioneer of psychodrama, trained by J.L. and Zerka T. Moreno.
✨ Dr. Jonathan D. Moreno: son of J.L. and Zerka, and a leading professor of medical ethics.

Through conversation, they'll share stories, ask questions, and bring us into collective reflection on the world impact of J.L. and Zerka Moreno.

Begin your weekend of wonder and empowerment with this unique opportunity. Reserve your favorite workshops now and join us for an unforgettable symposium.

👉 Register here: https://asgpp.org/6th-asgpp-fall-online-symposium/

09/21/2025

The ASGPP Membership Committee—Aimee Johnson, Rhona Case, Betty Garrison, Darlene Vanchura & Alex Kissilenko—invites new and current members to a free online meet-up!

📅 Sunday, October 5th
⏰ 5–6:30pm ET (check your time zone!)
💻 Online & Free

This will be an experiential, interactive event designed to build new connections and deepen existing ones.

👉 Register here: https://forms.gle/iUGFCkj1oEbWQdKy7

09/19/2025

Registration is OPEN for our Fall Online Symposium!
Psychodrama and Sociometry: Pathways to Wonder and Collective Empowerment
November 8–9, 2025

Join us for two days of learning, and connection! This year’s symposium features:
-Special speakers & experiential workshops
-A powerful Playback Theatre performance
-A research panel highlighting the latest insights

We’re using the Green Bottle Model sliding scale so you can pay what you’re able.

Reserve your spot early to secure your preferred workshops and CE/psychodrama credits!

🔗View the full schedule of events and register here: https://asgpp.org/6th-asgpp-fall-online-symposium/

08/08/2025

We are aware of posts on social media on August 2, 2025 and shortly after, criticizing the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP) and calling for a boycott of ASGPP activities. While we respect the right to express opinions, the information circulating does not present the full context of the situtation. A speaker invited to keynote our 2026 Learning Forum—centered on addressing global and societal suffering—proposed a topic explicitly condemning a political ideology.

As a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States, ASGPP cannot take political stances. We offered alternative options aligned with the speaker’s expertise, but no agreement was reached, and the invitation was respectfully withdrawn.

ASGPP remains committed to promoting healing through psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy. We grieve global suffering and continue offering educational programming that supports collective healing within the scope of our nonprofit designation and mission.

08/03/2025

In light of the horrific situation in Gaza, we assert that our directive is as an organization that offers programs and events that are for training and healing.

We do not make statements that are specifically political other than this one statement:

"A truly therapeutic procedure cannot have less an objective than the whole of mankind. But no adequate therapy can be prescribed as long as mankind is not a unity in some fashion and as long as its organization remains unknown. It helped us in the beginning to think, although we had no definite proof for it, that mankind is a social and organic unity."
~J.L. Moreno, "Who Shall Survive?"

The ASGPP stands for social justice and societal healing everywhere, including in both Palestine and Israel, and in all areas of our world. We affirm our commitment to a continuing process of reflecting on the world situation and the ASGPP’s response to it.

07/08/2025

Join us online TOMORROW!
As psychodramatists, we navigate the complexities of an increasingly polarized world while holding space for growth, healing, and connection. Our heartfelt intention is to create environments that are inclusive and actively anti-oppressive. Doing so requires courage, intentionality, and skills.

During this Courageous Action Workshop, sponsored by ASGPP's Sociatry and Social Justice Committee, we will collaboratively explore and develop concrete skills to help negotiate inclusive space agreements with confidence and compassion. Let’s gather in community to co-create the change we wish to see—one space agreement at a time.

📅 Wednesday, July 9th, 7p-8:30p
📍 ONLINE on Zoom; register HERE: https://lnkd.in/eTzjedNYhttps://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/td5vc7z/lp/4f5403b0-e0ba-410a-8982-e460bf0df18c

06/24/2025

Next weekend! Join us online on Saturday, June 28th, 2p-4p ET for a transformative workshop with Eve Brownstone, LCPC, CP to process collective grief & reconnect to inner calm.

✅️ By participating this workshop, participants will be able to:
-Define collective trauma & its emotional, psychological, and somatic effects
-Apply expressive arts techniques to externalize/reflect emotional experiences.
-Demonstrate somatic grounding strategies
-Utilize psychodramatic methods to explore internal resilience
-Engage in reflective dialogue using structured prompts to support empathy, insight, & shared processing of trauma.

🔗 Register here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/wpwqgna?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwKvHvtjbGNrAq8e8GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEezTtknGuUlxKdGAgyHqUpkLQQ4tlgqgwrCxMxMeE2xzr2u9bJ2lXGWLOI8rk_aem_4EVW6OUFmORKyZsEvV0bcA

06/09/2025

As psychodramatists, we navigate the complexities of an increasingly polarized world while holding space for growth, healing, and connection. Our heartfelt intention is to create environments that are inclusive and actively anti-oppressive. Doing so requires courage, intentionality, and skills.

During this Courageous Action Workshop, sponsored by ASGPP's Sociatry and Social Justice Committee, we will collaboratively explore and develop concrete skills to help negotiate inclusive space agreements with confidence and compassion. Let’s gather in community to co-create the change we wish to see—one space agreement at a time.

📅 Wednesday, July 9th, 7p-8:30p
📍 ONLINE on Zoom; register HERE: https://lnkd.in/eTzjedNY

06/06/2025

Join us online on Saturday, June 28th, 2p-4p ET for a transformative workshop with Eve Brownstone, LCPC, CP to process collective grief & reconnect to inner calm.

✅️ By participating this workshop, participants will be able to:
-Define collective trauma & its emotional, psychological, and somatic effects
-Apply expressive arts techniques to externalize/reflect emotional experiences.
-Demonstrate somatic grounding strategies
-Utilize psychodramatic methods to explore internal resilience
-Engage in reflective dialogue using structured prompts to support empathy, insight, & shared processing of trauma.

🔗 Register here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/wpwqgna?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwKvHvtjbGNrAq8e8GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEezTtknGuUlxKdGAgyHqUpkLQQ4tlgqgwrCxMxMeE2xzr2u9bJ2lXGWLOI8rk_aem_4EVW6OUFmORKyZsEvV0bcA

05/13/2025

🌼 Join us next Thursday, May 22, at 12p-2p ET for our online program: "Rediscovering Words of the Daughter" with Miriam Zachariah , M.A., TEP, and Karen Carnabucci , LCSW, TEP. Using Bibliodrama, we'll take a fresh look the memoir of Miriam's mother Regina Moreno. This workshop is approved for 2 hours of psychodrama training credit.

🔗 Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlDExsRSZHv7HUyN4Up2r3euWa5eru5hmZZUk_ROYMPHHJwQ/viewform?pli=1

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PO Box 3112
Amherst, MA
01004

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http://www.asgpp.org/

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