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Trauma-Focused Psychodrama: Working with Complex Trauma and CPTSD

June 12, 2026 @ 8:30 am - June 14, 2026 @ 5:30 pm
Trauma-Focused Psychodrama: Working with Complex Trauma and CPTSD

Presented by Dr. Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAAETS, TEP

Friday, June 12, 2026 – Sunday, June 14, 2026 8:30AM – 5:30PM (Sunday until 3:30PM) – 21 CE Hours

Cost: $675 Professionals | $465 students (*write to us if cost is your only barrier)

Friday Only Option (7 CEs) – Cost: $250 Professionals | $165 Students

Location: Phoenix Center – 524 N. Providence Road Media, PA 19063

21 CE Hours for APA, NBCC, and PA social workers, counselors, MFTs, & Psychologists | 21 training hours provided towards experiential and psychodrama certifications.

(This workshop is included in the 2026 Trauma-Informed Psychodrama Training Program.)

About the Workshop

This workshop presents an overview of trauma-focused psychodrama and an immersion into to power and effectiveness of psychodrama in general and as a treatment for trauma, PTSD, and CPTSD. Content will be taught experientially including demonstrations, sociometric warm-ups, and psychodrama vignettes followed by processing to help participants reflect on implementing these experiential tools in their own work. The basics of safe and effective trauma-focused psychodrama will be presented including content on safety, strengths-based work, neurobiology, trauma-informed principles, and working with defenses.  This workshop is designed to teach practical skills for practitioners to deepen their practice.

Trauma-focused psychodrama research continues to emerge suggesting its effectiveness in treating PTSD and offering clients corrective emotional experiences. Spontaneity will be emphasized as the curative agent in psychodrama along with a conceptualization of posttraumatic stress through the lens of spontaneity theory. Psychodrama theoretical concepts such as tele, the sociodynamic effect, warming-up, creativity, sociometry, the three phases of a group, and Moreno’s philosophy will be presented. Multiple psychodrama interventions and experiential sociometry processes (such as doubling, mirroring, role reversal, role playing, sociodrama, and concretization) will be discussed. Cultural humility and responsiveness will be emphasized in the context of psychodrama practice with diverse populations in clinical contexts.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify the relationship between spontaneity and PTSD
  2. Identify the importance of strengths-based approach in trauma-focused psychodrama
  3. Describe the risks of retraumatization in psychodrama practice with trauma survivors

By purchasing tickets and registering for this event, you confirm that you agree with the Phoenix Center’s Informed Consent for Experiential Therapy Training.


To Register for this Workshop

Please complete Steps 1 and 2.  Registration is not confirmed until payment is received.

Step 1: Pay for the event by using our Paypal Payment System (you can enter a credit card as a payment option).

Professional Registration for: 6/12/26-6/14/26 Trauma-Focused Psychodrama: Working with Complex Trauma and CPTSD675.00 USD
Student Registration for: 6/12/26-6/14/26 Trauma-Focused Psychodrama: Working with Complex Trauma and CPTSD465.00 USD
Friday Only Registration for: 6/12/26-6/14/26 Trauma-Focused Psychodrama: Working with Complex Trauma and CPTSD250.00 USD
Your eTicket will be emailed after payment to your PayPal email address.

Step 2: Fill out the registration form using the same email you used for Paypal.

Step 3: You will hear from us with a confirmation email (the same one you used for PayPal and registration) indicating your registration and information about the event in a few days. All materials will be directed to the same email address including your certificate.


Important Information

*Please note that this is workshop will include both didactic and experiential learning components. The experiential learning structures include demonstrations of psychodrama and other experiential processes which often include (optional) personal disclosures from participants. While personal growth is often a byproduct of experiential learning in psychodrama, the primary purpose of this workshop is training. If you are seeking a workshop for personal growth or seeking a professional training event that is entirely didactic (lecture/powerpoint), this is probably not the best workshop for you.

For folks traveling from out of town, there is a new beautiful bed and breakfast just 1 block from the Phoenix Center that we recommend. It is within walking distance of downtown Media and plenty of shops/restaurants – https://www.gifford-risleyhouse.com. Mention Phoenix Center for a reduced rate.

No Conflicts of Interest or outside commercial support have been declared by the presenter or others involved in the program.

This workshop is designed primarily for psychologists, social workers, counselors, and therapists but other professionals may also find it helpful. The instruction designed at the intermediate level (though many new and advanced professionals may also find it helpful).

CE Program Policies and Procedures related to Refunds/Cancellations, Grievances, and Conflicts of Interest can be found here.

For the workshop schedule or other details or questions about the workshop, please contact us at Support@PhoenixTraumaCenter.com.

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Continuing Education (CE) Approval Statements relevant to this workshop:

  • Continuing Education (CE) Approval Statements relevant to this workshop:
    • Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy, LLC (Lic. #004115) has been approved as a pre-approved provider of professional continuing education for social workers (Section 47.36), Marriage and Family Therapist (Section 48.36) and Professional Counselors (Section 49.36) by the PA State Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.
    • Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy is approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychologists (Lic. # PSY000215) to offer continuing education for psychologists.
    • Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7013. Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy, LLC maintains responsibility for the program.

Details

Start:
June 12, 2026 @ 8:30 am
End:
June 14, 2026 @ 5:30 pm

Venue

524 N. Providence Road Media, PA 19063
524 N. Providence Road
Media, PA 19063 United States
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