ΑΝΑΛΥΤΙΚΟ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ 2023-2027
Through this part-time training, you will:
Dramatherapy uses drama to promote creativity, imagination, knowledge, inner change and evolution. In a session, therapist and client elaborate on the metaphors and symbols through drama, movement, touch and storytelling. Through dramatherapy, one can work either individually or in a group.
Weight Sesame είναι μια μυθοποιητική προσέγγιση στη δραματοθεραπεία, που πήρε το όνομά της από την ιστορία του “Αλί Μπαμπά και οι σαράντα κλέφτες”, στην οποία το σύνθημα “Ανοιξε σουσάμι!” ξεκλειδώνει την είσοδο μιας σπηλιάς, αποκαλύπτοντας τους θησαυρούς που κρύβονται μέσα της. Ακολουθώντας τον συμβολισμό της ιστορίας, η θεραπεία μέσω δράματος και κίνησης μπορεί να γίνει αντιληπτή ως το κλειδί για να ξεκλειδώσει την ψυχή κάποιου ανθρώπου και να επιτρέψει την πρόσβαση στον πλούτο της.
Jung asserts that individuation is the psyche’s lifelong opus to integrate its conscious and unconscious elements, into a well-functioning whole. Following that belief, within the ritualist structure of a Dramatherapy session, the participant embodies different types of roles, explores patterns of behaviour and develops functional ways of encountering life’s contradictions. Through role-playing, and the engagement with different forms and modes of movement, participants are allowed to experiment with alternative ways of behaving and dealing with situations in their lives. Within the safety provided by the use of the arts, in a non-confrontational psychotherapeutic frame, based on the knowledge that difficulties can be revealed through symbols and metaphors, the individual can express emotions and thoughts, in order to develop confidence, deepen self-knowledge and facilitate communication with others.
This dramatherapy training course is four years part-time, the lectures are theoretical and experiential and cover the fundamental principles of Drama and Movement Therapy; Myth, Drama, Laban and Movement with Touch and Sound. You will also attend modules studying rituals and theatrical acts in dramatherapy, analytical and evolutionary psychology, psychopathology, performance in dramatherapy.
It is a hybrid learning programme delivered partially in-person and online, addressing the need for a dramatherapy training that will allow trainees to study without having to reside in Thessaloniki. The theoretical lectures will take place online, while the experiential workshops in-person at Epineio. You will have to attend the compulsory workshops three times a year, in October, February and June, for four days each visit (Thursday to Sunday). Each five-days short course will comprise one or more modules.
At the beginning of the third year, you will start placements facilitating individual and group dramatherapy sessions, under the guidance of certified supervisors. You will complete your training with a 10.000 words diploma thesis, on a subject that you will choose with the support of your thesis supervisor.
The placements can be undertaken in therapeutic or educational settings in your country of residence. To complete the programme, you will have to facilitate 300 hours of one-to-one and group dramatherapy sessions. Group and individual supervision during the placements will be provided by EPINEIO, performed by supervisors accredited by the NHS (National Health Service, UK) and will be mainly conducted online.
Placements are an essential part of the training. It provides the opportunity to experience the role of dramatherapist, under the safety, guidance and support of a qualified supervisor. That 3 way you will be able to apply knowledge to practice, be better equipped and feel more confident when you start practicing the dramatherapy profession after you graduate.
In the first semester of your third year of training, you will begin your placements. You have to undertake three different placements in health, social service or educational contexts, during which you will have to facilitate 300 hours of group and individual dramatherapy sessions with adults and adolescents with mental health problems, learning disabilities and on the autistic spectrum, elderly clients with dementia, children with challenging behaviour.
The placements’ institutions/organizations can be at your place of residence and you will be responsible for arranging them, with the support of Epineio. Throughout this time, you will work alongside individual and group supervision (150 hours). Some of the supervision sessions will be held online.
In this training, we strongly support the need for a therapist to have a deeper understanding of him/herself to be able to guide others through such a journey. Following this view, you are expected to undertake at least 250 sessions of personal therapy during your training, 180 hours of which will be individual therapy and the remaining 70 group therapy.
Individual psychotherapy
Group therapy
During the second year of your studies, you will need to participate in a psychotherapeutic group.
Progress group
In the first year, you are required to participate uninterruptedly in a process group with your fellow students, which will take place online every two weeks. In this space, you will have the opportunity to explore the dynamics shaped within a group but also work through personal issues that arise from your participation in this training.
Only the sessions of therapy you participated in whilst you are a trainee of the programme are considered to complete this requirement.
You are expected to arrange both individual and group therapeutic processes yourself and you are responsible for paying them.
At the beginning of the training, you will be given two forms, one for the individual and one for group therapy. You will have to return both at the end of therapies, completed by your therapists, where the number of sessions you attended will have to be stated.
Participation in the training programme is via a Bachelor's degree in human sciences, art therapies or a related discipline and at least two years of voluntary or paid work experience with clients with specific needs. If you do not have a first degree (or equivalent), but have at least five years of professional experience working with clients with specific needs, in educational or care settings, you will be also considered.
With your application, you will be asked to submit a short (500 words) account of the reasons why you would like to participate in the programme and discuss one aspect of the Sesame approach to drama and movement therapy that you find interesting.
For you to be accepted at the programme, you will have to take part in an interview, which can be held online. During the interview, your 500-word assay will also be discussed.
The aims of this dramatherapy training course are for you to:
When you complete your studies, you will be able to:
TITLE: DRAMA AND MOVEMENT THERAPY
ECTS:15
STUDY HOURS: 300 hours (150 taught hours, 150 individual study hours)
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Theoretical framework of Sesame
This module will offer a thorough understanding of the Sesame approach, its history and theoretical background. It will introduce you to the theories of key practitioners and their contribution to the development of art psychotherapies.
Myth
In this module, you will experientially explore the world of archetypes and symbols of myths, stories and fairy tales. This process is performed within the specific structure of a Sesame session, consisting of the phases: Warm-up, Bridge in, Main event, Bridge out and Grounding. The theoretical basis that governs this mode of work, is none other than the work of Jung and later analysts who commented on and developed his work like Hillman, Pedraza, Von Franz and the mythologist Joseph Campbell.
Drama
In this module, you will engage in dramatical processes and play, with a therapeutic aim. You will be introduced to various forms, techniques and theatre schools, along with Peter Slade’s method, where personal and projective play takes on a therapeutic role. You will focus on clinical Dramatherapy with children and adolescents, life stages in which dramatherapy is especially effective. This module provides a balanced combination of theory and experiential knowledge. You will be trained in different dramatherapeutic techniques, which can be specifically used with children and adolescents. Furthermore, you will come into contact with Erickson, Winnicott and Slade’s theories and with some dramatherapists’ theories like Jennings, Cattanach, Leigh that have been developed for creative work within corresponding clinical settings.
Laban
In this module, you will study the theory of the analysis of movement and the relationship between movement and dramatherapy. You will be taught the basic principles of Laban’s theory, its philosophy and its application to therapy and explore the importance of the liaison between soul and body and the correlations between movement and Analytical psychology. This module combines the experiential and the theoretical approach to Laban’s kinesiological principles and their therapeutic application.
Movement with touch and sound
Movement with touch and sound was invented and developed by Marian Lindkvist, founder of Sesame, in the 1970s. Lindkvist, after 10 years of experience in psychiatric hospitals and special centers for children with learning disabilities and autism, has created MWTS, as a way of communication and treatment for people who do not have the ability to speak or their speech is significantly limited.
Focusing on the primal communication between mother and infant, based on body contact and interaction, Lindkvist cultivated this non-verbal therapeutic method which aims at reconstructing first experiences, promoting healthy bodily and emotional expression, developing social skills and building confidence.
This module is mainly experiential. You will learn the techniques of the method, that are reinforced and analysed according to Lindqvist's theory but also to developmental and Jung’s analytical psychology.
Dramatherapy in practice
In this module, you will work with several topics of dramatherapy in its practical application, such as the code of dramatherapy ethics, contract with clients, the organization of the therapeutic framework. You will also analyze issues of communication with the workplace, assessment of the clients and how to set up a group. You will plan a drama and movement therapy session for each basic module (Myth, Drama, Laban and Movement with Touch and Sound) and present it to the tutor and group. The main objective of this module is to prepare you for the dramatherapy practice, both on a theoretical and on a practical level.
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TITLE: THEATRICAL ACTS IN DRAMATHERAPY ΘΕΑΤΡΙΚΕΣ ΔΡΑΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΗ ΔΡΑΜΑΤΟΘΕΡΑΠΕΙΑ
ECTS:10
STUDY HOURS: 200 hours (50 taught hours, 150 individual study hours)
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Τελετουργικές ενσωματώσεις σε μυθικές αφηγήσεις
Ο τίτλος του μαθήματος αποτυπώνει τη διπλή στοχοθεσία: αφενός τη διερεύνηση τελετουργιών, αφετέρου την ενσωμάτωσή τους σε μυθικές αφηγήσεις και στο αρχαίο δράμα, οπότε και διαφαίνεται καθαρότερα ο κοινωνικός τους ρόλος.
Η τελετουργία είναι πράξη στερεότυπα επαναλαμβανόμενη, συλλογική, συν+αγωγός και με επικοινωνιακό χαρακτήρα, η οποία επιτρέπει ή διευκολύνει τον τελεστή ή τους τελεστές να συνδεθεί με μιαν ιδιάζουσα κατάσταση (χαράς, λύπης, αγωνίας, φόβου, πένθους…), να εκφράσουν τα συναισθήματά τους, να «διαβούν» από μια κατάσταση σε μιαν άλλη, π.χ. από τη ζωή εντός του οίκου των γονέων στον γάμο και τη μετάβαση σε έναν άλλον οίκο.
Η προσέγγιση των τελετουργιών στα ίδια τα κείμενα, στους μύθους ή στη λογοτεχνική τους επεξεργασία στο αρχαίο δράμα, βοηθά στην ανάδειξη του ρόλου και της λειτουργίας τους, καθώς αναδεικνύονται οι ανάγκες των ηρώων που οδηγούν σε αυτές. Επιπλέον, οι πράξεις και ο λόγος των ηρώων επιτρέπουν στον μελετητή την προσέγγιση, το «άγγιγμα», αυτού που ενίοτε (συχνά) εγγράφεται στον χώρο, στη χώρα, του ανείπωτου.
Το μάθημα, αν και θεωρητικό, δεν αποκλείει (κάθε άλλο) τη σωματική αποτύπωση καταστάσεων. Εξάλλου, η τελετουργία από τη φύση της ενέχει τη σωματική κίνηση ή στάση.
Performance in dramatherapy
The dramatherapist during a session has an active role in the dramatherapeutic activities. Sometimes he or she plays the role of a director or coordinator, while others exist in the therapeutic area as an observer/viewer. During this module, you will have the opportunity to play all these roles. In the first part, you will be taught the theories of the “role”, according to Robert Landy and David Read Johnson. In the second part, you will take on the role of the director working with the members of their class, directing a short theatrical event. The subject is of your choice and maybe a poem, a part of a text, your writing or not.
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Your ability to engage in the creative process of each module.
The assimilation of a dramatherapist’ different roles and their application on working with a group.
The originality and personal display of chosen material to work with.
TITLE: PSYCHOLOGY – PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
ECTS:10
STUDY HOURS: 200 hours (50 taught hours, 150 individual study hours)
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Learning outcomes of this unit:
Demonstrate knowledge of the key concepts of analytical and developmental psychology.
Understand the important role defense mechanisms play in the therapeutic relationship.
Evaluate the role of psychiatric disorders in the assessment and therapeutic practice.
Be able to assess a professional situation, determine the nature of the problem, call upon the required knowledge to deal with the problem or make an appropriate referral.
Analytical psychology
This module is an introduction to the psychological theories of C.G. Jung. You will be taught the structure and the dynamic of the soul, the meaning of the symbols, the concepts of the individual and the collective unconscious, the understanding of the contributions and the importance of synchronicity.
Developmental psychology
This module will introduce you to the theoretical models of developmental psychology. This is the branch of psychology dealing with the evolution of the human species, so at a maturity level of the individual, as at a level of the development of society. Some of these theoretical models presented are Winnicott’s, Bowlby's, Piaget's and Freud’s.
Introduction to clinical psychopathology
In this module, you will be taught mental disorders, i.e. the description and manifestation of pathological behaviour, as well as the scientific study of these disorders in terms of possible causes and symptoms. The psychiatrist will introduce you to the understanding of the relationship between organicity and mental disorder. This knowledge is valuable for the evaluation and diagnosis of a patient, but also your constructive cooperation with scientists in the medical field.
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TITLE: PLACEMENTS
ECTS:30
STUDY HOURS: 600 hours (300 placements hours, 300 individual study hours)
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In the first semester of your third year of training, you will begin your placements. You have to undertake three different placements in health, social service or educational contexts, during which you will have to facilitate 300 hours of group and individual dramatherapy sessions with adults and adolescents with mental health problems, learning disabilities and on the autistic spectrum, elderly clients with dementia, children with challenging behaviour.
The organisations can be at your place of residence and you will be responsible for arranging them, with the support however of Epineio. Throughout this time, you will work alongside individual and group supervision (150 hours). Some of the supervision sessions will be held online.
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TITLE: DISSERTATION
ECTS:25
STUDY HOURS: 500 hours
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This module takes place during the fourth year of your studies and the dissertation comprises three essays:
The first one is an essay on a specific subject related to dramatherapy practice (5.000 words). The subject is discussed with the nominated tutor and after its completion is presented to the group and tutor.
The second is a critical reflection of one placement (4.000 words). It includes reports of the placement, overall review of your dramatherapeutic presence and personal development, reference to specific events you would like to comment on, issues related to the code of ethics.
The third part is a professional development plan, after graduation and for your first year as a professional (1,000 words). You also refer to the areas that you consider to have reached a satisfactory professional level and to those that you feel need further improvement.
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YEAR ONE
Autumn semester
Spring semester
Summer semester
YEAR TWO
Autumn semester
Spring semester
Summer semester
YEAR THREE
Autumn semester
Spring semester
Summer semester
YEAR FOUR
Autumn semester
Spring semester
Summer semester
Online
Every two weeks (Friday):
1ο τετραήμερο εργαστήριο (19-22 Οκτωβρίου 2023)
2ο τετραήμερο εργαστήριο (15-18 Φεβρουαρίου 2024)
3ο τετραήμερο εργαστήριο (20-23 Ιουνίου 2024)
Online
Every two weeks (Friday):
1st 4-days workshop (October 2024)
2nd 4-days workshop (February 2025)
3rd 4-days workshop (June 2025)
Online
Every two weeks (Friday):
1st 4-days workshop (October 2025)
2nd 4-days workshop (February 2026)
3rd 4-days workshop (June 2026)
Online
1ο τετραήμερο εργαστήριο (Οκτώβριος 2026)
2ο τετραήμερο εργαστήριο (Φεβρουάριος 2027)
3ο τετραήμερο εργαστήριο (Ιούνιος 2027)
Year 1: 2.800 Euros
Year 2: 2.800 Euros
Year 3: 2.800 Euros
Year 4: 2.800 Euros
The tuition fees cover all the units taught, those delivered onsite and online. It also covers the supervision, individual and group.
In order to book a place, a deposit must be payed. This is non-refundable and will be deducted from your fees at registration. The deposit is 500 Euros for Greek students and 1.000 Euros for all other students.
ΑΙΤΗΣΕΙΣ ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗΣ ΘΑ ΓΙΝΟΝΤΑΙ ΔΕΚΤΕΣ ΜΕΧΡΙ ΤΗΝ 15η ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ 2023
Το Ινστιτούτο Θεραπείας και Εκπαίδευσης μέσω των Τεχνών Επίνειο παρέχει θεραπευτικές υπηρεσίες σε παιδιά, εφήβους κι ενήλικες και διοργανώνει εργαστήρια με εξέχοντες θεραπευτές από την Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό.
It also conducts postgraduate training courses in Dramatherapy and Dancetherapy.
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