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Inside this issue:
1. Editorial
2. Last Call for 11th FEPTO Conference in Marathon
3. Last Call for 24th FEPTO Annual Meeting
4. Final Program of the Conference
5. Final Program of the Annual Meeting
6. Presentation of the LOC
7. Information about the Venue
8. Excursion to Acropolis
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER OF
THE FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN PSYCHODRAMA TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS
March, 2016
FEPTO.NEWS FN 16.1
9. General Assembly in Marathon - Provisionally Agenda
10. Auditor report and Balance 2015
11. Minutes from General Assembly in Bonn
12. Reports from Committee Meetings
13. Network Groups
14. Upcoming Events
15. Books and Article
Brussels source: http://www.news.com.au
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Editorial
Dear Members of FEPTO,
Dear Colleagues,
In a few weeks our forthcoming FEPTO Conference and our FEPTO Annual Meeting in Marathon/Greece will take place. We will have the honour to be a guest in a country which gave
Europe not only its name, but laid also the foundation for our European civilization. More than two thousands years later, this rich ancient culture is still a powerful inspiration for all of us and a timeless witness of human capacity to grow and to develop socially and culturally as human beings.
However, Greece is much more than ancient history or a fantastic touristic destination for people who are enjoying the hospitality of the people, appreciating the richness of the cul-ture and admiring the beauty of this country. Right now we can see in Greece like in a focal point the struggle of Europe dealing with its cultural, political and economic challenges. We see European integration and at the same time forces of discrimination and disintegration. We see people who are escaping from war, destruction and poverty and a Europe who is struggling with its identity and borders. Refugees are facing a Europe which is caught in an internal strug-gle between an attitude of openness and exclusion. In this context Greece appears either as a bridge to an open Europe or as an outpost of a European fortress protected by fences and walls. It is not only Greece, but Europe as a whole who is struggling for its future.
The shadows and the unspoken in our groups, organizations and societies will be ad-dressed in the FEPTO Conference “Shedding Light on the Shadows. Voicing the unspoken in psychodrama”. Greek mythology as well as modern approaches will be explored to uncover the unspoken and hidden forces of our social and cultural worlds.
And what about the shadows and the unspoken in FEPTO? We as psychodramatists claim to have methods, techniques and tools to foster human and social development. But do we really make a difference? Or do we offer just more of the same? Are we capable to deal with our own challenges in different institutes and countries? Or do we follow the same de-structive forces of exclusion, fights and destruction? Let´s explore it in Marathon.
“Cooperation in times of conflict and change” is the topic of our FEPTO Annual Meeting. The only constant in life is change and transformation. And changes are always connected with conflicts. It is up to the capacity of humans and their individual and social resources whether people tend to constructive or destructive answers towards conflicts. Cooperation is needed and has to be actively aimed at.
Johannes Krall & Milena
Mutafchieva
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Editorial
As FEPTO we have to broaden our scope and to integrate different applications of psy-chodrama. Apart from psychotherapy training new generations are trained to work in other fields as adult educators, social workers, organizational counsellors and community workers. Psychodrama with children in different settings needs our support to develop its professional network in Europe and Mediterranean countries. The same is true for sociodrama training, which is a growing field and should be addressed more specifically in FEPTO. Irrespective of their status as informal groups, network groups or new projects we should provide them a place within our organizational structure of FEPTO.
As a Council we are really pleased to see how many people have already registered to participate in the Conference and in the Annual Meeting. In addition, three psychodrama train-ing institutes have applied to become our new members. All information about them and the application procedure can be found in the previous FEPTO News and on our website (fepto.com). We are very confident that they are well prepared to get our support and a warm welcome in Marathon.
All these processes and activities in FEPTO are a clear sign that we are developing as a community – even though the way of FEPTO is not always easy and harmonious. Despite all difficulties and unresolved conflicts we see a lot of cooperation in our community. As a Council we want to foster cooperation and strengths in FEPTO, but also to address challeng-es and conflicts which will bring us further.
We wish you a good time and a safe trip to Marathon.
See you soon,
Hannes & Milena
([email protected]; [email protected])
Source: http://www.tcps.on.ca/
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Last Call for 11th FEPTO Conference
Last Call for Registration to:
The 11th FEPTO Conference
13-15 May 2016
In Golden Coast Hotel
Marathon, Athens
“Shedding Light on the Shadows:
What is it that keeps some things in the shadow and prevents them from being uttered and re-
vealed? What is the function of the “unspoken” in our interpersonal and social relationships?
What is the cost of keeping things hidden for the individual and the family, for the group and for
nations? How does this influence the next generations’ adaptation?
The aim of this Conference, apart from meeting each other once again and having a great time,
will be to explore different ways of addressing and processing these questions on the psycho-
drama stage through various techniques, and with a little help from ancient Greek myths!
We are looking forward to seeing you there
You can register at www.fepto.com
The Greek Local Organizational Committee
Nikos Takis, Nena Vlassa, Karen Stefanou, Grammati Ntalossi
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Last Call for 24th FEPTO AM
Last Call to Register for:
The 24th FEPTO Annual Meeting
15-19 May 2016
In Golden Coast Hotel
Marathon, Athens
“Cooperation in Times of Conflict and Change: Challenges in Psychodrama
Training and Practice”
Dealing with Conflicts in Groups, Families and Organizations has always been a chal-
lenge even for experienced Psychodramatists, Group Leaders and Psychotherapists.
During this year’s Annual Meeting we will attempt to address this “hot” topic, in conjunc-
tion with how we can establish and consolidate mutuality, solidarity and cooperation in
the group context, on both levels of training and practice. Join us to work, connect,
dance Syrtaki, and enjoy ourselves by the sea and under the sun. Come to Marathon!
We are looking forward to seeing you there
You can register at www.fepto.com
The Greek Local Organizational Committee
Nikos Takis, Nena Vlassa, Karen Stefanou, Grammati Ntalossi
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Final Program for the Conference
11th FEPTO Conference
Shedding Light on the Shadows: Voicing the Unspoken in Psychodrama
13th - 15th May 2016 Golden Coast Hotel Marathon-Athens, Greece
FINAL PROGRAM Friday, 05.13.2016
14.00-15.00 Arrivals and Registration
15.00-17.00 Let’s meet each other: Welcome by the LOC, the President and Vice President of FEPTO Warm up to the topic by the LOC Presentation of the facilitators- formation of ongoing groups according to ancient Greek myths pertaining to the unspoken
17.00-17.30 Coffee Break
17.30-19.00 Ongoing groups I
19.00-19.15 Short break
19.15- 20.15
Lecture by Katerina Matsa, Psychiatrist, Former Director of the Rehabilitation Unit of the Psy-chiatric Hospital of Athens 18 ANO: “ The Unspoken and the Crypt: The Ghosts of the Transgener-ational Transmission of Psychic Traumatisms. The Psychoanalytic Psychodrama”.
20.30-21.30 Gala Dinner
21.30-23.00 Social evening and interaction
Saturday, 05.14.2016
09.00-09.15 Welcome to the late comers. Presentation of the ongoing groups according to the ancient Greek myths
09.30-11.30 Experiential Workshops: Zone A
11.30-12.00 Coffee Break
12.00-14.00 Experiential Workshops: Zone B
14.00-16.00 Lunch Break
16.00-18.00 Ongoing groups II
18.00-18.30 Coffee break
18.30-20.30 Ongoing groups III
20.30-.. . .. Dinner Greek traditional music and dance!
Sunday, 05.15.2016
09.00-11.00 Experiential workshops: Zone C
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-12.00 Ongoing groups IV / Preparation for the plenary session
12.00-13.00 Plenary session & Presentation of the ongoing groups’ work
13.00-13.30 Final evaluation and remarks/ Closure of the Conference by the LOC
13.30-15.00 Goodbye Lunch
14.30-16.30 Meeting of Greek Psychodramatists. Topic of Discussion: “Towards the Institutional Consoli-dation of Psychodrama in Greece”. Discussant: Nikos Takis, Head of the LOC. Note: The discussion will be held in Greek Language.
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Final Program for the AM
24th FEPTO Annual Meeting
Cooperation in Times of Conflict and Change – Challenges in Psychodrama Training and Practice 15th -19th May 2016 Golden Coast Hotel Marathon, Athens, Greece
FINAL PROGRAM Sunday, 05.15.2016
18.00 – 18.30 Welcoming by Nena Vlassa, Nikos Takis, Johannes Krall & Milena Mutafchieva, Greetings by the Mayor of Athens
18.30 – 19.30 Warm up to the meeting by the LOC
20.00- 23.00 Welcome/ gala dinner and Greek night/social gathering
Monday, 05.16.2016
07.00 – 09.00 Breakfast
09.30 – 11.00 Introduction to the AM topic by Nikos Takis
Lecture by Nikos Lamnidis , Psychiatrist, Group Analyst, Full Member, Greek Psychoanalytic Society & International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA), Editor, Oedipus, Greek Biannual Psychoanalytic Review: “Conflicts Within Groups: To what extent they are useful?”
11.00-11.30 Small break
11.30 – 13.30 Formation of small groups [Facilitators: Judith Teszary & Fred Dorn ] Presentation of Rules by Chantal Hanquet Small groups’ session I
13.30 – 15.30 Lunch
15.30 – 17.00 Small groups II 17.00 – 17.30 Coffee Break
17.30 – 19.30 Large Group
20.00 – 22.00 Dinner
Tuesday, 05.17.2016 07.00 – 09.00 Breakfast
09.30 – 11.00 Small Groups III
11.00 – 12:00 Agora Meeting the new institutes with coffee break
12.00 Brunch
13.00 – 18.00 Trip to Acropolis & Museum
18.00 – 20.00 Free time in Plaka, the traditional old town of Athens
20.00 – 22.30 Dinner in a traditional Taverna of Plaka
22:30 Departure to Marathon
Wednesday,05.18.2016
07.00 – 09.00 Breakfast 09.30 – 11.00 Small Groups IV
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.30 General Assembly, part I 13.30 – 15.30 Lunch
15.30 – 17.30 General Assembly, part II/ voting
17.30 – 18.00 Coffee Break
18.00 – 19.30 Committee Meetings
20.00 - …. Dinner and Dance
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Final Program for the AM
Thursday, 05.19.2016
07.00 – 09.00 Breakfast
09.30 – 10.30 Small groups V
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.00
Presentation of Research by FEPTO RC and IAGP: "Combining the research demand in Psychodrama with the tailoring challenge in psy-
chotherapy"
Antonio Gonzalez, Ph.D., Psychologist, Psychodramatist, Professor at ISBA-IU, theatrical director
"The Suffering Body: The Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma in Psychoso-matics and their treatment as a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by Group Psychother-
apy. Results from 3 pilot studies."
Dr Catherine Mela, M.D
Neurologist-Group Psychotherapist/Analyst- Researcher
Chair of IAGP Research Committee and IAGP Secretary
12.00 – 13.00
Presentation of small groups outcomes in plenary
[ Facilitators: Judith Teszary & Fred Dorn ] 13.00 – 13.30 Closure and hand over to the new LOC
(Johannes Krall & Milena Mutafchieva) 13.30- 15.00 Lunch & Farewell
24th FEPTO Annual Meeting
Cooperation in Times of Conflict and Change – Challenges in Psychodrama Training and Practice 15th -19th May 2016 Golden Coast Hotel Marathon, Athens, Greece
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Presentation of the LOC
Presentation of Organizing Associations
ATHENS PSYCHODRAMA INSTITUTE (I.Ps.A)(Ι.Ψ.Α.) Ι.Ps.Α.(I.Ψ.Α.) , was founded on April 2008 by Nena Vlassa, Psy-
chologist and Sociologist, and President of the Greek Psychodrama So-ciety. Since April 2013, Ι.Ψ.Α. is a full member of FEPTO. It provides training in Classic Morenian Psychodrama in collaboration with Marcia Karp and other distinguished trainers. Other services rendered by Ath-ens Psychodrama Institute are: Psychodrama for organizations, training for teachers, Psychodrama psychotherapeutic groups with children, ad-olescents and adults, monodrama sessions.
ENDOHORA (INLAND) INSTITUTE Endohora Institute was founded in 2010 by
Dr. Nikos Takis, Clinical Psychologist & Group Ana-lyst, and accepted as a full member of FEPTO in April 2013. The name of the Institute was inspired by a collection of poems of Andreas Empeirikos, a fa-mous Greek surrealist poet and psychoanalyst. En-dohora has collaborated in the organization and im-plementation of Psychodrama training with experi-enced trainers like Gabi Stiegler, Carl Woerner, Peter Haworth and Jorge Buhrmeister. The provid-ed training attempts to combine the Morenian Pyschodrama techniques and concepts with the prin-ciples of the psychodynamic understanding of group functioning and dynamics. Endohora also or-ganizes seminars in projective tests (Rorschach test, T.A.T., etc.) and psychopathology, as well as individual and group psychotherapeutic sessions.
Local Organizing Committee for Marathon
ENDOHORA (INLAND) INSTITUTE
Nikolaos Takis is the founder and director of "Endohora" Training Institute. He is a Clinical Psychologist and Individual and Group Psychodynamic Psychothera-pist. He holds a Ph.D. from the National University of Athens. He has worked for 14 years in the field of Addictions' treatment. The last 5 years he is a Professor of Psy-chology in The American College of Greece and also Director of the Counseling Center of the College. He is running Psychodrama groups since 2002 and training groups since 2010. He is also a candidate Psychoanalyst in the Greek Psychoana-lytic Society.
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Presentation of the LOC
Local Organizing Committee for Marathon
ENDOHORA (INLAND) INSTITUTE
Stavros Kevopoulos is a psychologist – psychodrama therapist. He is the founder of aerton smoking quitting program. He studied Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, school of philosophy. He specialized in Psychodrama at the Psychodramaforum Berlin. He is a psychodrama trainer at “Endohora” psychodrama training centre. He has long experience in addiction treatment and has been, for many years, the scientific director and coordina-tor of the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica (18Ano) at the Department of Social Rehabilitation of the Detox Unit. He is member of institute of classical psychoanalysis.
Grammati Dalossi
Mental Health counselor, member of the Greek Association of Counseling, Psychodra-ma therapist, retired journalist, member of Journalists’ Union of Athens.
Zinovia Vasileiadi is a psychologist and psychodramatist based in Athens, Greece. After finishing her BA in Psychology in Athens, she specialized in Psychoanaly-sis for adults and children in her first Master’s at UCL University in London, and took further specialization in children and the intervention for children with learning disabili-ties, in her second Master’s at Anna Freud Centre in Greece. She finished her training in Psychodrama in 2012 at the Psychodrama Forum Berlin and since then she has been working with children and adults in private practice. She lectures in Greek Private Colleges and in the University of Athens where she is also a PhD candidate.
Sofianna Chatzopoulou Psychologist , Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences- Psychodrama thera-pist, Endohora institute. She’s worked as a psychologist for four years at “Iris“ Day centre for the social reinte-gration of hospitalized psychotic patients and ran her own practice for three years. For the last 8 years she’s been a member of psychodrama groups, psychodynamic and indi-vidual psychology groups and recently coordinator for adult psychodrama groups in Xanthi, Paros and Athens. For the last 6 years, she’s attended psychodrama training seminars in Athens, Agkistri (Greece), Berlin and Stockholm and the last FEPTO con-ference in Bonn, Germany. Since 2013 she’s also been an active member of a co-partnership for the solidarity economy and fair trade. She is currently secretary of the LOC.
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Presentation of the LOC
Local Organizing Committee for Marathon
ATHENS PSYCHODRAMA INSTITUTE (I.Ps.A)(Ι.Ψ.Α.)
Nena Vlassa Psychologist and sociologist, psychodrama trainer. She graduated from University of Toulouse le Mirail. She has worked for many years as a psychologist in mental health prevention programs in various municipalities in Athens, with emphasis in schools, parents' groups and private sessions with children, adolescents and adults. She also works in private practice. Since 1995 she is a member of the executive council of the Greek Psychologists' Association and since 2005 President of the Greek Psychodrama Society. In 2008 she founded Athens Psychodrama Institute and she directs it since then. She is responsible for the training programs of the Institute, running also training and experiential groups herself.
Karen Savage Stefanou is a Counseling Psychologist and Psy-chodrama Psychotherapist working in Private Practice. She is a founding member and Secretary of The Greek Psychodrama Society.
Giota Arvaniti is a Psychodramatist and Clinical Psychologist (Bsc in Psychology and Msc in Clinical Psychology). She works as a clinical psy-chologist in private practice. Her psychodrama activities include work in com-munity settings with teachers, adolescents and mental health professionals. She is actively involved to Athens Psychodrama Institute activities, with spe-cial interest to theoretical issues concerning group dynamics and sociometry.
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Information about the Venue
General Information
ATHENS, HOST CITY OF THE CONFERENCE
Athens is the capital and the largest city in Greece. Athens is one of the world's old-
est cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years, and the earliest human presence
around the 11th–7th millennium BC.
An etiological myth explaining how Athens has acquired this name was
well known among ancient Athenians and even became the theme of the sculp-
ture on the West pediment of the Parthenon. More specifically, Cecrops, who
was half-man and half-snake and the first ruler of Athens, had to decide who
would be the patron God of the city. The goddess Athena and the
god Poseidon had many disagreements and battles between them, and one of
these was this race. The winner would be the one who could make the best
present for the city . In an attempt to compel the people, Poseidon created a
salt water spring by striking the ground with his trident, symbolizing naval pow-
er. Athena stroke her spear on the ground and created an olive tree, symboliz-
ing peace and prosperity. Cecrops was puzzled as much as astonished by
Athena’s present for the city and therefore he accepted the olive tree and
named the city after Athena. Poseidon, angry and defeated, he cursed Athens
never to have enough water. Since then, Athens deals with the problem of wa-
ter scarcity.
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Athens is the historical capital of Europe, with a long history, dating from the first settlement in
the Neolithic age. In the 5th Century BC (the “Golden Age of Pericles”) – the culmination of Athens’
long, fascinating history – the city’s values and civilization acquired a universal significance. The bright-
est of its buildings, especially those rising above the sacred rock of the Acropolis, dating from that era.
Political thought, theater, the arts, philoso-
phy, science, architecture and so many
other forms of intellectual thought, reached
an epic climax in a unique in world history,
period of intellectual fulfillment.
So, Athens became the matrix of
western civilization, while innumerable
Greek words and concepts such as de-
mocracy, harmony, music, mathematics,
art, gastronomy, architecture, logic, love,
euphoria, psychology, and hundreds of
others have enriched many languages and
inspired different cultures.
Over the years, the city has experi-
enced various conquerors, who left their traces in monuments of distinctive prestige and charm, creat-
ing a rare historical palimpsest. In 1834 it was declared the capital of the modern Greek state, starting
with the echo of the classical past, but in the intervening two centuries developed into a modern metrop-
olis with unrivaled charm and high interest, not to forget that one third of the Greek population lives in
Athens.
Today, a visit to Athens provides a unique experience. A "journey" in the history of 6,000 years!
The "baptism" in important monuments and masterpieces of art from antiquity and the Middle Ages, and
the architectural heritage of the 19th and 20th century. The sense of "warmth" and uplifting, the amaz-
ing light that diffuses the attic sky generously. The magic of the landscape of the wider region (seaside
"lace", coasts, mountains). The modern infrastructure and the distinct liveliness of its inhabitants.
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MARATHON
History of the city
The name
“Marathon" (Μαραθών) comes
from the her fennel, called mar-
athon (μάραθον) or marathos
(μάραθος) in Ancient Greek, so
Marathon literally means "a
place full of fennels". It is be-
lieved that the town was origi-
nally named so because of an
abundance of fennel plants in
the area.
The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between
the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. After Miltia-des (the general of the Greek forces) defeated Darius' Persian forces, the Persians decided to sail from Mara-thon to Athens in order to sack the unprotected city. Milti-ades ordered all his hoplite forces to march "double time" back to Athens, so that by the time Darius' troops arrived they saw the same Greek force waiting for them. The bat-tle of Marathon is one of history's most famous military engagements. It is also one of the earliest recorded bat-tles. Their victory over the Persian invaders gave the fledgling Greek city states confidence in their ability to defend themselves and belief in their continued exist-ence. The battle is therefore considered a defining mo-ment in the development of European culture. Since the following two hundred years saw the rise of the Classical Greek civilization, which has been enduringly influential in western society, the Battle of Marathon is often seen as a pivotal moment in European history.
The name of the athletic long-distance endurance race, the "marathon", comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier and runner who was sent from Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon. The sophist and magnate Herodes Atticus was born also in Marathon.
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Although the name Marathon had a positive resonance in Europe in the nineteenth century, for some time that was sullied by the Dilessi murders, which happened nearby in 1870. In the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century the village was inhabited by an Arvanite population emigrated from Epirus.
In 1926, the American company ULEN began construction on the Marathon Dam in a valley above Marathon, in order to ensure water supply for Athens. It was completed in 1929. About 10 km² of forested land were flooded to form Lake Marathon. Lake Marathon is a water supply reservoir formed from the construction of Marathon Dam at the junction of Charadros and Varnavas Torrents near the town of Marathon. It was the primary water supply for Athens from 1931, when it became operational, until 1959.
The beach of Schinias is located southeast of the town and it is a popular windsurfing spot and the Olympic Rowing Center for the 2004 Summer Olympics is also located there. At the 1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics, Marathon was the starting point of the marathon races (for both women and men in 2004). The area is susceptible to flash flooding, because of forest fires having denuded parts of the eastern slopes of Mount Penteli especially in 2006.
THE VENUE
Golden Coast Hotel & Bungalows
Paralia Marathonos (Marathon Beach) 19007 Attica, Greece tel: +30 22941 13000 fax:+30 22941 13001
email: [email protected]
http://www.goldencoast.gr/en/
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Welcome to Golden Coast Hotel & Bungalows! This 4-star beachfront Mar-athon resort is in Nea Makri, 1.5 miles (2.5 km) from Marathon Tomb and 2.5 miles (4.1 km) from Archaeological Museum of Marathon.
For more information about the hotel, please visit: http://www.goldencoast.gr/en/
Travelling
How to get to the hotel from the airport:
By taxi
The easiest way is by taxi. You ask the driver to
take you to Golden Coast Hotel, in Marathon. In
case he needs more information (which I doubt)
tell him that the Hotel is located in the beach of
Marathon, right after the village NEA MAKRI. The
cost of the fare is about 45-50 euros (not more).
By metro & bus
You can also take the metro from the airport and
get off in station PALLINI. Right outside the metro
station you will be in MARATHONOS Avenue and
you will find the bus station. You will take the or-
ange bus to MARATHON (KTEL of ATTICA)
and you will ask from the driver to get off in the
station of GOLDEN COAST HOTEL. Twice per
day the bus is stopping in the entrance of the ho-
tel. Otherwise, the bus will leave you in MARATHONOS Avenue and you have to walk for 5-8 minutes from
there. In any case, ASK THE DRIVER. The cost of this option will be 14 euros approx.
For the time schedule of the buses, see http://www.ktelattikis.gr/routes.php Ktel of Attica: +30210 8 80 80 80
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By car From Athens International Airport
>>Attiki Odos, Spata Artemida 190 04 >>Head northeast on Attiki Odos/A62 (1.8 km) >>Continue to Leof. Marathonos/EO54 (9.8 km) >>Turn right onto Leof. Marathonos/EO54(12.2 km) Continue to follow Leof. Marathonos >>Continue on Fidippidou str. to your destination in Agios Panteleimon (750 m) To Golden Coast Hotel & Bungalows, Marathon Beach
http://bit.ly/25vzYq4 For car rental at the airport you can visit the site: http://www.rentalcars.com/
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RECOMMENDED HOTELS
There are of course a lot. We recommend some closest to the venue of the FEPTO conference
and Annual Meeting, which are not necessarily the best ones and some near the city centre of Athens for the boldest ones!
Closer to the Venue
Marathon Beach Resort in Nea Makri, Attiki , Address: Poseidonos Avenue 12, 19005 Tel: +30
22940 95022 FAX: +30 22940 98840, E-mail address:[email protected] Double room: 100 euro per night approximately. https://marathonbeachresort.reserve-online.net/
Attica Beach Hotel, Posidonos Avenue 32, Mati, Nea Makri, Marathon 19009,Greece. Attica Beach Hotel is located in Mati, Attica, a small holiday resort with tavernas, cafeterias and night clubs. It is 25 km away from the centre of Athens, and 20 km from Eleftherios Venizelos Airport. Double room 100 euro. Per night approximately Tel:2294033712, 2294033734 fax:2294033790, Email: [email protected] www.atticabeach.gr/
Marathon Euro Hotels Attica, Ag. Panteleimon 27A - Paralia Marathon in Marathon Tel.: + 30 22940 57366 / 56521 / 57502, Fax.: + 30 22940 56953, Mobile: + 30 6974 316012, Email: [email protected] Double rooms start from 50 euro per night approximately http://www.marathon-euro-hotels.gr/
In Athens city centre
CITY CIRCUS | ATHENS HOSTEL | Sarri 16, Athens, Greece. City Circus Athens features a
rooftop terrace and a bar-restaurant, just 300 m from Thission area and within 350 m from Monastira-ki Metro Station. Housed in a neoclassical building, the property offers air-conditioned accommoda-tion with free Wi-Fi. Double rooms start from 70 euro per night approximately. www.citycircus.gr/
Best Western Hotel Pythagorion, Agiou Konstandinou street 28, Athens, 10437, Greece. Tel: +30 210 5242811-14, Email: [email protected]. Double rooms start from 70 euro per night ap-proximately. http://pythagorion-hotel.gr/en/
Athens Choice, Veranzerou 45, Athens, 10432, Greece, Tel: +30 210 5238738 Email: [email protected]. Double rooms start from 50 euro per night approximately. http://athens-choice.athens-greece-hotels.net/en/
Attalos Hotel, Athinas Str. 29, Monastiraki - 10554 Athens - Greece Tel. +30 210 3212801-2-3 Fax: +30 210 3243124; E-mail: [email protected] Double rooms start from 70 euro approxi-mately. http://www.attaloshotel.com/
You can book via each hotel’s website or via booking.com, tripadvisor.com or other websites,
where the rates might be lower.
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TRAVELLING IN GREECE/ VISA
Greece is a Member-State of the European Union and has ratified the Schengen
Agreement. Citizens traveling inside the E.U. just need to display their police I.D. Card with-out the need of a passport. However, a passport is necessary for a number of other transac-tions, such as currency exchange, purchases, etc.
Visas are not required by citizens of Member-States of the Schengen Agreement.
Greece follows the provisions of the Schengen Agreement, which abolished controls on com-mon internal lands, at air and sea borders and allows Member-State citizens to travel around without a visa for a short stay period of up to three (3) months. However, airlines and other carriers require a valid passport and/or police I.D. Card or other form of official identification means.
Citizens of the majority of the countries that are not Member-States of the Schengen Agreement require a visa to enter Greece and the E.U. Visitors from these countries can ob-tain further information from the Hellenic Embassies or Consulates in their countries, or even from their travel agencies.
If you have any questions about travel visa for Greece, please visit: http://www.mfa.gr/
en/visas/visas-for-foreigners-traveling-to-greece/countries-requiring-or-not-requiring-
visa.html
http://www.visitgreece.gr/en/before_you_travel/passports_and_visas
For all questions about the arrangement or accommodation, or for
information not provided so far about the Annual Meeting, please contact
the local organizing committee:
Secretary of the LOC: Sofianna Chatzopoulou Email: [email protected] Tel:+30 6974926492 Coordinator of the LOC: Dr. Nikolaos Takis Tel: +30 2130045646
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Excursion to Acropolis
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FEPTO XXIV. GENERAL ASSEMBLY WEDNESDAY, 18th OF MAY 2016, MARATHON
PROVISIONAL AGENDA GENERAL ASSEMBLY I
1. Opening the General Assembly – Chair person
2. Appointment of secretary
3. Appointment of 2 members to check the minutes
4. Establishment of the quorum
5. Appointment of vote counters
6. Approval of the agenda of the General Assembly
7. Approval of the Bonn General Assembly Minutes
8. Report of the Executive Council
a.President/ Vice-President report (Johannes Krall & Milena Mutafchieva)
b.Secretary & Internal Affairs (Stefan Flegelskamp)
c.Treasurer report 2015 (Chantal Nève-Hanquet)
9. Auditor’s report / approval of the revised accountancy
10. Discharge of Executive Council
11. Reports of the Chairs of the Committees
a.Training Committee report (Reijo Kauppila)
b.Membership Committee report (Celia Scanlan)
c.Ethics & International Affairs Committee report (Judith Teszáry)
d.Annual Meeting Committee report (Nikos Takis & Stefan Flegelskamp)
e.Development & Network Committee report (Fred Dorn)
f.Research Committee report (Krzysztof Ciepliński & Johannes Krall)
g.Communication Committee/ Newsletter and Website report (Milena Mutafchieva)
12. Approval of the Budget 2016
GENERAL ASSEMBLY II
13. Approval of new memberships on the recommendation of the Council
14. Welcoming new members
15. Date and place of 2017/2018 Annual Meeting
16. Proposals for FEPTO AM and Conference 2019
17. FEPTO Networks: procedure for new guidelines
18. Task Force for Peace Building and Conflict Transformation: request for becoming a «Special project group of FEPTO»
19. Revision of guidelines for organizing FEPTO AM and Conference
20. Any other business
21. Closure of meeting
General Assembly
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Auditors Report
STATEMENT OF THE AUDITORS 2015
Nel Bax representative of the “Association for Psychodrama” for the Dutch language territory in Eu-
rope (the Netherlands and Flanders) appointed as financial auditor, asked by Chantal Nève and Pierre
Fontaine in the General Assembly from 2004) declares after auditing the financial accounts of FEPTO
for the year 2015 the following:
Total received fees in 2015 are € 16710.-
The income for the annual meeting and conference are € 2578,-
Loss in 2015: € 4212.- (There were many boardmeeting costs in 2015 € 16248.-).
Organisation meeting and conference by the LOC
In 2012 the board has decided, that the LOC receives direct all the fees for meeting and conference
from the participants and pays all costs without intervention of the treasure. Therefore the auditor gives
no opinion upon income and costs from annual meeting and conference.
CONCLUSION
The auditor concludes that there is a good management about the FEPTPO membership fees in 2015
and a good administration for the costs.
The auditor advices the General Assemble to discharge the Treasurer and the Board of
FEPTO for the financial year 2015
The auditor is prepared to be auditor again for the year 2016
Liège: 29 March 2016
Nel Bax
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Balance 2015
FEPTO 2015 BALANS
Balans 01-01-2015 X DEBIT CREDIT X RESULTS 2015 X Balans 31-12-2015
X X X
Bank (Argenta) 20746.37 X 142.16 X X 20888.53
Bank 20161.27 X 5040.03 X X 15121.24
Cash 11.30 X 498.96 X X 510.26
Capital 42749.42 X X X 42749.42
ECP + EAP remb. X 120.00 X 120.00 X
Fee 2010-2011- 2012-2013
355.00 X 210.00 X X 145.00
Fee 2014 1365.00 X 490.00 X 295.00 X 580.00
Fee 2015 330 X 14425.00 X 45.00 16710.00 X 1910.00
Fee 2016 X 750.00 X X 750.00
Application Fee X 100.00 X 100.00 X
Meeting 2014 Result 525.66 X 525.66 X X
Meeting 2015 X 179.50 2757.40 X 2577.90 X
Bank costs X 81.08 X 81.08 X
Audit X 26.25 X 26.25 X
Accountancy X 509.17 X 509.17 X
Officers 2015 X 1200.00 X 1200.00 X
Board Meeting 2014 150 X 150 X X
Board Meeting 2015 X 16247.88 X 16247.88 X
EAP X 1075.00 X 1075.00 X
Bank interest X 64.39 X 64.39 X
Interest (Argenta) X 142.16 X 142.16 X
Network X 636.49 136.49 X 500.00 X
Moniteur Belge X 178.54 X 178.54 X
Research X 2540.76 X 2540.76 X
Debitor Research 168 X 300.00 X X 132.00
Debitor Board Meeting 67.18 X 67.18 X X
Website X 322.66 X 322.66 X
ECP X 905.50 X 905.50 X
Loss X X 4212.39 X 4212.39
X X X
43314.60 43314.60 X 24911.13 24911.13 X 23926.84 23926.84 X 43499.42 43499.42
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FEPTO XXIII GENERAL ASSEMBLY WEDNESDAY, MAY 6th 2015, Bonn
Minutes of GENERAL ASSEMBLY
General Assembly Part I
1. Opening the General Assembly – Co-Presidents; Leandra Perrotta and Eduardo Verdu
2. Appointment of secretary Celia Scanlan and facilitators – Milena Mutafchieva, Evaldas Karmaza
3. Appointment of 2 members to check the minutes - Loes Stolker and Jacomien Ilbrink;
4. Establishment of the quorum – 95 Votes = 48 Quorum
5. Appointment of vote counters - Mirjana Jovanoska Stojanovska, Anett Richter-Nowak, Peter John Schouten and Jana Segula
6. Approval of the agenda of the General Assembly - Approved with no changes
7. Approval of the Obidos General Assembly Minutes – Approved unanimously
8. Report of President – Leandra Perrotta, reported that their roles as Co-presidents had been to support the work of the Chair of the Committees. They see their roles as Political, Administrative and Strategic. Leandra highlighted one innovation this year which was the large group as a forum to discuss the life of FEPTO and raise questions and concerns that do not get fully addressed in the GA as at that moment the time is often pressurised. FEPTO is represented in 27 countries. Over past two years they have re-focussed onto training, membership, research, network and ethical questions. This decision has been supported by the responses in the Obidos Voices. Space opened to Questions or comments. Monica Westberg offered thanks. Jorge Burmeister expressed thanks for the FN which the Presidents have achieved.
9. Treasurer report 2014 –Chantal reported our Accounts are very good, we have €20,000 in high interest bank and €20, 000 in the easy accesss bank. Oded asked for clarification which Chantal explained was for planes, rooms and meals over three days.
10. Auditor’s report / approval of the revised accountancy - Norbert Apter read the Auditors report. – Approved unanimously
11. Discharge of Executive Council – Approved unanimously
12. Budget 2015 – Available as Power Point. – Maurizio Gasseau asked that we provisionally put a small sum into the Budget for network groups. Chantal responded it is possible Evaldas Kamaza proposed that it should be decided after the Vote on the Network groups. Jorge Burmeister stated that there could be an ammendment to the proposal to be voted ”In the event that the vote re-instates the Network group €500 will be added to the budget for Network Groups. A questions was raised what do the Research group do with their Budget. Hannes explained the that the Group at times invite an expert speaker. When possible they find rooms free at universities. Oded Nave asked that expenses in the budget be more detailed which would reduce the need for discussion in the GA. Eduardo Verdu agreed with discussion that major expenses should be detailed. Marjorie Lap Streur asked for clarification of the EAP budget. This sum covers flights, hotel and board plus the FEPTO membership fee. Since Celia is about to take over the EAP Presidency, EAP will cover her expenses.- Approved unanimously
13. Reports of the Chairs of the Committees
a. Training Committee report - Reijo Kauppila stated that Training is in the heart of FEPTO. He has
been inspired by cooperation from other committees which connects the work of many committees. Their goals have been, define Competancies in field of therapy, define competancies in field of other applications and define competancies of a psychodrama trainer. They seek to provide examples and options based on these professional competancies. Such definitions will increase the professional profile of psychodrama.
b. Annual Meeting Committee report – Eduardo Verdu has shared this work with Leandra Perotta. They have worked on clarifying the guidelines. This has proved helpful for the LOC but this should be an
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ongoing process. This year with the German LOC has been a wonderful experience. Next Conference and AM is in Athens. Topic for Conference”Shedding light on the Shadow – Dealing with the Unspoken in Psychodrama” Sweden has accpeted to do 2017 which will be an anniversary year for FEPTO. Eduardo invited new member countries to think about offering their country. – No questions asked.
c. Research Committee report – Hannes Krall reminded the GA of the goals of the Research committee. Each year the committee holds two meetings organised each time by a member. Attendance is usually between 20 – 40. It funcions as an ongoing working group. Last year ”Building Research Capacity” in Lublin and this year ”Action methods and experiential learning” in Lisbon. Thanks to his group. Work is being done to create a research database for psychodrama. Milena Mutafchieva, stated that the committee need a named person responsible for research in each institute. Milena further states that a database of all the available research on PD should be established, so that data can be retrieved more easily. Work is in progress to produce the first edition of an International Psychodrama Journal due 2016. FEPTO Research Committee have had representation and presentations in SPR (Society for Psychotherapy Research) and IAGP conferences. Next research meetings, Würzburg 8-11 October and Helsinki 25-28 February 2016
d. Ethics Committee report – No outstanding cases or cases which have been worked onthis year.
e. European Affairs Committee report – Celia Scanlan described her role at EAP as an Ambassador which she sees is in tune with the theme of this annual meeting. She encouraged participation to the Competancies project which is essential to our international profile. In December EAP facilitated a round table to address the crisis in Ukraine. Coming from this event EAP have made a Declaration defining the neutrality of Psychotherapist. This is available to read on EAP website and is also on the home page of FEPTO Website. Celia encourage members to read and if they felt willing to sign this Declaration.
f. Network Committee report – Yaacov Naor spoke of the issue of the Network Groups having been given autonomy. He invited Maurizio Gasseau to report the Task Force Group. Next seminar is in Granada, they plan to look at generation issues of war. Agnes Dudler reported on TIP group who meet twice yearly. The do intervisional works and share ways of working. Matrix Group this is a psychodrama intervision group began on 2006. They have held 18 meetings since this time. Jacomien Ilbrink spoke for the German speeking group which have been meeting since 2013. Hilde Gött reported on Psychodrama with Children while they have not functioned recently, there have been representation in two conferences this year and plan a third for the coming year . Hilda urged that the group reform. Ana ?? Said that the Obidos group which ws formed last year is still developing There is a new group on Promotion which will meet following this meeting.
g. Development Committee report – Norbert Apter stated that the committee functions to support the council and committees. They have held 4 think tanks in three years. Judith Teszary thanked Norbert Apter for this work.
h. Membership Committee report – Reports have been constantly available in FN. One application from Estonia all information is in order. To be retified this afternoon. New membership procedures updated and are on the website. Membership digital database is nearly ready. Judith asked an ammendment that Founding Members should be listed as a category. Loes Stalker thanked Jose Luis Misquita for his work. Nikos Takis asked is there any provision to monitor standards following joining FEPTO. Jose Luis stated this is a task which is beginning but this is also very sensitive it is important to not exclude but to seek to assist institutes to reach standards.
i. Newsletter and Website Committee report – Chantal Hanquest Neve has held this Chair since last year. She has been helped by Horatiu Nil Albini but this has been beset by difficulties with Horatiu’s Nil Albini’s health. Chanatal has found a Student from Belgium who has helped her with this. She thanked Eduardo and Leandra for their help. Horatiu is willing to continue with the website. The student will continue for at least two more issues, Chantal’s hope is she will continue beyond. Jutta Fürst commented that we need at least three people to assist with the FN and also help for Horatiu. Jorge Burmeister supported Jutta’s statement he has experience of another organisation where the standard of the website is again so high that it has become difficutl to replace her. Reijo Kauppila reported that council has decided to buy Extranet which will be a reliable source of communication. We hope to have it up and running very soon.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY Part II
Quorum is = 48
14. Voting about status of Network groups. Following a discussion where voices were heard both for and against a vote was taken. 38 yes; 55 no; 4 spoilt papers. Therefore decision of Council overturned.
15. Voting of new member - Sihtasutus (SA) Psühhodraama Instituut
16. Welcoming new member – 94 for accepted unanimously
GENERAL ASSEMBLY Part III
17. Voting for new members of Council – Presentation of new Candidates
18. During the vote counting Chantal acknowledged the work of the retiring Board members and presented them with gifts.
19. Voting results and Presentation of New Council:
Krzysztof Ciepliński 10 (58) Chantal Hanquet Neve 1(91)
Fred Dorn 8 (63) Milena Mutafchieva 2(84)
Jose Luis Mesquita 6 (72) Stefan Flegelskamp 5 (75)
Hannes Krall 3 (82) Reijo Kauppla 7 (68)
Judith Teszary 9 (62) Nikos Takis 4 (79)
20. Date and place of 2016/2017 Annual Meeting – Athens: FEPTO Conference May 13-15, 2016; Annual Meeting May 15-19, 2016 / Sweden 2017 (date and location to be decided)
21. Any other business JL & Zerka Moreno Life Time Achievement Award was announced by Eduardo Verdu. This is very fresh information and more details will be sent to you soon.
22. Chantal Hanquet Neve presented the history of FEPTO Council, Presidents and Membership.
23. Closure of GA
Secretary: Celia Scanlan
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Research, Theory and Practice in Dialogue Krzysztof Ciepliński & Johannes Krall Chairs of FEPTO RC
FEPTO Research Committee is a growing network of psychodrama researchers all over Europe and the
Mediterranean countries. Right now we have about 50 active RC members from 16 different countries. We
are diverse not only in terms of nationality. Among us are colleagues differing in age and experience in psy-
chodrama practise, working at different places like universities, hospitals, educational settings, social work,
private practices. We are covering a broad range of research experience from professors and lecturers,
practitioners in psychodrama investigating their practise to university graduate and post-graduate students.
The general aim of the Research Committee is to develop multi-area and multilateral coopera-
tion and research networks on psychodrama and related methods. In particular, we are focused on develop-
ing research designs, research tools, processes and results in applied psychodrama research. Twice a year
we organize a Research Meeting, which take place in academic centers connected to our members. At the
meetings we are presenting and discussing research projects, creating new research ideas and shar-
ing research experiences.
Our last FEPTO RC Meeting entitled: RESEARCH, THEORY AND PRACTICE IN DIALOGUE took
place on 25-28 February 2016 in Helsinki. We met as a group of 41 participants from 13 countries enjoying
the hospitality of the Helsinki Deaconess Institute with the magnificent help of local hosts Mari Rautiainen
and Reijo Kauppila.
At the beginning of the meeting we were familiarized by Tiina Viheriälä & Reijo Kauppila with the
psychodrama tradition and presence in Finland and Helsinki Deaconess Institute’s fields of action - which
was shown by Mari Rautiainen.
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An excellent scientific warm up to the meeting was given by Mikael Leiman, an Emeritus Professor of
Psychology at the University of Eastern Finland who presented some results of his theoretical and empiri-
cal research on the semiotic mediation of mental action and its application to the context of psychothera-
peutic interaction. We also had the possibility to see how Professor Leiman used in practice a Dialogical
sequence analysis - a microanalytic method of verbal and nonverbal utterances working with patients.
Dr. Kai Alhanen (Helsinki, Finland) gave us a possibility to enhance the understanding of the Moreno’s
ideas like encounter, spontaneity, role and sociometry by analyzing his contemporary philosophical con-
text, especially the philosophies of Henri Bergson and John Dewey.
An important part of the meeting was the presentation of the results of practice-oriented psychodrama
research including those based on Robert Elliott´s HSCED model. The research on process and outcome
of long-term PD psychotherapy groups, psychodrama and creative education in prison and the measure-
ment of psychodramatic psychotherapeutic process in the context of inpatient psychotherapy were pre-
sented and discussed. EQUALS - a proposal of the computer supported procedure of research on psycho-
drama with children and adolescents was also shown and explained.
In addition, several contributions were focusing on training and learning processes in psychodrama,
among them the findings and challenges in qualitative analyses of the role development of trainees. At the
time of the meeting some participants had a chance to present and discuss their prepared or ongoing psy-
chodrama research projects in the context of andragogy, sociodrama, university education, interdiscipli-
nary research cooperation and psychodrama supervision.
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The participation in the RC Meeting encourages us to create international projects (like TRAIN, PD
Research Data Base) and motivated us to present psychodrama research results at national and interna-
tional conferences, in books and journals. We anticipate that the results of our work will contribute
significantly to strengthening the PD status as a method scientifically based and supported. It seems to be
a crucial point for recognizing and accepting psychodrama by the public institutions and professional
organizations.
We are planning to organize the next
FEPTO RC Meeting on 6-9 October 2016 in Kraków (Poland)
in cooperation with the Polish Psychodrama Institute and Jagiellonian University.
Looking forward to meeting you all in Kraków,
Krzysztof Ciepliński & Johannes Krall
[email protected] [email protected]
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FEPTO Training Committee Meeting, Helsinki March 4th – 6th, 2016:
”Psychodramatist’s core and specific competencies”
Participants:
Pille Isat and Aivar Simmerman, Tallinn Psycho-
drama Institute, Estonia
Endel Hango and Liis Aavaste-Hango, Psycho-
drama Institute, Tarto, Estonia
Hannah Salomè, Academy for Psychodrama
and Group Processes, The Netherlands
Nita Wissink, NBES, The Netherlands
Reijo Kauppila, Helsinki Psychodrama Institute, Finland (organizer)
In this meeting, our task was to define competencies of psychodrama therapist. We decided
to start from psychodramastist’s competencies, and from these to specify and broaden compe-
tencies needed in psychotherapy. This will be done in accordance to specific competencies of
psychotherapy by EAP (European Association for Psychotherapy).
The profile of competencies is descriptive not normative: it is not a catalogue about what a
psychodramatist must do, but more a description of what s/he can do and (ideally) knows how to
do, what is apt or necessary.
Before starting to describe and list competencies, we need to have similar enough image,
what we mean with competence. For this purpose we formulated our definition for competencies:
”Competency is a state of being adequately qualified to act as professional psychodramatist
and develop the quality of the profession.”
this definition is especially from perspectives of learning and training
”Competency means to have the ability to interpret the situation in the context, have right
repertoire of actions, and capabilities to take these actions to adequate outcomes.”
this definition is especially from perspectives of agency and professional activity
Competencies include and consist of:
knowledge: cognitive, emotional, social and intra- and interpersonal,
skills,
values and attitudes,
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and combination and concretization of these three in action (and behaviour) in specific
context and relations in that context.
We started to create a list of competencies for psychodramatist. This list of competencies is
based on psychodrama training, which takes about 6 years. We used mainly as material existing
competency profiles from the participating institutes. These institutes use competencies, which are
based on the same level degree requirements by Nordic Board of Examiners (NBE) and Neder-
landse and Belgische Examen Stichting (NBES).
We managed to create the first version during this weekend. Our work continues virtually,
and we have a google drive in use. We shall have a short lunch meeting in Marathon during AM.
The next Training Committee meeting will be on September 16-18, 2016 in Tallinn, Estonia.
I want to thank you very much, Pille, Hannah, Nita, Liis, Aivar and Endel, for your very profes-
sional contribution in TC meeting in Helsinki.
And all, who are interested in developing your competencies as psychodrama trainers, you
are very welcome to join us!
Reijo Kauppila
Chair of Training Committee
FEPTO
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FEPTO Networkgroup Meeting
Psychodrama with children and youth
Trauma and Resilience
in Consideration of the Refugee Problem in Europe
5th
-7th
of February, 2016 in Berlin
by Stefan Flegelskamp
„A child is very serious when playing“ is what Rousseau says in his novel „Emile”.
When we chose this topic “Trauma and Resilience”, nobody could imagine how serious the dynamics
regarding our topic would be.
18 participants from 8 different European countries ac-
cepted the invitation to revive the network group
“Psychodrama with children and youth”. What a great
response and success for the organisers Hilde Gött and
Fabian Blobbel as the local hosts and Stefan
Flegelskamp in the role as FEPTO-facilitator, who organ-
ised this meeting together.
The first “simple” sociometric warm up question; ”where
are you from?” showed, how the immigration issue arose
in each person in our
group. Many group members had their own history of moving from one
country to another and had suffered isolation and reclusion.
Gisela Scheef-Maier from the Centre for Victims of Torture in Berlin
presented her work and gave a lecture and overview about the current de-
velopment in Berlin. Many refugees are totally frustrated after arriving in
Germany without hope and with unrealistic future plans. Her personal point
of view was pessimistic concerning the expectations in Germany.
The first evening ended in a nice Italian restaurant with engaging dis-
cussions, delicate food and wine, of course.
The traumatized pirates
The Saturday morning started with Stefan Flegelskamp introducing
the German approach, Psychodrama-group-therapy with children devel-
oped by Alfons Aichinger. Afterwards he explained the “Defense Cascade”
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of traumatic experience, and what it means in the daily life of
children suffering from posttraumatic symptoms.
Finally he demonstrated how he played with traumatised
children (pirates) under consideration of perpetrator introject and
permission to defend oneself.
Hänsel and Gretel were refugees
After the lunch break Angela Sordano from Torino ex-
plained her Jungian analysis approach connected with Morenian
psychodrama and group analytical concept. She used symbolic
scripts of the group and created together with the children inter-
subjective connection without individual interpretations. She di-
vides the therapeutic room in three spaces; for representation, for drawing and for sharing. At the starting
phase Angela used mostly fairy tales; later on in the group process self-made stories. While playing a story
the director is doubling from time to time, in order to make sure certain things are done. With a ritual the
children jump back to the drawing space after the playing period. The children are invited to draw or to say
what touched them in the story. Thus Angela explored the relationships in the group. She demonstrated by
using the fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel” some intervention possibilities with traumatised children or youth.
A long day ended with a concrete counselling on how to found a new group with refugee children in
Munich and some ideas on how to work with adolescents.
We discover Hungary
On Sunday Zsofia Tölg-Molnar and Pozsar Bea from Hungary presented the approach developed by
Kende Hanna. She connects individual (Adlerian) therapy with psychodrama.
She used a lot of stories, but not real fairy tales, called focus stories, developed by the psychodrama
institute for children therapists in Budapest. This information was new for many participants so we decided
to visit Budapest next time and Bea and Zsofia will be our next hosts.
Happy end
After a short discussion we decided to revive the network group Psychodrama with Children and Youth
under the umbrella of FEPTO. Stefan and Hilde will be the contact persons for FEPTO and Stefan will take
the role as a facilitator/ moderator of this group.
We plan to meet once a year; next time in the be-
ginning of February in Budapest.
We have also decided to try to organize an interna-
tional Psychodrama Conference for Children and
Youth in Budapest 2018. We have also started to
think about publishing a book on Psychodrama with
Children and Youth containing all the different ap-
proaches to working with children and youth and
psychodrama.
Everybody left this first networking meeting enthusi-
astic and full of new ideas. Every participant wants to come back and continue in this group.
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Echo to the meeting:
“On my way home to Glasgow from the FEPTO network meeting of psychodramatists working with chil-
dren and young people, in Berlin, I am feeling full of enthusiasm and inspired by all the people I met who
shared something of their experience, practice and self with me.
This meeting with European colleagues, in short, gave me a new insight into the wealth of psychodra-
ma being offered for this client group. During the weekend I was introduced to several models of psycho-
drama with children and young people, from a range of highly experienced practitioners and trainers from a
variety of countries including Germany, Italy and Hungary. Our local hosts provided a fantastic venue, did a
wonderful job of keeping us all very well fed and watered during our work together and also organized two
fabulous venues for dinner where we spent some time together socially, sharing stories and getting to
know one another better.” Emma Hager, Scotland
“Thank you so much for the inspiring meeting over the weekend. It was great meeting so many pas-
sionate Psychodramatists and to be exposed to diverse methods. It was a motivating and enriching
experience. Many Thanks!“ Elinor Zalmona, Israel/Germany
“Joining the group meeting in Berlin was not only a great pleasure (meeting nice colleagues, widening
my own horizon), but also a very enriching view on the scene: there is more in the world than the German
and the Austrian approaches to psychodrama work with children and adolescents, seeing esp. the reports
from Hungary and Italy. Seeing this was a good way to move the discussions out of the fields of "right" or
"wrong", black and white, and it may help to unfreeze the field of possible experimental psychodrama work,
facilitating very appreciative and highly professional group discussions. We collected some items for the
future of the network group, for instance "special supervision techniques" or "What adult psychodrama can
learn from children psychodrama". Manfred Jannicke, Germany
Stefan Flegelskamp
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FEPTO Task Force for Peace Building and Conflict Transformation group organized the first international conference on the topic Emotional Traces of our Wars in cooperation with Granada University
Co-coordinators: Judith Teszáry and Maurizio Gasseau
Local organizer: Natacha Navarro
REPORT "THE EMOTIONAL TRACES OF OUR WARS"
Feb. 11-14, 2016
By Marcia Karp
What a success. This was an important experience for all of us who were there, approximately 80 people. Natacha Navarro and her team from Centro Moreno united academics from the University of Gra-nada, (conference venue) with students of psychodrama, professionals of psychodrama, trauma, and transgenerational trauma.
CONFERENCE:
There were three panels and 12 workshops. The rich panorama of events included action methods of trauma intervention, scholarly presentations from specialized teachers at the University, transgenera-tional reflections and action reworking of relationships affected by war devastation, and many other relat-ed topics. The last evening a local art gallery hosted a moving concert and an exhibition of the emotional traces of our wars.
This resounding success was done with no money! With Spain in an economic crisis, many Span-iards had the rare opportunity to attend their first psychodrama conference.
Conference participants were from Spain, Italy, Sweden, UK, Israel, Turkey, Portugal, Switzerland, and other countries. Lecture and workshop con-tributions were both from University professors and professionals from around the world. This was a unique union of three: students, academ-ics and clinicians.
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPAZ) and the FEPTO Task Force for Peace Building and Conflict Transformation want to re-peat this conference, under the same name. IPAZ has begun talks for next year. There was fine cooperation between many. FEPTO Task Force members were major contributors to this conference.
It was inspirational to have many experts on the reflections of the wars in former Yugoslavia; the 1936 Spanish Civil War, 80 years ago; WW11, the current wars in the Middle East; in Lebanon,
Syria, Ukraine and others, all together at a time when we are concerned about the future of our planet.
WAR WEARS THE SAME CLOTHING WHEREVER WAR EXISTS. The above modern painting is
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set in the Aegean Sea, with refugees fighting for life. It is a reworking of Picasso's 1937 mural of "Guernica". Picasso's mural has become a symbol of destruction in the modern world. Guernica was a tiny Spanish village in which, in an act of terrorism, men, women and children were bombed for 3 and 1/2 hours. Roads out and in were blocked. The bombing, done by German planes, was a Nationalist party in-timidation against the Republicans who were fighting Franco's regime. Italians and Germans were on the side of Franco.
The feeling of the Granada conference, "The Emotional Traces of Our Wars" was both tense and hopeful. Academics gave their best. Students were enthusiastic and eager to help. Professionals came in-spired to do or say something that would contribute to both the conference and the cessation of collective violence in this world of our making.
Let's keep going. Thank you Natacha and team and to Jorge Burmeister who contributed his own workshops
and a moving visit to the grave of Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish playwright and poet, who was shot at 37 during the war for his radical ideas of humans joining.
RESULTS:
1. The conference is to be repeated next year.
2. The psychology faculty, 3 of whom work with traumatized chil-dren in Palestine, want to further their work with Natacha.
3. Leandra Perrotta, ( Former FEPTO president ) is formulating a book, with others, on this topic.
4. Natacha did TV and national radio interviews promoting the event.
5. The FEPTO TASK force has voted unanimously, to repeat the conference, "Emotional Traces Of Our Wars" bi-annually somewhere in the world.
Ole.
Natacha after the conference closure.
We shall survive.
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The XV. International Summer Academy in Granada: One World only - he Value to be Human
20.06.- 24.06.2016
The Summer Academy is recognized under the auspices of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP). It is further recognized by the UNESCO (andalusian branch) and the Institute of Peace and Conflicts (University of Granada). Six models of group psychotherapy will meet again in Granada: group analysis, psychodrama, jungian centered approach in groups, system centered approach, schema therapy and group dynamic. The academy will offer grants for students from Israel, Palestina, Egypt and many other countries on request.
Dialogue is the key term for peace processes at a global level. Thus the summer academy is
destinated to create a living learning field for the quality, but also for the breaking points of multicultural dialogue. It will focus especially this year on the value of being human which form the core element of humanism and of any kind of trans-cultural process. Granada as a historic model demonstrates the chances of a peaceful coexistence between different cultures, but also its menaces and its fragility. The academy as the essence of a shared culture of the group is putting the ” tyranny of differences” of language, approach or culture into question.
Key note speeches will encompass: 1. The vision of JL and Zerka Moreno on the value to be
human (Kate Bradshaw Tauvon/Sweden, President IAGP) 2. Women and mechanism of power in India
(Magdalene Jeyarathnam/Chennai, East West Institute Chennai/India) 3. Violence in Ruanda in a global context (Joan Carrero/Mallorca, Candidate for the nobel price of peace between 2000-2010) 4. Leadership in collective trauma contexts - a dialogue about pain and limitations of a dialogue (Dr Mahmut Seiwal and
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Khader Rasras/Ramallah-Palestine & Gila Offer and Uri Levin/Israel) 5. A group analytic view on recent processes of de-humanization (Regine Scholz/Germany) 6. The model of the NGO "Solidarity" in Kos-Greece (Dora Bampali, Kos-Greece, Teacher and Co-founding member of "Solidarity") and during the afternoon plenaries dedicated to 1. the research on group therapy 2. the situation of Egypt understood as a colective group process 3. the recommendations how to intervene in areas of conflict and of collective trauma with group techniques.
There are a variety of small groups on different subjects and different methods run by
international experts of our field, a social dreaming matrix group in the morning run by Gila Offer and a large group in the evening run by Roberta Mineo and Ray Haddock. The conference venue is an old morisque palace with looks on the Alahambra and the home of the eldest Flamenco school in Granada. IAGP members will receive a special fee deduction. The homepage with the complete program and the online registration form is located under: www.granada-academy.org
Hope to see you soon! Jorge Burmeister, IAGP Past President, Dean Summer Academy, Co-Director
Moreno Center / Granada Elisabeth Rohr, Supervisor and Trainer Group analysis EGATIN and GASi,
Delegate Summer Academy IAGP, Co-chair Summer Academy Cristina Taboada-Martinez, Chair Trans-cultural Section IAGP, Organizing
Committee Summer Academy Maite Pi, Chair Family Therapy Section IAGP, Organizing Committee Summer
Academy Catherina Mela, Secretary IAGP, Chair Research Committee IAGP, Founding
Member HOPE/Athens,Greece, Organizing Committee Summer Academy
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“COLLECTIVE MEMORY”
"This congress is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Professor Abdülkadir Özbek".
“Collective memory” is an essential element for the development, maintenance and mov-ing forward of the culture, sociological characteristics, identity and history of a given society. So-cietal events, influential public figures, shared anguish and celebrated joys and common values that take years to take shape which coalesce into the experiences and implicit and explicit mem-ories of individuals constitute the collective memory of a society.
By keeping its collective memory active, and by reflecting upon and processing its experi-ences; it can only be possible for a society to carry itself forward as an integrated and autono-mous unit with a sound and robust identity and to represent this identity and a meaning on earth.
In our age, we are witnessing that the challenges posed by globalization result in dissolu-tion of identities of societies, social disintegration and loss of values. By using the images of “fish” and “elephant” in our congress poster, we aimed to refer to a paradox into which societies can get drawn; , i.e. having a memory either like a “fish” or like an “elephant”.
Either feature has different manifestations within a society: Feelings of anger, grudge, un-forgiveness, constant lack of consensus and social polarization are the main risks in a society dominated by individuals with a memory like an elephant where as in a society mainly consisting of individuals with a memory like a fish the traces of societal experiences are easily obliterated, resulting in the dissolution of social texture and values.
The underlying reason for selecting the theme of “Collective Memory” for the congress was to address the various dimensions and associated contexts of this concept from different perspectives in an international scientific gathering and thus to emphasize its significance for the existence course of people and countries.
You are kindly invited to our congress.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
Professor Bahar Gökler
Congress Chair
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Dr. ABDÜLKADİR ÖZBEK INSTITUTE
Psychodrama, Sociometry, Group Psychotherapy
Dr. Abdülkadir Özbek İnstitute is a training constitution which is a member of FEPTO and IAGP which has approximately 400 mem-bers. The psychodramatic sociometric - group therapy training activity is coordinated through cooperation of representatives from 3 different cities, Ankara, İstanbul and İzmir. Until his death in June, 2000, Dr Abdülkadir Özbek was the director of the İnstitute; now Bircan Kır-langıç Şimşek is the director. The Training Coordination Committee is constituted by two representatives from each city plus the director. At present, the committee is formed by this six representatives, chosen from certified training persons from each city. İnstitute consists 4 psy-chodrama associations in its structure
Trainers of each city meet together every month. The Training Coordination Committee meets at least twice a year. Giving feed back from their local training, forming a standard curriculum, and co-ordinating other issues.
In 1984 the nucleus of the first systematic training for psychodramatic - sociometric group psy-chotherapy started in Ankara. Also from 1984 on, congresses of group psychotherapy were being or-ganized by the Instıtute, each year, under the responsibility of one assocıation, on a different topic. These congresses are hold in Bergama, the ancient Asklepion, each year with the participation of in-ternational psychodramatists and group psychotherapists from different theoretical orientations.
This year 41th International Group Psychotherapy Congress is being organized by Ankara Psy-chodrama Association, a branch of Dr. Abdülkadir Özbek Institute and the main theme of the con-gress is “Collective Memory”.
We will be happy seeing you in our congress.
Best regards.
Prof. Dr. Bahar Gökler (M.D)
President of the Congress
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Dinosaur Report A History UK, Mediterraneanan, Scandinavia, Europe, South America, North
America, Far East- Asia, Russia and points North, South, East and West.
Fore Note
Amongst feelings of deep mourning for Brussels, Syria, Spain, Greece, Lebanon, Turkey and for all of us, I write. As I take in today, I continue to realise that, as the bombs go off in Brussels, I am them, they are me and that yet again, it dawns that we are more alike than we are different. So I carry on with more than a heavy heart.
Background
My origins with the Morenos and the bare bones of our first UK training.
NOTE: Dean and Doreen Elefthery from the States had trained people in Europe. These groups were held mostly in Belgium. Jenny Biencardi, Malcolm Pines and Martin Davies were some of those trained.
Early pioneers in Britain either supporting or using psychodrama, before the introduction of Holwell training centre, were Maxwell Jones, Malcolm Pines, Barbara Tragear, Ari Bedaines, Carlos Chan, Mario Marrone, Martin Davies, Arturo Varchevker, and others who had part-trained elsewhere.
Personal History I trained with Dr. and Zerka Moreno finishing the certificate of training in 1968.In 1979 I became
grandfathered into the American Board of Standards of Psychodrama, Sociodrama and Group Psychotherapy, which was established in 1975. Before two years expired, a psychodrama certificate from Beacon and the Morenos automatically qualified us into the Board as Trainer, Educator and Practitioner of Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy (TEP).
I moved to Britain from the USA in 1971. Holwell was established with Ken Sprague in 1974-1998. We ran international psychodrama and sociodrama training in North Devon, located in southwest England until 2001. Holwell was both a treatment and a training centre like the New York Beacon Academy run by the Morenos.
Public Thetre NYC-a little story... Each Friday night, our students had a chance to watch Zerka conduct a therapy group for two hours,
then have dinner at the Gitlitz delicatessen with Dr. And Zerka. As students, we then watched the public session at 8 pm, directed by JL or Zerka. It was thrilling, informative, and inspirational to watch the masters at work.
After qualifying at 26 years old, I was asked to be on Moreno's faculty at the Moreno Institute at 78th and Broadway, NYC in the late '60's. This was what Moreno called public psychiatry, or theatre that healed men's minds, or a theatre of mercy. Anyone could attend and be a group member, an auxiliary or a protagonist. ran every night of the week. The Moreno Institute ran every night. Each session had an audience warm up, a protagonist's drama and sharing/discussion conducted by a qualified director. We paid particular attention to containment and closure. I started as a floater. That meant that when the Moreno's and other directors were absent from their night and/or travelled, I filled in. Soon, I was given my own night,Tuesday. The public saw the Psychodrama Institute as an alternative to good Broadway theatre, as a teaching tool for spontaneity in the arts or in therapy, as a therapeutic experience for participants, as an educational experience or just an interesting night out. It was not deemed as therapy so much as community support for "normosis" (a word invented by JL) or the struggle to be "normal". Moreno thought
the greatest sickness in society is "compulsive conformity" (his words ).
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The little story: One particular night, Zerka was unwell and was unable to drive the students into town and to direct
the session. I was asked to do both, in front of the great doctor. Driving from Beacon, New York to NYC (one hour and ten minutes) was almost as tough as directing
a group.
On this occasion, we started out on a scorching hot afternoon. I drove their car very carefully, with Dr. in the front seat and 3 psychodrama students in the back. As I drove, the sun got hotter and hotter. I tried to find the air conditioning button. He woke from dozing and said, "Marcia, don't touch any buttons. Play the role of driver fully. Stop looking. It distracts you from the role. Driving is driving. "
But we were soooo hot! He fell asleep; the students in the back poked me to find the AC button to get some relief. I found it. Phew! Heaven in a Chrysler.
We arrived to NYC in a jolly mood. None of us really paid much attention to where we parked the car. One could say we were not in the here and now but looking forward to it.
The evening was eventful and rich. On the way back to Beacon at midnight, none of us could remember on which street the car was. We
tried to pretend we knew what we were doing but we hadn't a clue where the car was. I thought Moreno would be annoyed with us. He just laughed. He and we scouted for it like lost
children. When we found it, we were ecstatic but by that time the weather temperature had dropped considerably. It was freezing. We got into the car and the AC came out with a blast. We waited, shivering but driving until he fell asleep, lest he tell us to stay in role and not play with buttons. Then we found the on/off button. Enthusiastically, we switched it to blow heat. Phew!!! What a relief to our chattering lips and goosebumps. Heat at last.
For our safety, Moreno had pointed to a conflict of roles.. the obedient student vs. the unbearably hot traveller. I remember two things: his taking the conflicting roles: driver vs. passenger seriously, and his generosity to find the car with us and not be annoyed.
THE UK
Dr. Moreno gave lectures in Britain in 1953.
Dean and Doreen Elefthery gave a workshop at the Tavistock Clinic in 1973. I was invited to give one there in 1974. Mostly the Latin American and Spanish contingency got excited. The English scratched their heads.
In 1974, the year Moreno died, we set up a training and treatment centre modeled on Beacon. In 1981, Zerka came to our residential Holwell Centre for Psychodrama and Sociodrama to give a weeks' workshop. We dedicated the theatre to her. It had lights, a stage area and a balcony for playing roles of authority like God, the Pope, a teacher, parent or whatever was higher in status or thought.
Holwell Centre THE HOLWELL CENTRE FOR PSYCHODRAMA AND SOCIODRAMA was the only other residential
training centre in the world besides Beacon. Ours was a 12th century farm with six acres of land, a mill pond with ducks, trout, herons, and geese. Our chickens produced rooster in the chicken house and produced daily eggs. Our farmhouse could sleep 25. Our farmer neighbors helped out with B+B when we had 25 participants or more. A small bus took them back and forth. We had cooks and assistants when we had so many. Personally, I usually made 45 loaves a bread weekly for the throngs. Our farm was isolated in the Devon countryside with our nearest neighbour one mile away and the nearest shop, four miles away.
ZERKA People started coming from all over the world because of Zerka's yearly workshops. She came every
year for about 20 years and loved being at Holwell. Ken Sprague and I took over their ongoing training in Finland at their request. We went twice yearly
for 9 years until Finland produced it's own graduate trainers and a national association.
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Ken and I, with others, started the British Psychodrama Association in 1984. We had our first conference in London near Trafalgar Square. A special demonstration of psychodrama was given by a guest presenter who showed us how he used the method, for example, with juvenile delinquents. Not possible for most of us, but people found it helpful to see the work with the real group members. It was a demonstration, both valuable for the participants and for us.
International Association of Group Psychotherapy I attended the IAGP conference in 1968 in Vienna when JL still alive. It was then called the Council
of Group Psychotherapy. IAGP was formed in Zurich in 1971 with Malcolm Pines representing the encouraging wishes of SH Foulkes, the founder of group analysis, with whom Malcolm trained as a psychiatrist. I joined as an IAGP member in Zagreb, or at least I remember paying my dues to the then treasurer, Giovanni Boria of Milan. I became a Board member for 6 years in the 90's. I became a Distinquished Fellow of IAGP in 2012.
FEPTO
Twenty years ago, a few of us co-founded ESCOPE in Stockholm (European Society on Psychodrama Education) or something like that. Though we thought inevitably we were part of the IAGP, it was mutually decided that we stay independent. I think the existing Board didn't quite know what to do with us. Now there are many IAGP Sections and Committees, with varying degrees of reporting and overlap.
From ESCOPE, the Federation of European and Mediterranean Psychodrama Training Organizations was founded. FEPTO was established in Belgium in 1996. It produced a book of standards of training and we enacted and discussed our trainer/training sticking points. It was like peer supervision when we met yearly. Most was done in action. Our sharing brought learning discussions from each other's experiences.
I became an Honorary Member of FEPTO in Israel in 2011.
I received the ASGPP "JL Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award" at the ASGPP CONFERENCE from Zerka in 2004. The BPA LIFETIME Achievement Award was given to me at the BPA CONFERENCE in 2001.
My regular training several times a year has been or currently is in Japan (9 years), Geneva ( 15 years), Moscow, Kiev (6 years), Brazil, Kazakhstan, Argentina (on Dalmiro Bustos teaching Faculties for some years and guest trainer and co-worker with Monica Zuretti in Buenos Aires and London). I am on ongoing faculties of training in Granada, Spain, Athens, Greece and other countries. I go now to Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Bulgaria, Italy, etc.
We are surviving. I am so proud to have been in the psychodrama growth struggle and to have given meaning to so many lives and to my own. Zerka said,
"Do psychodrama. See the world." I am. It takes stamina but I love it.
Best wishes and good luck to all who keep " bringing it on marvelously well, "as JL used to say.
Marcia Karp
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Books
Myths, fairy tales, legends, dreams. Bridge beyond the conflicts
Edited by Wilma Scategni and Stefano Maria Cavalitto
The cadenced, repetitive and periodic rhythm that marks the holding of individual analysis and the group
sessions evokes an image of the cyclical nature of ritual experience. Rituals often serve to relate the sa-
cred mythical world of the Gods, of the origins, to the world of everyday experience. Rituals recreate short
time - the connection between earth and heaven and between the Gods and the people, in other words the
feeling of the deep meaning of our own existence. The passage from one type of reality to another is ex-
tremely delicate and has all the features of an initiatory ex-
perience. Something similar happens in every "initiatory pas-
sage" of the life, connected with birth, growing, pregnancy,
death.
On the other hand, initiation sanctions the entrance of an
individual into the social group to which he or she belongs.
In these time easily fosters the blooming of initiatory images
in dreams, in material belonging to the everyday life. These
"initiatory symbolical images" are the same that we can fre-
quently find in Myths, legends, fairy tales and dreams. In this
book the articles - from many different therapists and ana-
lysts - will also examine the interaction between individual
analysis and group work, as well as the group processes
inside the social group.
Could this give us a good opportunity for managing conflicts
inside the groups? Can the expression of images and arche-
typal transcultural symbols help us to contain and limit the
destructive power of the conflicts? In which ways can we
use them as work instruments? What experiences are in
progress in the international context? Will we be able to
found flexible theoretical resources to work in transcultural
contexts and train operators set to act in world conflictual
areas?
The book explores this subject, grounding on the experience of many Group Psychotherapists and Ana-
lysts practicing in different nations, with different languages, cultural backgrounds and methods. You will
find articles in English, in Italian and in Spanish.
http://bit.ly/1PENrAl
Moved to move
Not just watching anymore but laying hands on,
getting the ball rolling wanting to move to make and do
but if to move I want moved I must be open to the secret
brave enough to let myself change and grow
brave enough to brave the hard stones
to have patience and faith and still dream
and yearn and long and love love love
and stay vulnerable light and fragile
and yet determined free
moved to move to soften the stone
if need be with tears to remain gentle
if need be with fury but to move things
from within
Andrea Schwarz MILENA MUTAFCHIEVA
FEPTO Communication Chair &
Newsletter Editor
JOHANNES KRALL
FEPTO Newsletter Editor
HORATIU NIL ALBINI
FEPTO Newsletter Editor
Poem provided by
STEFAN FLEGELSKAMP
FEPTO Secretary & Internal
Affairs
Spring in Bulgaria The small piece of adornment, made of white and red
yarn symbolize the wish for good health.