Conference 2025 News

E te whānau a AANZPA, tēnā koutou, 

We’re very much looking forward to being together with you in Ōtepoti, January 2025 for our next conference – Manaakitanga … What Truly Matters

We have a wonderful pre and post-conference workshop kete (offerings).

In the pre-conference workshops, Hamish Brown & Cinnamon Boreham will work with you over two days to discover What Truly Matters. In the spirit of Manaakitanga they will be using Moreno’s method to examine the forces that lead to increasing social cohesion, and those that lead to a decrease.
Jenny Hutt & Bev Hosking aim to assist you to consolidate or refine your intercultural work by refreshing your perspectives, tackling role conflicts and building your capacities.

Post conference, we have two more fantastic opportunities to keep nourishing yourself and your practice. Chris Hosking will be using Role Training in her workshop to create moments of optimism for everyday life.
Rollo Browne & Bona Anna’s workshop focus is on where you are in the Drama of the Unfinished Self: what supports you, what holds you back and what is needed to live in the unknown as a psychodrama director or group member.

Keep an eye on the website for more exciting programme development.

NB: Accommodation has been streamlined into the Registration process.  When you register for the conference you can book your accommodation at Salmond Hall at the same time.   Accommodation CANNOT be booked directly with Salmond College.

We have introduced a new Payment Plan option for Early Bird registrations. To take advantage of the plan, make your Early Bird registration before the 9th of October 2024. Conference registrations will close on the 31st of December 2024.

Ngā mihi rā acknowledgements to you all from our Ōtepoti Conference Committee:
Jennifer, Judith, Reitu, Diana, Cinnamon, Maria, Megan, Rebecca.

Dear AANZPA members,

We invite you to submit a proposal to lead a session at our AANZPA Conference in Ōtepoti/Dunedin 2025.

Manaakitanga … What Truly Matters 
Manaakitanga is the brightest thread in the tapestry of relationships that binds people together in mutual respect, generosity and support. Our theme is inspired by the principles of inclusion, spontaneity and sociometry which lie at the heart of healing, creativity, and cohesion. These two distinct principles enable each of us to focus in on how we are together and what is important in our world now; in AANZPA, in our work, and in our lives and to which psychodrama has an essential contribution to make.

We are keen to co-create a programme with you that showcases the many ways in which you all are contributing to healing, spontaneity and encounter, and one that will refresh our organisation, and all of us both professionally and personally.

We invite you to offer a session in areas important to you in your work with individuals, groups, and organisations related to the theme and which assists us all in revitalising ourselves and our relationships, to build our courage and competence, and to warm-up afresh to our work, and community life beyond the conference.

As a guide, the types of session you might consider offering include:

• An experiential session focused on particular states of being which respond to psychodramatic interventions, enliven participants, strengthen relationships, and improve lives; 
• A training session where you focus on professional development for participants with your use of psychodrama, sociometry, sociodrama, role training and/or group work;
• A short paper followed by exploration and discussion i.e., where you present your reflections and conclusions around a particular topic, or report on your thesis, or other research. 
• A panel conversation 
  • exploring new territory for us as an organisation aligned to AANZPA’s vision.
  • sharing experiences of the impacts of the method in healing and development.

Your proposed session may be for a day, 3 hours, or 1.5 hours. Please note: To continue to build our relationships within the conference, we anticipate three full-day sessions will be programmed on Thursday 16th January of the conference.

We encourage you to consult with colleagues as you develop your proposal. Please note that, in keeping with the AANZPA Code of Ethics, Associate Members who offer a conference session are required to consult their primary trainer or supervisor in the development of their proposal and in the planning of the session.

Please submit your proposals to us, the programme committee, by 30th September 2023. This will assist us to develop an overall programme that is relevant, satisfying, and enlivening. We will respond to all proposals by 17th October 2024, and we plan to publish the final programme by 30 October 2024.

Invitation to contribute to the Conference Programme

We look forward to hearing from you.
Diana Jones, Judith McDonald, and Cinnamon Boreham Scientific Programme Committee