Events

A weekly personal growth group for women in Whakatu/Nelson Discover ways to live your life with more authenticity and spontaneity. Build your capacity and develop your ability to respond effectively to old situations or new challenges. In this weekly course you will • Gain deeper self-awareness and understand yourself better by learning what motivates your […]

This workshop focuses on healing within the family system and other significant relationships, past and present. It is intended both for people interested in personal development and those who work with people’s health—an event for all people to develop their capacities. If you work with people's health, you can build on the work you already do and […]

Come and join an informal group for a day of psychodrama at Parua Bay, Whangarei Heads. Psychodrama is an action method that explores personal and social issues. to strengthen relationships and increase spontaneity. Sara Crane is a Psychodramatist who lives in Whangārei Heads with her herd of llamas. She is dedicated to freeing the bush from some […]

Led by Psychodramatists: Carol Parkinson-Jones and Simon Jones For 6 to 12 adults seeking an experience of renewal, growth, community and comfort in the foothills of Kahurangi National Park. Individuals prepared to participate, to assist themselves and others to develop new, empowering responses to relationships and situations. Suitable for those new to psychodrama as well […]

This one day training workshop will serve as an introduction to J.L.Moreno’s concept of spontaneity with a focus on key areas of theory and practice. Spontaneity is a foundation concept of the psychodrama method. It involves an ability to respond to people and situations with immediacy, vitality and thoughtfulness. It involves a letting go of […]

Open nights are a chance to come along yourself or invite your friends or family to get a taste of Psychodrama. They are run by different Psychodrama practitioners each month, and are held on the last Thursday evening monthly from February to November, the dates for 2025 are- October 30, and November 27 Venue: Point […]

The aim of the workshop is to develop your capacity, confidence, and ease of work with couples and individuals who are in a couple relationship. You can build on the work you do and the workshop can serve as an introduction to psychodrama, sociodrama and couple therapy. No previous experience is required. The focus for […]

We all live, work, and play in systems — families, workplaces, communities, to name a few. These systems shape how we connect, how we care, and sometimes how we clash. They carry hidden patterns, unspoken rules, and social forces that can both support us and hold us back. At times, they can also be dehumanising, […]

Come and join an informal group for a day of psychodrama at Parua Bay, Whangarei Heads. Psychodrama is an action method which explores personal and social issues. to strengthen relationships and increase spontaneity. Sara Crane is a Psychodramatist who lives in Whangārei Heads with her herd of llamas. She is dedicated to freeing the bush […]

Nau mai, haere mai — Welcome If you: Are curious about psychodrama and how it works Are thinking about beginning training with PANZ in 2026 Want to refresh or expand your spontaneity, creativity, and effectiveness Work in a people-centred profession where you could apply psychodrama Are looking for meaningful personal or professional development We invite […]

This one day training workshop will serve as an introduction to sociometry with a focus on key areas of theory and practice.   Sociometry is the social science of relationships. Sociometry enables us to measure, map and develop relationships so that the invisible forces within an organisation are made visible and can be explored. Sociometry […]

In order to grow, we first need to accept who we are and how we behave. Some aspects of ourselves are helpful, while others can hold us back. We all wear different masks in the world; some intentional, others unconscious. This workshop offers a chance to explore how others perceive us, and how that differs […]

A fantastic opportunity to gather yourself before the onslaught of Xmas and the Australian Silly Season, take account of your year, and awaken dreams for 2026 This workshop is designed with a variety of outcomes for participants in mind. Given the time of year it is running, a time of year that is often referred […]

Life moves fast - and many of us rarely pause to truly listen to what wants to emerge in our lives. Stepping Into Your Life is an experiential psychodrama workshop designed to help you slow down, take stock, reconnect with your spontaneity and life force, and explore the areas that matter most - relationships, creativity, […]

Group Therapy Join Our One-Day Group Therapy for Meaningful Transformation Are life’s challenges weighing you down? Are you craving a safe, supportive space to share, heal, and grow? Welcome to Your Day of Renewal and Self-Discovery! Our transformative one-day group therapy is your opportunity to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself—without the long-term commitment of […]

A Fringe show about the surprising ways we’re already connected. Maybe you loved school. Maybe you didn’t. Maybe we catch the same bus. Maybe we once stood in the same crowd at a concert. Maybe we share the same quiet hope about the future. Closer Than You Know explores those small, human overlaps — the […]

In order to grow, we first need to accept who we are and how we behave. Some aspects of ourselves are helpful, while others can hold us back. We all wear different masks in the world; some intentional, others unconscious. This series of workshops offers a chance to explore how others perceive us, and how […]

Sometimes we are carrying baggage that we've outgrown. And sometimes we are under resourced. This workshop is in 2-parts and you are welcome to come to either or both, where, using creative action methods, things that are needful to leave behind will be left. And resources needed will be gathered.   These weekend workshops are […]

Relationships are fantastic when they work. Problematic when they don’t. And devastating in how they can consume our lives and leave us bewildered and feeling alone, lost, or wondering why. This face-to-face weekend workshop running Friday night, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning, is just the thing for a quick relationship renovation protocol. A relationship renovation […]

This two-day personal and professional development group is an invitation to connect with what’s important to you and to expand your capacity to respond to what life offers you. We will work with the group in action, using the psychodrama method to slow things down and really notice what’s happening in a moment. Together we […]

Facilitated by Simon Jones and Carol Parkinson-Jones Qualified psychodramatists with many years experience leading psychodrama groups. This is an experiential workshop where we will assist you to develop your skills, spontaneity and inner resources, so as to create a richer, more fulfilling life and improve your relationship with yourself and others. Come join us for […]

In this workshop we will focus on appreciating moments in your life where you feel fulfilment in the vision of your everyday life. We will also work with identifying the forces that act on us when we experience the loss of vision and purpose that make life satisfying. Using group work and the psychodrama method […]

Are life’s challenges weighing you down? Are you craving a safe, supportive space to share, heal, and grow? Welcome to Your Day of Renewal and Self-Discovery! Our transformative one-day group therapy is your opportunity to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself—without the long-term commitment of ongoing sessions. Why Join? *Flexible and Commitment-Free: Join us on […]

This experiential psychodrama workshop is an invitation to reconnect with your creative genius - the inner spark that imagines, experiments, expresses and brings new possibilities to life. Through a carefully-held, embodied group process, we’ll explore themes such as: • expression & imagination • confidence and voice • play, curiosity & experimentation • shame, doubt & […]

You are invited to join this annual personal development workshop being held at Craigieburn in the Canterbury High Country. The workshop uses the psychodrama method to promote and expand creativity and spontaneity in all aspects of life, including personal, professional, global and spiritual issues. During the workshop you can expect to enhance or regenerate your […]

Many people find dating to be particularly troubling, painful, and demoralising. Some give up all together. Others struggle through while continuing to find the similar problems arising again and again. If you are dating after getting out of a long-term relationship then things can be even more difficult, being out of practice. Many men wonder […]

Most of us long for connection - yet intimacy can also feel tender, risky or complex. Old experiences, cultural messages, grief, shame or protection-patterns can shape how close we allow ourselves to be with others. This experiential psychodrama workshop offers a respectful space to explore: • closeness & distance • trust & vulnerability • boundaries […]

From a very young age we have been instructed to form enduring rich and productive relationships with other folks that are meant to last the entirety of our lives. Mostly called getting married. And the only instructions we have received have come from the TV shows we watched, the movies we saw, or the books […]

Why does starting a conversation in a committed intimate relationship on the subject of sex seem so damn difficult or even impossible? It’s not much fun is it? Everyone starts sweating or shivering or both. Everyone suddenly has more important things to do like going to sleep or watching TV. Why is that? It’s such […]

This experiential workshop offers everyone who leads or aspires to lead a group or team the opportunity to engage in intensive personal and professional development over a 4-day period. Participants meet as a group led by Craig Whisker for 4 x 1.5-hour sessions per day, 16 sessions in total, to explore the purposes and goals […]

Are life’s challenges weighing you down? Are you craving a safe, supportive space to share, heal, and grow? Welcome to Your Day of Renewal and Self-Discovery! Our transformative one-day group therapy is your opportunity to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself—without the long-term commitment of ongoing sessions. Why Join? *Flexible and Commitment-Free: Join us on […]

In order to grow, we first need to accept who we are and how we behave. Some aspects of ourselves are helpful, while others can hold us back. We all wear different masks in the world; some intentional, others unconscious. This series of workshops offers a chance to explore how others perceive us, and how […]

In order to grow, we first need to accept who we are and how we behave. Some aspects of ourselves are helpful, while others can hold us back. We all wear different masks in the world; some intentional, others unconscious. This workshop offer an opportunity to explore the masks we wear, and how others experience […]

Vitality comes from facing into and addressing our challenges. It makes life worth living. Like a river, there are times when our vitality, or the vitality of our relationships, can become blocked or degraded. This workshop offers you an opportunity to mobilise yourself, to address what is standing in your way, and to grow in […]

Are life’s challenges weighing you down? Are you craving a safe, supportive space to share, heal, and grow? Welcome to Your Day of Renewal and Self-Discovery! Our transformative one-day group therapy is your opportunity to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself—without the long-term commitment of ongoing sessions. Why Join? *Flexible and Commitment-Free: Join us on […]

In order to grow, we first need to accept who we are and how we behave. Some aspects of ourselves are helpful, while others can hold us back. We all wear different masks in the world; some intentional, others unconscious. This series of workshops offers a chance to explore how others perceive us, and how […]

Come and participate in an evening of psychodrama conducted by experienced group practitioners. Our July 7th session will be directed by Marcel and Lesley. Marcel is a psychodramatist and Lesley is a psychodrama trainee. The theme for this month is Gravity. First Tuesday evening of every month, 6.30pm to 9.00 pm at the Quaker Center, 217 […]

Many of us are trying, in ways big and small, to make a difference. In our workplaces, organisations, communities, neighbourhoods, collectives, or perhaps in the wider world. But how often do we stop to tell the stories of that work? Sharing our impact stories isn't only about promoting ourselves (although sometimes we need to do […]