Welcome to the Expressive Therapies
Training Institute (ETTi)
                            The Encounter Symbol
                            For The International Psychodrama Movement
Founded by Daniela Simmons, PhD, TEP in 2014, ETTi currently offers workshops designed for comprehensive training in Psychodrama, Sociometry, Group Psychotherapy and other expressive therapies methods for professionals. Our workshops are a wonderful opportunity for action methods training, offering the following: receiving support, experiencing personal growth, learning new communication tools, reaching new perspectives on human relations, positive attitudes, spontaneous dramatization; role playing and dramatic self-presentation; recreating real-life situations and much more.

Upcoming Workshops & Seminars:

September 24, 2019; Fort Worth, TX
Mindfulness and Psychodrama Applications During Conflict
https://www.ettinstitute.com/mindfulness-and-psychodrama-applications-during-conflict-september-24-2019-fort-worth-tx.html
 
September 28, 2019; Denton, TX;
Caring for Self and Others by Understanding and Implementing J.L.Moreno's Role Theory
https://www.ettinstitute.com/caring-for-self-and-others-by-understanding-and-implementing-jlmorenos-role-theory-september-28-2019-denton-tx.html
 
ONLINE! September 29; October 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2019
Time: Sundays, 10:00AM - 12:30PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Trauma and Dreams - Healing through Sociometry and Psychodrama
https://www.ettinstitute.com/dream-sociometry-and-psychodrama-online-training-september-october-2019.html
 
October 26th, 2019, Denton, TX
DanceDrama with the Stars: Psychodrama and Dance/Movement Therapy for Healing and Personal Growth
https://www.ettinstitute.com/dancedrama-with-the-stars-psychodrama-and-dancemovement-therapy-for-healing-and-personal-growth-october-26th-2019.html
 
December 7-8, 2019, Denton, TX
Healing the Holiday Blues: Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy
Training and Explorations
https://www.ettinstitute.com/healing-the-holiday-blues-psychodrama-training-and-explorations-december-7-8-2019.html
 
January 17-19, 2020; Chennai, India
Celebrating the Sun: Discovering Your Strengths and Resilience
Psychodrama and Other Action Methods Explorations
https://www.ettinstitute.com/chennai-india-january-17-19-2020.html
 
May 28-31, 2020; Borovets Resort, Bulgaria
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS' LONELINESS - THE CAUSE OR THE CONSEQUENCE OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE? FROM AWARENESS TO CHANGE THROUGH PSYCHODRAMA AND OTHER ACTION METHODS
https://www.ettinstitute.com/borovets-bulgaria-may-28-31-2020-children-and-adolescents-loneliness--school-violence---from-awareness-to-change.html
 
June 12-14, 2020; Bucharest, Romania
Coming Soon
https://www.ettinstitute.com/bucharest-romania-june-12-14-2020.html
 
June 18-21, 2020; Lisbon, Portugal
SAUDADE: The Longing for What Was and What Could Be...
The use of action methods, creative arts and psychodrama to explore “the longing”
https://www.ettinstitute.com/lisbon-portugal-june-18-21-2020-saudade-the-longing-for-what-was-and-what-could-be.html
Psychodrama is an action method of psychotherapy, that includes spontaneous dramatization, role playing and dramatic self-presentation. By closely recreating real-life situations, and acting them out in the present, clients have the opportunity to evaluate their behavior and more deeply understand a particular situation in their lives. Psychodrama can be used for individual and family therapy, but is most often utilized in a group scenario, in which each person in the group can become therapeutic agents for one another's scenes. Psychodrama can be used in both clinical and non-clinical fields. For example, psychodrama is often used in business, education, and professional training.



The historic Moreno Stage built in 1936
Sociometry is a method for measuring interpersonal relationships and dynamics in a group and aims at improving group interactions.
Sociodrama is a group action method, where the group members act out assigned roles and study problems in group relationships.
Bibliodrama is a blend of scholarship and art, Bible and drama; A form of role playing or improvisational theater using Bible stories.
Axiodrama involves using psychodramatic methods to explore the underlying and often unconscious assumptions, expectations or definitions associated with the abstract ideas that govern so much of our thinking.
Dramatic Multiplication; Playback Theater; Teatro De Reprise; Theater of the Oppressed; Pre-rehearsed Dramaturgy; Re-plotting; etc.