Join us for personal growth groups, classes, training programs with CE credits, other gatherings and special events.
In-person groups and appointments are suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic and groups will be returning soon.

Group supervision in psychodrama and experiential psychotherapies

Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP, conducts a monthly supervision group for health and healing professionals interested in best practices for psychodrama and experiential psychotherapies.

This two-hour online group is suitable those who wish to learn or add to their experiential skills in group and/or individual therapy settings and those seeking LCSW licensure.

Psychodrama hours will be provided for certification candidates for  the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy.

Groups are scheduled:
  • Groups are scheduled:
    10 a.m. to noon ET  the first Saturday of each month, except on the occasion of holidays, when the group will meet on the second Saturday. 
Cost is $45 for each session. 
​Register here.

Tarot & Tea

Learn the mystery and lore of the Tarot and how to use the cards for personal and spiritual growth with Tarot and Tea, a monthly online group with Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP.

This gathering takes place on the second Wednesday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. ET and is open to all who wish to understand and use the Tarot images.

Fee is $25 for the two-hour group and includes an occasional handout or link of interest. Currently the class is online, so you will have to bring your own tea!

Also please bring:
  • A deck of Tarot cards
  • A notebook or journal
  • Your questions and enthusiasm
Karen is the featured instructor of the two-part online video training titled 
Practical Applications of Tarot Cards and Images in a Clinical Setting and has been using and teaching Tarot for decades. 
 
Register here.

Healing Ancestral Trauma with Psychodrama and Family Constellations

Why are the ancestors so important? And how do we begin to address and heal ancestral trauma?

In this three-hour online presentation for the Jacob and Zerka Foundation on May 7, Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP, will discuss the importance of working with ancestors using the methods of psychodrama and Family Constellations, direct an experiential activity about our relationship to our ancestors, and answer questions about how psychotherapists, psychodrama practitioners and trainees – and anyone else interested – can add and expand themes of ancestry and experiential family systems in their work.

You will learn:
  • The essential differences between psychodrama and Family Constellations.
  • The Orders of Love, as defined by Family Constellations originator Bert Hellinger.
  • The benefit of body intelligence when working with ancestral trauma and healing.
This program offers three online psychodrama hours and CE credits for social workers, marriage and family therapists and professional counselors.
Proceeds benefit the Jacob and Zerka Moreno Foundation, a non-profit organization which supports education about psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy and offers scholarships to the annual conference of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama.

Find information here.

Creative Marketing For Professionals in Psychodrama & the Creative Arts

Creative Marketing for Your Practice or Training Program for Psychodramatists, Creative Arts Therapists and Others will be offered to psychodrama certification candidates, psychodramatists at all level of practice and graduate students from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET at a date to be determined (postponed from Oct. 16).  
 
This three-hour online workshop will explore common marketing struggles and pitfalls though interactive structures, teaching and discussion in large and small groups.
 
Facilitators for this training are Karen Carnabucci, MSS, LCSW, TEP, and Rebecca Walters, M.S., LMHC, LCAT, TEP, both longtime board-certified trainers in psychodrama sociometry and group psychotherapy, who have much practical advice and hard-won wisdom about marketing and outreach to share with graduate students and helping and teaching professionals at every level of practice.
 
The first half of the workshop will focus on experiential activities about marketing, particularly related to the needs of the group. The second half will build on that knowledge, with Karen leading the breakout group on marketing a psychotherapy practice and Rebecca leading the breakout group on marketing a training institute. 
 
This program is suitable for graduate and psychodrama institute students, candidates for all levels of psychodrama credentials, psychodramatists at all levels of experience, and creative arts therapists and coaches who use the creative arts and other experiential activities.

Tuition is $80 or $50 or students and retirees, with proceeds to benefit the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama; three online psychodrama hours will be provided.
 You may register here.
Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP, conducts a monthly supervision group for health and healing professionals interested in the best practices for psychodrama and experiential psychotherapies.

This two-hour online group is suitable for people seeking LCSW licensure as well as those who wish to learn or add to their experiential skills in group and/or individual therapy settings.

Psychodrama hours will be provided for those who are seeking hours for certification with the American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy.

Groups are scheduled:
  • Groups are scheduled:
    10 a.m. to noon Eastern Time on  the first Saturday of each month, except on the occasion of holidays, when the group will meet on the second Saturday.
  • Daytime weekday, as interest arises.
Cost will be $45 for each session. 

Experiential  gathering for healers who  write (or want to)

Writing for Healing Professionals is  a monthly experiential series to support healing professionals who are seeking an extra dose of creativity as they pursue their writing projects.

Facilitated by Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP, we use psychodrama, meditation, sharing and other experiential activities as part of the process to inspire writers of any level of experience, diffuse writers’ blocks and enhance confidence.

Scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. the third Thursday of the month.

Building Connection, One Spark @ A Time

The American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama will host a pop-up online event on  from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, March 5, to warm up for our upcoming conference.
 
This meet-and-greet event gives everyone an opportunity to get acquainted
before the conference, the first in-person conference in nearly four years,
taking place March 29-April 2 at Fordham University in The Bronx, New York,
New York.
 
Still on the fence about going? That’s OK – find out the details and ask any
questions you need to know before making your decision. (Step in, the water’s
warm and friendly!)
 
Not going? That’s OK – come Sunday the 5th anyway and participate to build your sociometric
network and consider about attending next year.
 
We’ll be using and demonstrating sociometric activities to:

  • Find out more about the conference.
  • Make a friend or five. 
  • Hear from selected presenters about their workshops.
  • Learn sociometric tools that you can use in your practice, organization, school or training programs. 
All participants will be able to receive two online psychodrama hours for attending.  The program is free, and you can register here.

2023 online training for professionals with  psychodrama & CE credits

The Lancaster School of Psychodrama and Experiential Psychotherapies and Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP, offer training classes for mental health professionals, other health and helping professionals, coaches, educators, alternative practitioners and others, with CE credits for social workers, marriage and family therapists and professional counselors and psychodrama hours.

Here is the partial schedule for 2023:

Jan. 13 Opening New Doors with Psychodrama and Expressive Arts Therapies

Jan. 27 Ancestor Stories: An Experience In Family Constellations

Feb. 3 Healing Eating Disorders with Psychodrama and Other Action Methods

Feb. 17 Bringing the Ethics of Inclusion to Your Psychotherapy and Practice Space

April 19 Trauma-Informed Care for Sound Healers and Other Alternative Practitioners

Date to be announced Embracing the Role of the Wise Elder, an in-person training workshop in Lancaster, Pa.

​Additional classes will be added.

All classes offer continuing education credits for social workers, marriage and family therapists and licensed professional counselors; all offer Act 48 and psychodrama credits. 

Contact Karen to discuss your training needs  or subscribe to her professional e-letter here for updates on classes and resources.