Concretizing: Bringing the Inner World Into Form

Our thoughts, emotions, temptations, dilemmas, and hangups can be very abstract and difficult for clients to grasp, and often even more so for the people that are trying to help them. The psychodramatic technique of concretizing brings these into physical presence, so that clients can see, touch, and transform them with your support. By using this technique, you can facilitate powerful transformations for your clients in real time, that you and your client can see, feel, and touch.

In this program you will:

• Learn what concretizing is and how it can be applied

• See an in depth demonstration of concretizing in action

• Practice facilitating concretizing in action

• Discuss how you can use concretizing in your role as a therapist, coach, or the like.

This program is one of a series of psychodrama programs that are designed to teach core psychodramatic skills from the ground up. They are focused on skills that can be used in 1:1 situations faced by therapists, coaches, and other professionals. The programs can be taken individually or as a series.

Each program includes:

• An introduction to the essentials of psychodrama

• Experiential practice with:

  • Warm-up and group building

  • Action structures -- including some exposure to role playing

  • A structured sharing process for grounding and integration.

• A demonstration of and practice with a specific psychodramatic skill