Daniela Simmons, PhD, TEP is international trainer & supervisor, the creator of the Tele'Drama method and the founder and director of the International Tele'Drama Institute which has already welcomed thousands of people, from 78+ countries. Dr. Simmons is the 2022 ASGPP recipient of the Innovator's Award for the creation of Tele'Drama. She is the current President of the American Society in Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP). Daniela Simmons', professional experience, both in Europe and the US, is in educational, research, and consultancy work in the social sciences and mental health. She received training on the psychoanalysis of group relations in organizations at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, headquartered in London. She has been utilizing action methods sessions since 1995 in Europe and since 2005 in the US.

Peter, PhD and Susan Pitzele Founders of Bibliodrama
International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI) Faculty.
Peter and Susan Pitzele are the creators of Bibliodrama. Originally called "The Psychodrama of the Bible" they have recently been offering an ongoing seminar for the psychodrama community via Tele'Drama. Peter has a PhD in Literature and was a TEP; Susan has a MA in counselling.

Miriam Zachariah, MA, TEP Retired Educator, Granddaughter of Dr. J.L.Moreno. Miriam Zachariah (M.A., B.Ed, TEP) has been a public school educator for 30 years and recently retired as an elementary school principal. She is a certified trainer in psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy as well as a recognized trainer in restorative practices and Peacemaking Circles. The focus of her work as an educator, consultant and trainer has been on developing community in workplaces, intervening in conflict and supporting dialogue across differences. She has trained hundreds of educators to use restorative practices to develop safe and supportive learning communities in classrooms and schools.

Author, Psychodramatist, Psychoanalyst, Trainer, Supervisor by SOPSP - Psychodrama Society of San Paulo and by the J.L. Moreno Institute of São Paulo. Psychologist since 1974 by PUC-S.P. - Catholic University of San Paulo-Brazil ; Psychoanalyst since 1983 by the Sedes Sapientiae Institute of San Paulo-Brazil; Psychodramatist, teacher –supervisor by SOPSP - Psychodrama Society of San Paulo and by the J.L. Moreno Institute of São Paulo, author of the books: “ 1-Bipersonal Psychodrama - your technique, your client and your therapist“, Editora Ágora, SP, 1992; 2-“Emotional Survival: Childhood Wounds Relived in Adult Drama, Editora Ágora, SP 1998; 3- Words by Jacob Levi Moreno- Quotes Vocabulary of Sociatry , Psychodrama, Group Psychotherapy and Sociometry, Editora Ágora, SP, 2002 .; 4- “Life and Clinic of a Psychotherapist”, Editora Ágora, SP, 2018.

Hannah Fox, M.A., APTT is the Co-Director of the New York School of Playback Theatre and the founder and artistic director of Pangea Playback Theatre, an international multicultural professional Playback Theatre company, as well as Eugene Playback Theatre (est. 1996), and Big Apple Playback Theatre (est. 2002). She is a senior trainer of Playback world-wide and author of several scholarly articles about Playback Theatre. Her book of theatre games, Zoomy Zoomy: Improv Games and Exercises for Groups (2010) is used by practitioners around the globe. Hannah is also a dancer, yoga teacher and performer. She is the daughter of the founders of Playback Theatre. www.nyspt.org / www.hannahkfox.com

 

Diane Adderley
Senior Trainer in Sociodrama &
Psychodrama Psychotherapist (BPA, UKCP)
Accredited Playback Theatre Trainer (APTT)

Diane Adderley lives and works in Manchester, UK and has been in private therapy practice for over 20 years. Together with Dr Ron Wiener, the founder, she co-directed the UK's only sociodrama training school (MPV/SAM) from 2006-2012. Recently, as a member of iSCAN (international Sociodrama and Creative Action Network), she has been delivering both training and experiential workshops online, particularly on topics connected to issues around age-ing, the pandemic and climate crisis. Diane was awarded the BPA's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 and in 2022 was elected to the role of Honorary President of the BPA for a 5-year term. She enjoys writing about sociodrama and has contributed to three books on the topic, both as co-editor and chapter writer.

Formally clinical psychologist and certified psychotherapist (by the Swedish State). 
Born in Riga, Latvia and living in Sweden since WWII. Certified and mainly trained by Zerka Moreno (CP 1982) and TEP by Nordic Board of Examiners (1995); Supervisor and teacher for the European Institute of Psychodrama.
Co-founder of Stockholm Institute for Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy. 
Founder of the Latvian Moreno Institute and have given education in Latvia since 1989.  Have also given seminars in the other Baltic countries and in Scandinavia and Europe and Ukraine. 
Clinically been working with addiction, abuse, incest, and crisis-intervention and since more than 40 years been a supervisor (within Social Welfare, Psychiatry, and Criminal Justice etc) 
Trained as Body psychotherapist (teacher and supervisor) and integrates it with Psychodrama. Received Family Therapy training mainly by Satir, Kempler, Kirschenbaum and Grammar. 
Co-writer of three books. inara.erd@gmail.com 
 

Eva Fahlström Borg is Swedish senior consultant, licenced psychotherapist, qualified teacher and supervisor of psychotherapy, works internationally as a teacher, trainer and supervisor of Group processes, Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, Sociodrama, Restorative Justice and Social Transformations. Teaches Conflict Transformations. Director of Uppsala Psychodrama Institute, member of FEPTO. 

Co-founder and former Board member of FEPTO (Federation of European Psychodrama Training Organisations). Former Board member of IAGP (International Association of Group psychotherapy and Group processes).        

Former Chair of IAGP Trauma Disaster Intervention Team (TDIT).
Eva Fahlstrom Borg was 2011 awarded “Life Time Achievement” by FEPTO. Fellow of IAGP 2022.

Leticia Nieto, PsyD, LMFT, TEP is a leadership coach, psychotherapist, and educator specializing in liberation and equity, cultural responsiveness, motivational patterning, and evolutionary creativity. Her 2010 book, Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment: A Developmental Strategy to Liberate Everyone, is an accessible analysis of the dynamics of oppression and supremacy that offers readers ways to develop skills to promote social justice.  Dr. Nieto is internationally recognized for her expertise addressing social justice concerns from a developmental ecological perspective including orienting to systemic transformation, survivance, song and poetry, relational repair, joy, radical rest, intersectional coalition, and reparative and restorative justice. Dr. Nieto brings an enlivening approach to coaching, training and facilitation, drawing on expressive techniques and embodied practices to involve participants deeply and create opportunities for insight and change. Since 1980 she has successfully brought her skills to higher education and other learning communities (including three decades teaching in a graduate program in counseling), to service providers in helping agencies, to workplace teams, and to many community groups.  Dr. Nieto’s activism, scholarship, and consulting work are informed by living at the borders of intersectional experience. In addition to degrees in clinical psychology and human development, she is certified in Action Methods, including Psychodrama, Playback Theater, and Theater of the Oppressed. Leticia is a Senior Faculty at the International Tele'Drama Institute (ITI).  She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (WA) and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor.  

Edward is dedicated to Sociatry and Social Microscopy. This is his method’s transpersonal mystic tradition and the social justice vision. Edward's primary work is offering the instrument called the Social Microscope that teaches how to find the underlying largely hidden structure of society and organizations Moreno wrote about. This structure is what underlies all social injustice. Seeing this can lead to a personal encounter with “a healing center” that is around us, within us, between us; a force of unity that is at the core of all we have before us.

Bojana Glusac Draslar, Psychotherapist, Trainer, Supervisor, Educator International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI) Psychodrama Institute Belgrade European Association for Psychotherapy. Bojana graduated in Special Education and Rehabilitation at Belgrade University. Upon fulfillment of required conditions in qualifications, experience and expertise, she received the ECP (European Certificate for Psychotherapy), and the title of educator in psychotherapy and supervisor. Her work is focused on Individual and group psychotherapy clients within a private clinic that she founded 1999., developing a new psychotherapeutic approach TP (Transpersonal Psychodrama), wellbeing programs, stress management and self-care, international leadership assessment, executive coaching, leadership development and teambuilding. She has written 3 books on Mindfulness and Wellbeing, as well as articles on psychotherapy and other people's development approaches. 

Anath Garber, trained by J.L Moreno and Zerka T. Moreno, was on the faculty of the Moreno Institute in New York City,has conducted and workshops nationally and internationally, and has been in private practice in New York City since 1975. She introduced psychodrama to the treament of stuttering, alcoholsim, andweight control through mind control, as well as spiritual growth.For 20 years she conducted groups combining psychoanalytic treatment with psychodrama.Currently most of her psychodrama sessions are conducted over the phone, a necessary adaptation to clientele in different parts of USA and the globe. She blends those with 'focusing' and” mindfulness” . She’s been quoted in various magazines :'Essence' and 'Body and Mind' and "Mode." Her work was featured on Oprah's OWN network. On Executive council of ASGPP, Fellow 1975

Elaine Ades Sachnoff, PhD, T.E.P.
Trained at Beacon, NY with Dr. Jacob L Moreno and Zerka T. Moreno.
Her other teachers were Hannah B Weiner and Martin Haskell.
She is the Founder [1981] and Director of the Psychodrama Training Institute of Chicago {formerly known as the Oasis Psychodrama Institute].
She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and the author of numerous articles on training originating the Sachnoff method of "Hit and Run Doubling",and the "Use of Contracts in Psychodrama"as well as THE WARM UP BOOK.,
Dr Sachnoff was the 2005 recipient of the J L Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award from the ASGPP
She has served on both the Executive Council of the ASGPP,as a board member of the ABE and was a founding member of the Federation of Trainers in Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama and Sociometry.
She trains and teaches extensively all over the world.
 

Chantal Nève-Hanquet, Member of the Centre for Psychosociological Training and Intervention (CFIP) International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI) Faculty. Chantal Nève Hanquet is a Belgian psychologist, trainer in psychodrama and in Family Therapy, and Jungian Psychoanalyst. She is a founding member, as well as a treasurer of the Federation of European Psychodrama Training Organizations (FEPTO) and a member of the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Process (IAGP). Chantal and Agathe are both members of the Centre for psychosociological training and intervention (CFIP), Belgium, and are authors of “Facilitating Collective Intelligence, a Handbook for Trainers, Coaches, Consultants and Leaders” (Routledge 2019). Faciliter l'Intelligence collective, 35 fiches pour innover, coconstruire et accompagner le changement (Eyrolles, 2018)

Agathe Crespel, Members of the Centre for Psychosociological Training and Intervention (CFIP) International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI) Faculty.

Samuel Yie. BA. BP3. CTP-2.
Sam Life Coaching Institute.
Samuel Yie lived in Philippines, Taiwan, and Palau throughout childhood and adolescent. While studying university majoring in Counseling Psychology / Business Management and a minor in International and Area Studies, fell in love with Bibliodrama and Psychodrama. Continued training in college and after in psychodrama and drama therapy. Currently certified as Bibliodrama Professional through “Korean Bibliodrama Association” and also trained with “Korean Association for Psychodrama and Sociodrama”(KAPS). Works mostly with adolescent and teenagers with multicultural backgrounds, TCKs, and dual citizenship groups. Currently lives in Korea working with overseas Korean expat teenagers conducting English programs. 

Carlos A Raimundo, MD, ASGPP, AANZPA
Dr. Carlos A Raimundo is an Argentinean Psychodramatist living in Australia with medical, psychiatric, psychotherapeutic, theological and business training. He's the creator of the Play of Life, for which he received the ASGPP 2002 Innovator Award. He bases his work on traditional psychodrama and neuroscience. He's the creator of RCompass digital sociometry and the Play of Life app, a digital psychodrama.

Erica Hollander holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. and is a Trainer, Educator, Practitioner in Psychodrama, Sociometry, And Group Psychotherapy and a long-time supporter of Teledrama.  Erica Hollander is Carl Hollander’s widow and has herself been doing psychodrama since the early 90s.  She practiced law for 33 years, then got a PhD in Human Communication Studies; and then taught at several colleges. Now she is retired and paints and writes poetry and dotes on her husband Tom and her dog Tabitha. She has published in psychodrama and provided workshops and training online and face to face.  She is the head of the Denver Psychodrama Collective.

 

Dena D. Baumgartner PhD, TEP, LMFT, LPC, CGP Founder and Director of the Tucson Center for Action Methods and Psychodrama (T-CAMP) ASGPP, IAGP, AGPA. Dr. Baumgartner has been in private practice as a therapist and psychodramatist for over 30 years in Tucson, Arizona USA. She is the founder and Director of the Tucson Center for Action Methods and Psychodrama (T-CAMP). She is a fellow of ASGPP and was awarded the J.L Moreno Lifetime Achievement award from that organization in 2014. She served on the American Board of Examiners for 9 years serving as chairperson for one. She was elected to the International Association of Group Psychotherapy board (IAGP) for 9 years holding international chair for psychodrama for 3 of those years.She has presented in more then 25 countries.

Hande Karakılıç Üçer, MD Dr. Abdülkadir Özbek Psychodrama Institute International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI) Board of Directors & Faculty FEPTO, IAGP, ASGPP. Dr. Hande Karakılıç Üçer, is a Psychiatrist in clinical private practice, providing medical treatment and psychotherapy in Turkish, English and French. Psychodrama Trainer at Dr. Abdülkadir Özbek Psychodrama Institute in Ankara, Turkey; also Expressive Arts Therapist. Presently trainer at TELE’DRAMA. She worked with refugees with IOM, UNHCR; coordinated various disaster psycho-social interventions. Worked for the Turkish Security Forces. Is doing organizational work for Embassies, EU Delegation etc. in Ankara, Turkey. Ex-Secretary General (2017-2020) of the International Society for Health and Human Rights (ISHHR); member of International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP) and its Trauma Task Force; member of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP) and its Trauma Task Force; member of the Federation of Psychodrama Training Organizations (FEPTO) Peace Building and Conflict Transformation Task Force.

Magdalene Jeyarathnam, MSW, PhDC, CP, Psychodrama Trainer Board member IAGP, member ASGPP, Co-founder, Expressive arts therapy association of India, founding member Indian academy of professional supervisors. Magdalene Jeyarathnam is an expressive arts therapist and a board certified Psychodramatist working with individuals, couples and groups including family groups in India. Magdalene has more than 25 years of experience in working with addiction, HIV/AIDS and mental health issues, she has worked with several state and central government agencies in India, She has also worked with UNICEF and WHO as consultant on projects. She is the founder of East West Center for Counselling which is an Expressive arts therapy center providing therapy services to schools, universities and organisations; She also founded the Indian Institute of psychodrama which is the first psychodrama training institute in India. She is the Co- Chair for the Health and well-being vertical for Indian Women’s Network (IWN) – Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Tamil Nadu chapter for 2020 – 2021. She is currently pursuing her doctoral study.

Daniela Tahirova, MEd, MPsy Therapeutic Center "Vitae" International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI) Representative Certified Tele’Drama Practitioner. Daniela Tahirova has a master's degree in pedagogy, speech therapy and psychology. Psychodrama Therapist, Director of Psychodrama with Children, Family Therapist. She is conducting therapy groups for children - according to the method of A.Aachinger and W.Hall and for adults under the supervision of Dr. Daniela Simmons. Daniela Tahirova is the director of the "Psychodrama and Action Methods in Education" program, which is certified by the Ministry of Education and Science at the Adler Institute-Bulgaria. Founder and part of the board of the Balkan Association of Psychodrama, Sociodrama and Active Methods. She trains, practices and teaches Teledrama in Bulgaria. Co-leader in the Bulgarian groups of Dr. Daniela Simmons.

Tanja L. Lee, Ph.D., RDT, CTP-2, International Tele ’Drama Institute Team Member & Faculty, adjunct education and psychology professor, SAG-AFTRA performer, certified listening hour guide, and credentialed multiple-subject teacher. She earned her MA in Education and her Ph.D. in Psychology. Tanja works as an experiential therapist providing drama therapy (DT) to children and adolescents in virtual settings. She uses her knowledge of performing arts, psychology, and education to facilitate emotional wellness groups for adults and provides training in how to implement DT and action methods in virtual educational, community support programs, and counseling settings to strengthen students' personal resources.

Andrea Wilches
International Tele'Drama Institute (ITI) Board of Directors & Faculty
Psicodrama Grupal Pavlovsky institute. Identidad Recovery Center. Andrea Wilches, born in Colombia, currently living in Argentina, is psychologist, psychotherapist, psychodramatist, actor, psychodrama trainer, International Tele'Drama Institute (ITI) member of the Board of Directors & Faculty. Trainer at Psicodrama Grupal Pavlovsky Institute; Identidad Recovery Center. Trained as a psychodramatist, by Dr. Mónica Zuretti, and by Dr. Eduardo "tato" Pavlovsky and Maria Carolina Pavlovsky in Dramatic Multiplications psychodrama. Andrea she has a certification in mindfulness by the University Favaloro in Argentina; a certification in disability as a social and political category by the University of Buenos Aires; and is also a Kabbalah student. Currently she works with psychodrama groups in the treatment and recovery of addiction and as an one on one therapist.
 

Filipe De Moura
Dynamic Theatre World Association
International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI) Board of Directors & Faculty.
Filipe De Moura is a musician and artist who believes art is one of the best ways to positively transform humanity and the world. He, along with Mark Wentworth, created Dynamic Theatre (Incognito Auxiliary) and has been working with expressive arts for more than 15 years. Part of which also includes working with Colour Psycodynamics as well developing his own approach to music therapy. He studied Classical Singing at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. On stage, he premiered the world renowned musical “The Phantom of the Opera” in Portugal, in the role of Raoul, in 2019.

Ofra graduated Bet Zvi Academy of Drama (Ramat Gan, Israel, 1967). She earned her BA from Ben-Gurion University, in literature & education (Beersheva, Israel, 1989), Her MA, from the University of New South Wales, in Theater Studies & Directing (Sydney, Australia, 1990). Certified Group Conductor, Bet Berl Academic College (Tel Aviv, Israel, 2003). She has professional experience in: Acting, Directing, Drama Therapy for children, teachers, adult groups, the elderly. Ofra also has participated in many international Conferences, Workshops, etc. Member of AGPA and IAGP.
 

Rhona Case, M.Ed., TEP
ASGPP, DVPC, PPA
Rhona has been a member of the Psychodrama community since 1991. She is a Licensed Psychologist in Pennsylvania and a Trainer, Educator & Practitioner of Psychodrama since 1997. Rhona is a founding partner in a group practice called Crossroads Counseling Center, formed in 1995. Rhona has presented at ASGPP National Conferences, live and virtually, and has presented at the International Tele'Drama conference since its inception. 

Rhona has been on the Board of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy & Psychodrama since 2015 and an officer since 2017.   She is a Fellow of the ASGPP and received the Hannah Weiner Award from the ASGPP in 2022.
She loves giving workshops virtually and has found ways to incorporate Sand Tray and EMDR, along with Psychodrama, in her work online.

Roberto Bonanomi, PsyD

Senior trainer and coach @ HURACT (Italy and Switzerland).
MSc Occupational Psychology (University of London, Birkbeck), MSc Computer Science (University of Milan).
Roberto is an enthusiastic trainer with exemplary communication and digital skills gained in 15+ years of management in digital companies and 15+ years as a psychologist, psychotherapist and organisational coach.
Roberto is a fully licensed Psychologist/PsyD. in Italy and a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society in the UK (MBPsS).
 

Pamela Goffman, LCSW, TEP, CIRT Connect2Healing, Private Practice. Pamela has been practicing Psychotherapy & Psychodrama for over 25 years. She focuses on how early attachment experiences play out in our adult lives. As a former movement teacher to actors, Pamela integrates the emotional experiences of heart and mind as they present in the body. Pamela works with individuals, couples and groups. She is a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist, in addition to being a TEP in Psychodrama. She is passionate about helping people realize that healing is possible when understanding and love are available. Pamela has led training workshops in the United States and Europe. A fellow of the ASGPP, she is currently serving on the executive council of the ASGPP.

 Ichiro (Okkady) Okajima, M.A., Certified Tele’Drama Practitioner (CTP – Level 2). Ichiro Okajima, known by most as Okkady, is the chair of the department of Psychology for Nishikyushu University, Japan. He first experienced psychodrama when he was a freshman at the university, and was attracted by the mental enrichment and camaraderie that psychodrama brings. As a result, he researched warm-ups of psychodrama at graduate school and earned a master's degree in educational psychology. Okkady joined the TELE'DRAMA team in search of a new method of psychodrama in response to COVID-19. He showed a method called "Treasure's Message" and some Japanese culture at the 2021 TELE'DRAMA Conference. The 14-hour time difference is a challenge for him, but he is once again experiencing the warmth of people and personal growth.

Márcia Karp M.A. TEP, UKCP IAGP, FEPTO, BPA; UKCP International Tele’Drama institute (ITI) Faculty. Honorary and Founding member FEPTO; Distinguished Fellow, Past Board IAGP; President Emeritus And Lifetime Achievement Award BRITISH PSYCHODRAMA ASSOCIATION, Fellow and JLMoreno Lifetime Achievement Award ASGPP; Co-editor “Psychodrama: Inspiration and Technique”; “Psychodrama Since Moreno”, “ The Handbook of Psychodrama”; International Trainer, Supervisor, Private Psychotherapist

Maurizio Gasseau, was born in Rome, Associate Professor of Dynamic Psychology at the University of Aosta. Past Chair of the Psychodrama Section of International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes IAGP, Jungian analyst, honorary member of ARPA member of International Association of Analytic Psychology IAAP, certified psychotherapist and psychodramatist in Italy as well as leader of training groups all over the world. His main interests are researching dream interpretations in individual analysis and in psychodrama and group psychotherapy, social dreaming matrix, and working on transgenerational topics. He developed the Jungian Psychodrama method and theory in 1980 and Psychodramatic Social Dreaming in 2004. Director of Training of Postgraduate School of Psychotherapy IPAP – Institute of Analytical Psychology and Psychodrama.  Board member IAGP 2003 - 2012 and 2015 - 2025. Co-chair of IAGP Education Committee.
Co - chair of FEPTO Task Force for Peace Building and Conflict Transformation to share experience in intercultural work, working with refugees, using Morenian tools.
He led training groups in 46 countries in presence.
Author of more than ninety publications on group psychotherapy and research, such as Lo psicodramma junghiano co-edited with Giulio Gasca and  Il sogno. Dalla psicologia analitica allo psicodramma junghiano co-edited with Riccardo Bernardini. 
He received the Federation European Psychodrama Training Organization Excellence Award in 2017 and the Fellowship Award of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes IAGP in 2022
 
 

Débora Moghilevsky de Penna, Doctor in Psychology. Thesis on “the Use of the Stage Space of Psychodrama in Argentina”. Co-founder of the Zerka T. Moreno Center (1992). Currently Professor UBA.

Domenico Agresta, CSPP (Center of Psychology and Psychosomatic Medicine); IAGP. Domenico Agresta, formerly Trustee of the Gordon Lawrence Foundation, now a member of Social Dreaming International Network. He works with SD studying Rites of Passage, Religious Rites and cultural contexts. He is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, group-analyst and psycho-oncologist. He is the President of the Centre for the Study of Psychology and Psychosomatic Medicine (CSPP) and studies the correlation between mind and body, links to anthropology and group processes using dreams icons. Board Member of the Italian Society of Psychosomatic Medicine (SIMP). Academic Member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA); Chair of Family Therapy Section and Chair of Webinars Committee in IAGP (The International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes). He teaches at University and at Schools of Psychotherapy. He lives and work in Pescara (Italy).

Fernan Rodriguez Cetran, PhD, National Art University, Argentina Centro Zerka Moreno Psicodrama y Sociodrama. Fernan Rodriguez Cetran, PhD in Folklore specialty Tango, National Art University, ArgentinaPsychodramatist from Centro Zerka Moreno Paintor and Sculpturer. Creator of the whales cards 2008. Tango dance Professor. UNA . Many of his art productions are exposed around the world Buenos Aires Argentina Luca Italy, Trondhein Norway, among others.

Violeta Azis has a PhD in Clinical psychology from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and is a fully certified psychodramatist from Psychotherapy 2000 Foundation and the Institute of Psychodrama at the Gulliver Clearing House Foundation Bulgaria, Sofia, both members of FEPTO; Certified Tele’Drama practitioner CPT 3. In her work, she refers to the psychoanalytic view of understanding the personality. Certified Group Dynamics specialist from the Austrian Association for group dynamics (OAGG Fachsektion Gruppendynamic und Dynamische Gruppenpsychotherapie).Since 2010 she has been working as a Clinical psychologist at Lozenetz University Hospital, Sofia and in private practice. Since 2023 she is the Team lead of the Center for Psychological help in Lozenetz University Hospital. Member of the Bulgarian Psychological Society, Bulgarian Psychotherapy Association and the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes.
 

Alexandrina Milcheva has a Master degree in Clinical psychology – psychoanalytic approach, she is a certified Psychodrama therapist and Tele’Drama Practitioner (Level 3). Alexandrina has working experience in the psychiatric ward at the Military Medical Academy (Sofia, Bulgaria), Clinic of Nervous Diseases at the University Hospital Alexandrovska, as a school psychologist with children with special needs, people affected by violence and more. Alexandrina works individually and in groups using all kinds of tools through psychodrama, sociometry and psychodynamic approach. In her practice she works with problems connected to anxiety, panic attacks, psychosomatics, difficult attachment, etc.  

Ron Wiener, PhD is a former honorary President of the British Psychodrama Association and is a senior sociodrama trainer awarded a lifetime achievement award in 2008. He co-lead the Sociodrama and Action Methods Training (MPV/SAM) in England with Di Adderley. He has run trainings and/or workshops across Europe, in Russia, China and India as well as in America and Australia. He is a founding member of ISCAN, the International Sociodrama and Creative Action Network and has been a consultant for the seven international sociodrama conferences. He is co-editor of Sociodrama in a Changing World, and author of Drug Taking Among School Children (which was his PhD thesis), Creative Training, and Community Action: The Belfast Experience, in addition to numerous articles and book chapters. In his semi retirement Ron loves being a grandparent and also co-facilitates a fortnightly sociodrama support group for Ukrainian psychodramatists as well as being a mentor, community theatre director and poet.
 

Colleen Baratka, MA, TEP Private Practice, ASGPP, DVPC, BIAPA, IAEDP. Colleen Baratka, MA TEP is a Fellow of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama. In clinical practice for over 30 years, she has developed psychodrama and trauma programs at The Belmont and Renfrew Centers in Philadelphia, PA. Colleen is a published author on the topics of trauma and eating disorders and currently is in private practice where she specializes in trauma and co-current issues. She works with individuals, families and groups, she also guests lectures at local universities, organizations and treatment centers. Recently , Colleen has begun study into traumatic brain injuries ,trauma, and the role spontaneity plays in recovery.

Deborah Karner, LCSW, MSS, TEP Private Practice, ASGPP, NASW, DVPC, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Deborah's most recent professional manifestation is as a Clinical Social Worker and a TEP. She arrived in these roles from having been an operatic stage director working in the US and Europe then teaching at Mannes College of Music in NYC and Temple University in Philadelphia. Current clinical work is with addictions, trauma and traumatic brain injury. She co-facilitate an ongoing group for people with TBI and Trauma; is involved in research about spontaneity and TBI; and has plans with her colleague to run groups sponsored by the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania for families of people with brain injury.

Galabina Tarashoeva, MD, PhD, Director Psychodrama Center Orpheus BSPGT, BAP, FEPTO, IAGP.  Galabina Tarashoeva – MD, psychiatrist, Ph.D., Certified Psychodrama Psychotherapist, founding member of FEPTO, member of the board of Directors of IAGP, is the founder and the director of Psychodrama Center “Orpheus” – the first institute for psychodrama and psychotherapy in Bulgaria, trainer, educator and supervisor in it. Dr. Tarashoeva is pioneer not only of psychodrama and group therapy in Bulgaria, but also of Playback theater, Child Psychodrama, Action Methods for adolescents, and Research in psychodrama. Dr. Tarashoeva defended a dissertation work on the topic “Effectiveness of Psychodrama Therapy with patients with panic Disorder” for scientific degree "doctor".

Mirjana Stanković has 16 years of experience in psychodrama. She fell in love with it back in 2005, when she became a therapeutic group member and decided to enroll an educational group led by Bojana Glusac in Belgrade, Serbia, back in 2012. Mrs. Stankovic has been an independent transpersonal psychodrama practitioner since 2018. In March 2022, she enrolled for the first level of Tele’Drama educaton and has become an active member of this vibrant community. Mirjana is a near-native speaker and a professional user of English language, with an M.A. degree in English language and literature obtained in 1986. She is experienced in working with culturally diverse and multinational groups across the globe. Since March 2020, she has explored and applied various online counselling techniqes, in virtual sessions with clients from different continents.

Mirjana applies a highly ecclectic approach, of mainly Jungian orientation, by combining standard psychodramatic techniques with creative elements of gestalt, transactional analysis, transpersonal psychology, systemic family therapy, CBT and other. She cherises a highly humanistic approach, by looking into each person as a whole, sufficient, creative and unique individual beyond birth in this particular existence.

Mrs. Stanković is particularly dedicated to offering group or individual Tele’Drama support to the clients challenged and troubled by various ailments of the nervous system, classified as autoimmune degenerative diseases of obscure ethiology. The focus of group psycho-social support is on looking into the root causes, the underlying factors for severe, aggravating self-attacks, which are manifested at the physical, mental and emotional level, thus jeopardizing the individual’s well-being
here and now.
 

Betty Garrison, BFA, IPNB, MA, MS, CMHC, CTP-2

Betty G Garrison is a psychotherapist who has been studying and practicing Psychodrama for over 10 years. Though not native to technology, Betty has become involved in Tele’Drama during the pandemic and is enjoying her training in this unique modality that can be shared internationally; she is excited about the endless possibilities, of which Moreno foretold. Betty has earned three Master’s Degrees: Theatre Ed/Drama Therapy, Film/Social Reform, and Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She has over 30 years of experience using theatre arts and film to engage, inspire, educate, and heal children, adolescents, and adults.

Lucia Aranda Kilian is a doctoral candidate at the University of Salamanca, Spain, with a master's degree in Systemic Family Therapy, and in Art History. She has training in Psychodrama under the direction of Professor Mónica Zuretti, as well as degrees in Nursing and History. She is a therapist with more than 20 years of experience. Workshop instructor and teacher. She has done field work in the anthropological area. She is an international lecturer and author of academic articles published in various countries.

Scott Giacomucci, DSW, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAAETS, TEP
Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy; Bryn Mawr College, Graduate School of Social Work & Research. Dr. Scott Giacomucci is the Director/Founder of the Phoenix Center for Experiential Trauma Therapy; Director of Trauma Services at Mirmont Treatment Center; and Adjunct Professor & Research Associate at Bryn Mawr College. He serves on the Executive Council of ASGPP, is co-chair of the Research Committee, and Co-Chief-Editor of the Journal. His textbook, Social Work, Sociometry, & Psychodrama published by Springer Nature (2021), has been downloaded over 250,000 times. He is the author of over a dozen research articles, book chapters, or peer-reviewed manuscripts on psychodrama as well as a new book – Trauma-Informed Principles in Group Therapy, Psychodrama, & Organizations: Action Methods for Leadership (2023).

Angela Christoph, M.A. German Psychodrama Association International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI). Angela Christoph, MA, was born in Vienna/Austria und currently lives in Germany. She was trained in the Moreno Institute Edenkoben/Überlingen which was founded by Dr. Grete Leutz in 1975. Angela is a psychologist, psychodramatist and trainer for the Moreno Institute in Germany. She is on the board of the German Psychodrama Association and works as Supervisor/Coach and trainer. Her special interests are exploring strategies for coping with stress, resilience and resources using psychodramatic methods.

Jordan Miller, MPH MSS, LSW
Jordan works as a psychotherapist in the field of substance use, where she integrates both harm reduction and experiential therapy as primary modalities. She’s been training as a psychodrama student for the past 4 years. In her training, she’s developed a deep appreciation for sociometry. During individual sessions, both she and her clients work to adapt its practice as a means to address economic accessibility, while meeting treatment goals.
 

Aneta Kalcheva  majored in Psychology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. She has a master’s degree in Artistic Psycho-Social Practices and Psychodrama .She is a certified gestalt therapist, director "Psychodrama with children", in continuing education for psychodrama therapist and Tele’Drama Practitioner (Level 3).

 Aneta has been working as a psychologist and trainer for 18 years, she has experience both in the corporate branch and the non-governmental sector as a trainer, facilitator and leader of groups, and since 2015 with her own consulting and therapeutic practice aimed at children, parents and adults.As certified childbirth preparation instructor and therapist she has worked with groups of expectant parents using art therapy techniques and psychodrama.

Monica Munoz, PsyD, LP, LSSP, NCSP, HSP Dr. Monica Munoz is a Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Specialist in School Psychology. She has been studying Psychodrama for 4 years and is passionate about utilizing and making experiential methods accessible to the populations she works with. Monica manages a clinic which serves the children and families of Dallas Independent School District as well as runs a private practice, where she works with ethnically and socioeconomically diverse populations.

David Moran, CADC, LCSW, TEP Owner, “I Like Me Now”, therapeutic practice and social work license supervisor. David Moran CADC, LCSW, TEP: Sr Admin Director of Crozer Health D&A Recovery Programs, with 25 years in Behavioral Health. Proprietor of “I like Me Now” private practice Media PA Past President ASGPP. Dave has been an innovator and leader in Addiction Recovery integrating Co-occurring disorders perspective in behavioral health settings. He has been a member of the Crisis Integration Treatment (CIT) training officers in Behavioral health protocols and resources for 12 years. An ASGPP member. An EMDR practitioner and trauma specialist. Dave has supervised clinicians towards CADC, LCSW and LPC license as well as PAT and TEP process.

Psychologist, specialized in children therapy and early childhood development, certified tele’drama practitioner
Maya is a psychologist with more than 10 years of experience in counseling and therapeutic work with children with special needs,  emotional and behavioral problems. She also works with parents and adults.
Maya has a bachelor's degree in psychology, a bachelor's degree in social pedagogy and a master's degree in child-adolescent and school psychology from University of Sofia. She is a psychotherapist and continues her therapeutic formation in the areas of psychodrama and group therapy, analytical psychomotorics, and online counseling.
For the past 5 years, Maya Maria Koleva has been working with babies and toddlers as a representative and instructor in the Australian early childhood development system "Kindyroo".
She is an author and leader of training and therapy groups for children and parents on topics related to parenting and the interaction between parents and children.
She is also leader of sharing and emotional support groups for mothers of children up to 3 years old.
For the past 5 years, Maya Maria Koleva has been working with babies and toddlers as a representative and instructor in the Australian early childhood development system "Kindyroo".
Author and conductor of training and therapy groups for children and parents on topics related to parenting and the interaction between parents and children.
Maya Koleva also facilitates and conducts emotional support groups for mothers of children up to 3 years old.
 

Irina Vandova, Clinical Psychologist Jungian Psychodrama Assistant, IPA "Hiron” Certified Tele’Drama Practitioner (CTP – Level 1). Irina Vandova is a clinical psychologist, Jungian psychodrama assistant at IPA "Hiron", currently in training of psychodrama for children. She has a long-term practice with children and parents and conducts diagnostic, psychological and therapeutic counseling of adults.

Marjut Partanen-Hertell, M.S. (Tech), TEP Certified Tele’Drama Practitioner (CTP – Level 3), ARUA, Helsinki Psychodrama Institute (Finland) IAGP and ASGPP, FEPTO Network Group for Climate Change. As environmental engineer and sociodramatist Marjut Partanen-Hertell worked in the Finnish Environment Institute for 40 years with international projects supported by the EU and the World Bank. Former chairman of the inter-governmental working group on Public Awareness and Environmental Education of HELCOM in the Baltic Sea area, facilitating co-operation between 14 countries and various NGOs. Finland’s Representative on the Management Committee of the environmental financial instrument EU/LIFE. Presenter in international conferences. Supervisor for private and public clients. Author and co-author of several books, latest Sociodrama in a Changing World (2011). Former president of the Association of Finnish Psychodrama Trainers (MOPSI)

Lăcătuș-Iakab Bela Olimpiu is an ethnic Roma of Romanian nationality. Currently he is a public servant and is working at The Medical and Social Work Directorate from Cluj-Napoca Municipality. He previously worked for as process manager in ”Pata-Cluj” project and as a consultant for UNDP between 2012 – 2014. By proffesion is social worker, he graduated The Sociology and Social Work at ”Babeș Bolyai” University.

In the last 17 years he is working with vulnerable people and whit in the Roma communities (in child protection and community empowerment - at individual level and collective level).

Margarida Belchior, PhD, Researcher,
Sociodramatist Lusófona University - Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Education and Development.
Margarida Belchior is a sociodramatist, teacher and researcher. She conducts teacher training workshops on Sociodrama in Education and develops, in collaboration, the project “Public Sociodrama with Art”. She participates in several international initiatives and is teacher educator at the Instituto Politécnico da Lusofonia (Superior School of Education of Lusofonia). She is doing research in the field of Inclusion and Expressive Pedagogies at the Center of Interdisciplinary Studies for Education and Development (CeiED – Lusófona University).
 

Jennie Kristel, MA, REAT, APTT, RMT is an accredited Playback Theatre trainer,  registered expressive arts therapist,  supervisor, Eco artist, and instructor at Lesley University. Being raised in the shadows of the Holocaust and born with a disability has deeply framed her outlook and work as a social justice-based clinician. She is an international trainer of both Playback Theatre and Expressive Arts Therapy and has written on using the arts in therapy including co-writing Using Art Therapy in Diverse Populations: Crossing Cultures and Abilities, and published chapters and articles related to using the arts to support people experiencing grief and trauma as well as building community.
 

Melanie Raimundo, is the Director of Active Learning International (ALI) with a Diploma in Counseling and currently studying a double degree in Psychology and Philosophy. In her time with ALI as a Relationship Coach and International Speaker and Presenter, Melanie has worked with corporate leaders & teams, executives of large organizations, refugees, small businesses, teenagers, families, and individuals. She is an Accredited Play of Life trainer and practitioner, founder, and head coach of Enneagram.rc and is a professional member of the International Enneagram Association (IEA). Her passion in everything she does is in helping people come back to themselves through self-acceptance and personal responsibility to move towards a life of goodness, humility, and reverence.

Manuela Maciel was the Chairperson of the Psychodrama Section of the IAGP - International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (2003-2009). Member of the board, supervisor and teacher in the Portuguese Psychodrama Society (SPP). Manuela was trained in Psychogenealogy by Anne Ancelin Schützenberger and has additional training in cognitive-behavioral therapy and EMDR. She was Founder and President of EMDR Portugal and Founder and Consultant of International Sociodrama Conference (2007-2018)

Leandra Perrotta, Psy.D.Psychologist, Specialist in Psychotherapy, Trainer Psychodrama, Dance Movement Therapy

Ann Duchateau, M.A. in Anthropology Certified Psychodramatist International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI) Team Members & Faculty Certified Tele’Drama Practitioner (CTP Level 1) (Belgium) has been utilizing action methods and applied theatre since 2006 as important tools to help people and groups discover, share and use their wisdom. She's convinced playfulness is the best way to help people navigate through life with agility on the way to happiness and freedom. That is why she’s now also training professionals in applied theatre and action methods. She is skilled in Action Methods, including Psychodrama, Playback Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed. She uses these three techniques in groups for personal growth as well as in individual therapy. https://lifeonstage.org and https://perspektives.eu

Certified Tele'Drama Practitioner, Level 1 (CTP-1)

Antonio Aras is a graduate theologian who has gained many years of experience working with children in elementary and secondary schools. He is the author and organizer of numerous workshops on Biblical and psychological themes. His workshops and training modules have been attended by more than 3,000 people. Antonio is a member of Playback Theater Belgrade, TA practitioner and coach, as well as psychodrama psychotherapist on supervision.

Reyhan Çakmak, M. Sc. on Clinical Psychology, Istanbul Jungian Psychodrama Institute, ASGPP, BAPSGPT. Reyhan Çakmak is a Psychological Counselor and Psychotherapist. She was born in Ankara. Assistant Psychodrama Trainer at Istanbul Jungian Psychodrama Institute (Ijungi). She has been working as a school counselor and as a member of the Ministry of National Education since 2010. She continues her Jungian psychoanalysis process with individual dream analysis. She is a founding member and vice president of Balkan Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapies Association. She is actively involved in community mental health studies within various non-governmental organizations.

Mireya P. Ruiz Esparza has a Doctorate in Anthropological Sciences from Universidad Autonomy Metropolitana- Iztapalapa in Mexico City, with a specialization in Classical Psychodrama. She worked with indigenous communities coordinating Community Development projects with women and children in Veracruz, Mexico. She is the co-founder of FORMA-Z de Vida – a training center in action methods/psychodrama from 2016 to 2020. She is co-founder of Etica en Espiral: a project that seeks to facilitate learning tools for personal, collective and social transformation. Mireya is also a Playback Theatre practitioner since 2007.


 

Eva Miceva, Certified Tele'Drama Practitioner, Level 2
Child Psychologist

Medical Doctor, Pychodramatist, Trainer and Supervisor.
He created “Change your role to change your weight” (or shortly SlimRole) approach on obesity. While working on obesity, he realized the link between trauma and obesity and began to study on coping with trauma. He developed “Four Port” model for working on trauma.
He used psychodrama as an education tool in the field of medical school students and health service workers (nurses, midwifes dietitians etc.) and also to educate mums and mums to be. He took roles as a member of Board of Director and Vice Presedent of Istanbul Pschodrama Association which is a sect of Abdülkadir Özbek Institute. He established a new Jungian oriented Psychodrama Institution called IJUNGI (Istanbul Jungian Psychodrama Institute, formerly known as Dr. Ali Babaoğlu Jungian Psychodrama, Sociodrama and Public Mental Health Institute).

Nilüfer Demirhan, MA, lives in Istanbul, Turkey. She is a Clinical Psychologist, Jungian Psychodramatist, Transgenerational Therapist, Psychotherapist, EMDR Therapist and Art Therapist. In the International Association of Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP) she serves as Young Professionals’ Section Chair and Education Committee Member. She works with individuals and groups and combines different psychotherapy approaches. Her main interests are dreams and archetypal patterns.

Zdravka Anina has a master degree in „Legal psychology“ from South-West University Neofit Rilski and master degree in „Clinical psychology“ from New Bulgarian University. She has more than  ten years of experience in the field of Non-profit organizations supporting victims of violence. She has worked as an instructor/mentor on projects concerning prevention of high-risk behaviors, assistance to children victims of violence, also worked with patients with various addictions. In her work Zdravka refers to the psychodynamic approach. Since 2023 she has been working for the Centre for psychological help in Lozenets University Hospital. Zdravka is a member of Bulgarian Psychological Society. 

Author of the book, “Giacomo Meyerbeer: The Deliberately Forgotten Composer”
BSc (University of London, 1965); PhD (University of Illinois, 1969). Post-doctoral positions in theoretical physics: (University of Oxford, UK, 1969-1971); (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 1971-1973); (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel, 1973-1976). Joined Ben-Gurion University in 1976 specializing in solar energy. Retired in 2013 with rank of Emeritus Professor. Upon retirement, re-focused research efforts into musicology, specializing in the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer. Author of the book “Giacomo Meyerbeer: The Deliberately Forgotten Composer” (Gefen, Jerusalem and NY, 2020). Produced 2 CDs (Meyerbeer Songs, vol.1, vol.2) for Naxos Records. Provided vocal scores for 4 Meyerbeer CDs issued by Antes Edition. Lectures at opera workshops.

Lubomir Draganov has a master degree in “Artistic psycho-social practices'' from New Bulgarian University and a bachelor degree in psychology from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.  He is fully certified group analyst by Sigmund Freud University Vienna and Bulgarian Society for Group Analysis and Group Processes and is certified psychodrama-assistant (consultant) by Psychotherapy 2000 Foundation.  Since 2013 he has been working in a private practice and has been leading and participating in multiple psychological and art group projects.  Since 2023 he is working for the Center for psychological help in Lozenetz University Hospital.  Member of Bulgarian Society for Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis.

Dr. Petra Marinova, MD, Ph.D., psychiatrist, working in Medical University, psychiatric clinic;
 trainer in the Psychodrama program with children in Psychodrama Center Orpheus since 2019.

• Completed training in Family Counseling in 2016 (at IPIGP "Bernhard Achterberg").
• Completed training in Psychodrama for children in 2016. (in the Psychodrama Center Orpheus, trainer: Dr. F. Blobel)
• Completed training in Psychodrama for adolescents in 2019. (in the Psychodrama Center Orpheus, trainer: Dr. F. Blobel)

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Former Representative at UNICEF

Sergio was traveling to the United States for years to meet Zerka Moreno and record a lot of footage of live interviews with her; an invaluable asset for generations of Psychodramatists to come!

Dr. Sergio Guimarães is the 2018 recipient of the prestigious ZERKA MORENO AWARD by the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama
 

Violeta Kadieva, Ph.D., LMFT-S, AAMFT Approved Supervisor received her doctoral degree from Texas Tech University. She has worked as a marriage and family therapist for about 10 years and is currently an Associate Professor at Texas Wesleyan University. She has published articles and presented workshops and posters at numerous conferences, including WAMFT, AAMFT, APA, TAMFT and International Family Therapy World Conference.

Samuel Marcus Egber, Certified Tele'Drama Practitioner (CTP Level 1) International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI). Samuel Marcus Egber, aka Sammy within the Tele'Drama community, is a Level 1 Certified Practitioner of Tele'Drama. His professional career started at the age of 15 as an actor in the entertainment industry. With a life-long interest in utilizing the performing arts, especially the application of improvisation, to inspire self and universal awareness and healing, during the COVID-19 pandemic he began his training process in Drama Therapy and Psychodrama. His passion is blending his love for performing, philosophy, film, and a desire to help repair and improve the world make for unique Tele'Drama workshop experiences.

Pembegül İlter
Psychologist, MA, Assistant Psychodramatist (IPI),
International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI), Certified Tele’Drama Practitioner Level Two.

Pembegül İlter is a psychologist and psychodrama co-therapist, who trained at the Istanbul Psychodrama Institute. She has been helping families, children and individuals of all ages overcome relational, behavioral and emotional conflicts since 2008. She worked with parents, children, adolescents and adults conducting individual sessions and supportive group work focused on social skills, self-expression, attention development, creativity and art work. She specializes in family and relationship conflicts counseling, child and adolescent behavior, learning disorders and ADHD. During the pandemic period, she continues her individual sessions with adults, group work on psychological flexibility and resilience, workshops and psycho-educational seminars online. She continues her training as a Certified Tele’Drama Practitioner Level Two.

She  defines herself as a social worker and has been developing professionally in this field for 20 years. The search
for answers in the field led her to a psychodrama group and in 2018 she graduated as a psychodrama assistant.
Trained in the Tele'Drama method with Dr. Daniela Simmons;
She is a member of the Balkan psychodrama, sociometric and group association psychotherapy.
She has a master degree in  Bulgarian and Russian  philology at the University of Shumen ` "Ep. Konstantin Preslavski" and psychology at University  of Veliko Tarnovo" St. St. Cyril and Methodius". Zhaneta implements active and expressive methods when working with people.

Ekaterina Tyurina,MDEkaterina Tyurina,MD, is a psychiatrist (licensed in Russia and Serbia), Certified Psychodramatist (Serbia) and Recovery Support Counselor (Canada). She got her psychodrama education in Serbia, at Institute of Psychodrama,Belgrade. She has been working in mental health since 2005 and started to work through online psychodrama in 2018 with immigrants.She has been working with adults and young adults struggling with trauma and addiction in inpatient setting for over a decade. She is providing online counselling in Russian, Serbian and English.

Psychological Counselor, MA
Psychodramatist (Istanbul Psychodrama Institute)
International Tele`drama Institute Practitioner Level 1

Gülşen Büyükşahin has a bachelor's degree in Psychological Counseling and a master’s degree in Developmental Psychology. She has worked with children and young people for over 15 years as a psychological counselor in schools. She conducted individual and group studies in these schools and at Psychology Centers in Turkey. She attended training courses on various counseling approaches. She applied various intelligence and development tests to children and young people. After graduating from Istanbul Zerka Moreno Institute in Turkey as a psychodrama therapist, she directed psychodrama groups with children, adults and parents for 5 years. She has completed child psychodrama and individual psychodrama training at this institute. She has experience in developmental problems, emotional development, learning processes and personal development. She moved to the USA in 2019 and still lives there. She graduated from the Portland Community College by completing the Academic English courses. She continues her Tele'Drama and Psychodrama training at the International Tele`Drama Institute; and is purcuing her certification as a practicioner towards the American Board in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy (ABE).
 

Purcuing the Certified Tele'Drama Practicioner Certification Program

Certified Tele'Drama Practicioner Certification Program
Positive Psychotherapist & Jungian Sandplay Therapist with a heart for helping refugees overcome new challenges.
PhD, Positive Psychology & TELE’DRAMA student, Lyudmila is an expert in Fairytale Psychotherapy and excels at creating innovative ideas. With a passion for writing and a track record of successful therapy groups and individual sessions, she's active in conferences and continuously expanding her knowledge in Clinical Psychology at the Medical University of Plovdiv.
 

Tihomira Stanojevic, University of Novi Sad faculty of philosophy, department psychology, MA degree. Certifies Tele'Drama Practitioner, Level 2. Formal & non/formal dedicated researcher & listener in the field of human souls and bodies, all our circles and spirals. Introdused to psychodrama in 2009 and since then in love with it. Female warrior and healer, observer and facilitator.

Svetlana Iloski is Clinical psychologist, Psychodrama therapist under supervision, Tele’Drama Practitioner (Level 1) and EMDR Practitioner. President of EMDR North Macedonia association, Trainee of Amigdala School of Psychotherapy, member of FEPTO (European Federation of Psychodrama Training Organizations).
She is a qualified and experienced professional with expertise in psychological and neuropsychological assessments, diagnosis, and evaluation of clients with psychiatric, neurological and co-occurring disorders, as well as group and individual psychotherapy in the interest of mental health prevention and treatment.

Mina discovered Psychodrama while searching for the best self-development approach. Very soon she realised it could be her professional future choice. Mina Lazetic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, where she completed her primary and secondary school education. Genuine interest in people, research and travel influenced her choice of faculty. She graduated in the University of Singidunum Belgrade Serbia, department of Tourism and Hospitality. Her first professional steps were in Hotel Sales Management. After that, she worked for Etihad Airways, the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates, where she was living and working for 3 years.  During that period she visited more than 50 countries and co-worked with more than 20 different nationalities in different situations and challenges. Currently, she is improving her knowledge in Psychodrama and other action methods. Also, she is in the process of obtaining a Certificate of Tele'Drama Practitioner.Mina is always ready to learn and upgrade her knowledge. She is a curious person with deep empathy for others. She is fluent in English and has a very developed organisational skill. Besides her professional interest, she is devoted to her family and her 2 year old daughter. 

Suneetha is currently pursuing her  training in Teledrama, level-2.  She is a PhD from XLRI Jamshedpur and has done her Master’s from TISS Mumbai and has vast experience in Manufacturing sector. She has rich experience in change management, organizational development and employee relations, learning and development, performance management, competency- based assessment and development, and industry-community interface projects. She has successfully developed and directed a full complement of human resources programs for more than 2,500 employees and their families.  Besides this she has led programs for school children, adolescents from rural backgrounds and women. As a step towards continuous learning, she completed a 2-year certificate program in process-oriented psychology, a 5 - year leadership course for women and attended a leadership workshop –Women’s Way at U.S during April 2010 and World Work seminar in Denver in 2011. She also has training in Psychodrama and Sociometry. She is currently pursuing her Diploma in process-oriented psychology 

Müjdegül Z. Karaca is a gynecologist based in Turkiye with 17 years of experience currently in a clinical private practice. She is also a reproductive health expert working with women who have sexual difficulties. She studied and developed a curriculum on women's sexual and reproductive health during migration or disasters" on behalf of the SIHHAT project, which is conducted by the Turkish government and with the support of the EU. She is a psychodrama co-therapist and is training in the International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI).  She received her basic psychodrama education from the Turkish Federation of Psychodrama Associations under supervision of TEPs Ozlem Ulutas Akarken and Hande Karakilic Ucer. She is a member of Anka Association of Group Psychotherapies & Psychodrama. She loves to produce content for social media to spread awareness on women’s health. She is willing to take place in more socio- drama applications after facing the tragic earthquakes which happened in February in South-Eastern Turkiye.

Osta Iwobi, M. Arch. International Tele’Drama Institute (ITI) Training. Osta Iwobi, M. Arch. was born in Nigeria and both lived and studied in various European countries where he graduated as an architect. He then studied at the Colorado Technical University, where he graduated with a Computer Science and Engineering degree. Osta speaks multiple languages. He lives in Dallas, TX, United States, where he works as an architect. Osta has always been interested in psychology and five years ago he started training at the Expressive Therapies Training Institute (ETTi) with director Daniela Simmons, PhD, TEP. Osta has been actively participating in the local psychodrama community and co-presenting at regional psychodrama communities.

Alexandr Usov is a clinical social worker and a psychodrama therapist. He is a licensed Social Worker at NYS and provides therapeutic services at Camelot of Staten Island, the facility for clients struggling with addiction and their families. Alexandr works with individuals and groups implementing different kinds of techniques through psychodrama and sociometry, music therapy and other expressive-arts modalities. 

Ivaylo Georgiev is a psychologist and psychodrama therapist in process of certification. Co-founder and manager of children center Smartys. He is working with children, adolescents and adults in his private practice.