Training for Professionals

At the Action Institute of California, we offer training for those in any human services field: mental health, education, medical, legal, religious and/or bodywork.

In Action Institute workshops and trainings, you will be taught specific techniques, such as psychodrama, sociometry and sociodrama, for use with individuals, groups and families. Our trainings are tailored based on your needs and practice, and taught in a relaxed environment conducive to learning.

As professionals, we are all in the business of helping people – and sometimes, in order to be the best we can be, the person we need to help most is ourselves. Because as our careers advance as professionals, there are fewer and fewer safe places available to do our own work. In each training group or workshop, special attention is paid to creating a safe place to learn and practice new skills. Specific action methods tools are taught, in a step-by-step fashion, so that you can build upon your existing clinical skills.

Special topics taught include (but are not limited to):

• Using Action Methods for Group Building
• Trauma Containment vs. Exploration
• Working with “Resistance”
• Healing Toxic Shame
• Dealing with Conflict Effectively
• Addiction and Recovery
• Anger vs. Rage: How Do I Work With Them?
• Grounding Techniques for Dissociated Clients
• Empty Chair Work
• When in Doubt: Ethical Choices

There will be many opportunities to practice these skills after they are demonstrated, and where appropriate, participants will be encouraged and supported to student direct.