DTLA 2026 Abroad Program – Copenhagen!

In a world where trust is fragile and connection feels harder than ever, join us on a mindful and immersive journey of body, story, and creativity in Copenhagen. Through somatic practices, poetry, storytelling, and drama, you’ll explore the body’s sense of safety, expand your voice, and discover new pathways of expression. Together, we will create safe spaces for vulnerability, reflection, and authentic connection. Designed for both professional development and personal growth, this program blends coaching, facilitation, and the creative arts to support more genuine ways of being, creating, and connecting.

What You’ll Experience…

• Reclaim a sense of authenticity in a world where trust and connection feel fragile
• Deepen nervous system awareness through practices that cultivate safety, grounding, and flexibility.
• Awaken creative resilience with tools drawn from poetry, story, and performance.
• Experiment with role, voice, and embodiment to expand personal and professional expression.
• Translate creative processes into practice – gain facilitation and coaching techniques adaptable to therapy, education, and group work.
• Engage in reflective community spaces that nurture vulnerability, belonging, and shared discovery.
• Leave renewed and resourced – grounded in authenticity, creative confidence, and connection.

Credits given for CHED and NADTA CE’s

Accommodations

Stay in a beautifully restored villa on a quiet street in the outskirts of Copenhagen.
Just 15 minutes from the city center by metro
Shared rooms (first-come basis)
Peaceful, authentic Danish living

Schedule

July 5: (check-in 4:00 pm) Welcome session 5:00–7:00 pm + social hour with snacks & beverages
July 6–12: Workshops daily, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm (with lunch break)
Field Trip: A day in King’s Park – statues, gardens, and integrated drama therapy exercises (schedule
differs this day)
July 13: Departure (check-out by 9:00 am)

Tuition

• Early Bird (before Jan 30): $2250
• Regular (after Jan 30): $2,550
• Deposit: $400 required to hold your spot
  • Travel insurance strongly recommended. No refunds after May 2026
  • Capacity is limited- register early to claim your spot.

Friends/partners accompanying participants: Space is extremely limited. Inquire immediately for
availability and cost.

Facilitators

PAMELA DUNNE, Ph.D, RDT-BCT, NT Founder and Director, DRAMA THERAPY INSTITUTE OF LOS ANGELES

Pam Dunne is a Registered Drama Therapist and Board-Certified Trainer with the North American Drama Therapy Association. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts and Dance at California State University Los Angeles. She has authored 9 books, directed multiple plays, and either directed or appeared in many educational films. Dr. Dunne has served as Keynote speaker, workshop leader, and is an International leader and trainer in the field of Drama Therapy. She is currently conducting a training program for Narradrama both at the Facilitator and Trainer level. She is the director of a training program for Narradrama in the US and China. Her work has garnered her both the 2014 Teaching Excellence Award from the NADTA and the 2016 Gertrud Schattner Award for Distinguished Contribution to Drama Therapy.

KAMRAN AFARY, Ph.D, RDT-BCT, NT ASSOCIATE Director Drama Therapy Institute of Los Angeles

Kamran Afary is an Associate Professor of Intersectional Identities and Relationships and a recipient of the 2021 Teaching Excellence Award from the North American Drama Therapy Association. He teaches interpersonal and health communication to incarcerated students in Lancaster California, and has worked extensively with Middle Eastern and South Asian refugee-immigrant populations. He is a Narradrama Trainer and serves as Narradrama faculty in the Narradrama Counselor Tract in China as well as the main faculty for the Narradrama Facilitator Program through the Drama Therapy Institute of Los Angeles. Narradrama .His publications include: Iranian Diaspora Identities: Stories and Songs (Hamilton 2020); Communication Research on Expressive Arts as Forms of Healing (Lexington 2020); Performance and Activism: Grassroots Discourse after the Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992 (Lexington 2009). He is a co-author with Pam Dunne and Pam Paulson of “Narradrama: A Narrative Approach to Drama Therapy.” In Current Approaches in Drama therapy (3rd edition).

TERHI K. KORKIAKANGAS Ph.D, Cl.Hyp

Terhi Korkiakangas is a research psychologist, educator, poet, and writer who explores the social world and how we connect with ourselves, our bodies, and others. She teaches across developmental psychology, communication, and social interaction. Over the past 15 years, Terhi has held research and teaching positions in the UK and the U.S., and has published extensively in peer-reviewed clinical and social science journals. Her book, Communication, Gaze, and Autism (Routledge, 2018), provides insights into how eye contact influences interpersonal experiences in autism. Her career has shifted from studying communication in high-risk healthcare settings to exploring the stories our bodies carry beyond words. Currently, she incorporates somatic practices and poetry to integrate the body, self-expression, and lived experience. Since becoming a mom, Terhi has immersed herself in the worlds of children and parents, captivated by the implicit, preverbal memories stored in the body and the influence of birth as the opening experience that shapes how we engage with the world. At the other end of the human lifespan, she aims to understand the realities faced by older adults living with memory loss and their caregivers. When the mind can no longer hold the full story, poetic expression can help process experiences and find meaning during profound life transitions.

For more information on program and registration, contact: dramatherapyabroad@gmail.com

Sponsored by: Drama Therapy Institute of Los Angeles