All classes are held on Zoom and count as CE credits for NADTA. Instructors may offer a hybrid in-person option for local students, depending on enrollment. In order to ensure we receive the correct contact information, you must officially register through the form button below. (Information can be lost/mistakenly altered if passed through email communication.) Thank you so much, and we look forward to seeing you in class!
Creative Arts Therapies
Creative Arts Therapies (3 units)
Facilitator: Pam Dunne
Dates: (2026) 1-17, 1-24, 1-31, 2-7, 2-21, 2-28, 3-7 and 3-14 and 3-21
Time: 9:30 to 2:30 pm
Cost: $899
TBA Hours (5)
Participants will explore the therapeutic uses of movement, art, music, poetry and drama in individual and group psychotherapy through experiential exercises and special assignments. Digital media, phototherapy, cinema therapy and video therapy will also be a part of the discovery. Participants will be invited to find different methods of integrating drama and creative arts therapies in their personal lives and with the clients they serve. Applications to various populations and treatment settings will be shown through personal case histories and videos.
Drama Therapy and Mindfulness
Facilitator: Renda Dionne Madrigal
Dates: February 15th
1 hour arranged
Time:.
9:30 am to 5:30 pm ( 30 minute lunch break)
Participants will explore the fundamentals of mindfulness practices integrated with Narradrama through a series of exercises and applied to a variety of educational and therapeutic settings. Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing and Narradrama offers an opportunity to experience that kind of presence through authentic stories and actions invited by that awareness.
Allies in Healing: Application to Special Populations
Facilitator: Kamran Afary
Dates: March 1st & 15th
Time: 9 AM to 12:30 pm
Cost: $ 169
1 hour arranged
Participants will discover foundational concepts in Narrative therapy such as externalization, doubly listening, landscape of action and identity and explore ways to integrate action techniques inspired by Narradrama. An in depth understanding of narrative questions and practice in developing questions will equip the participants to expand the moment and move into embodiment. Narradrama and resilience will also be explored in specific interventions. Applications will be made to educational, clinical and community settings, and specifically with imprisoned persons and other special populations.
Creative Fire: Transforming Trauma Through Story and Movement
Facilitator: Pam Paulson
Dates: March 22 and 29th
Time: 12:00 to 3:30
Cost: $169
1 hour arranged.
Explore how drama therapy, art, and embodied storytelling can help transform trauma into pathways of healing, renewal, and creative expression. Trauma can leave deep and lasting imprints, shaping how we see ourselves, our relationships, and the world. In response, our bodies hold wisdom—developing protective patterns that help us survive—but sometimes those responses linger, even when the danger has passed. Too often, we internalize the belief that something is horribly wrong with us, rather than asking with compassion, “What happened to us?”
This experiential workshop uses drama therapy, movement, and art to explore embodied pathways to healing. Participants will engage in creative practices that foster self-compassion, restore agency, and uncover resilience—honoring lived experience while opening new stories of transformation.
Independent Study: Gangs, Riots: Verbatim Enacted Roles Inspired by Anna Deavere Smith
Facilitator: Kamran Afary
Time: ( TBA)
Cost: $ 338
Units: 1
Independent Study: Incarceration, Youth and Therapeutic Intervention
Facilitator: Kamran Afary
Time: (TBA)
Cost: $ 338
Units: 1
Independent Study: Ethics and the Law
Facilitator: Pam Dunne
Time: ( TBA)
Cost: $ 338
Units: 1
Supervision
Students that are already enrolled in the Alternate Training Program AND are currently seeing clients may sign up for Group Supervision with Pamela Dunne. Dates of supervision are determined by the members, but are generally held once a month on a pre-determined Monday morning from 9am – 11am PST. To request enrollment in Supervision, please email assistant.dtila@gmail.com.