Most professional development focuses on what you should know. New frameworks, updated research, best practices you should implement.

Experiential training focuses on what you can actually do when it matters.

There’s a difference between understanding attachment theory and being able to stay present when your own “stuff” activates in the room. Between knowing you should set boundaries and actually doing it when the stakes are high. Between talking about collaboration and practicing it under conditions that mirror real pressure.

Courage to Connect isn’t just about learning more theory. It’s about building capacity through embodied practice via psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy. Not just understanding how attachment shows up, practicing different responses when it does.

Registration closes April 20.

Courage to Connect: April 24-26

Standard rate: $600
CEs and psychodrama training credits available
Student discounts available

Register here

What’s Coming This Summer

Summer will be quieter this year. Fewer intensives, more space to integrate. Keep your eyes peeled for one-day workshops and more announcements.

We’ll continue custom onsite trainings and organizational consulting work. If your team or organization is interested in experiential methods for clinical development, leadership work, or team dynamics, reach out to haydn@philapsychodrama.com.

Save the Date: Intro to Psychodrama Workshop

Saturday June 6, 2026

We’re offering a one-day Introduction to Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy workshop this summer— a chance to experience the methods firsthand without committing to a full intensive.

Perfect for clinicians curious about experiential work, practitioners exploring new modalities, or anyone who wants to see what psychodrama offers.

More details and registration coming soon. Mark your calendar.

Fall Intensives

Landscape of Loss (September 18-20) and Reclaming Your Role (October 16-18) are both on the calendar. Registration opens in June.

Ongoing Support

Group Supervision starts soon towards licensure and psychodrama certification. Contact haydn@philapsychodrama.com

Finding Emotional Power (Karen’s monthly personal growth group) is open to new members. Contact karen@philapsychdorama.com

If you’ve been considering Courage to Connect, registration closes April 20. Hope to see you there.

— Haydn, Karen, and Dave

Most clinicians can describe, teach, and understand attachment theory. We can talk all about anxious, avoidant, and disorganized patterns in excruciating detail.

What’s hard is staying present when your own attachment systems get activated in the room— when a client’s avoidance triggers your impulse to pursue, or their intensity makes you want to create distance. That’s where the real work happens.

You can’t think your way into relational presence. You have to practice it.

Courage to Connect: Early Bird Ends March 24

April 24-26, 2026

One week left for early bird pricing ($525). Standard rate ($600) starts March 25.

This training intensive explores relational patterns through psychodrama, sociometry, and experiential therapy. We’ll examine how attachment shows up in real time. Not just conceptually, but in your body, in the room, under pressure.

We’ll work with:

• Attachment patterns as they emerge in enactment

• The difference between intimacy and intensity

• Rupture and repair through action

• Practicing relational risk in a contained space

For clinicians who want to develop relational capacity, not just understand it intellectually.

Investment:

Early bird: $525 (ends March 24)

Standard: $600

CEs and psychodrama training credits available

Student discounts available

Register here. Registration closes April 20th.

Philadelphia Training Group Returns in Fall

If you missed the February cohort start, we’re opening fall enrollment in June. The Philadelphia Training Group is a closed-cohort series— monthly training in psychodrama, sociometry, experiential therapy, and group-as-a-whole work.

More details coming soon. Email haydn@philapsychodrama.com for more information.

Fall Intensives on the Horizon

Landscape of Loss (September 18-20) and Reclaiming Your Role (October 16-18) are both on the calendar. Registration is open now.

Summer will be quieter. We will continue custom onsite trainings, personal growth intensives, and organizational consulting work. Aside from that, it will be a time to integrate, rest, and let the work of the year settle. We’ll use summer newsletters to share reflections on practice, authority, and what it means to do this work well.

Ongoing Support

Group Supervision continues Thursdays 12-1 PM EST. Rolling enrollment. Contact haydn@philapsychodrama.com for more details.

Finding Emotional Power (Karen’s monthly personal growth group) is open to new members. Contact karen@philapsychodrama.com

If Courage to Connect is calling you, this is the week to decide. Early bird pricing ends March 24th.

— Haydn, Karen, and Dave

April 24 - 26, 2026

How do we show up in connection?

This intensive examines the relational patterns we carry— the risks we take, the protection we need, the ways we stay safe but end up alone.

We’ll use psychodrama, sociometry, and experiential therapy to explore:

• How attachment patterns show up in the room

• The difference between intimacy and intensity

• Working with rupture and repair through enactment

• Practicing relational risk in a contained space

This weekend is for clinicians who know that understanding attachment theory intellectually is different from actually practicing relational presence.

Investment: $600 standard/ $525 early bird (ends March 24)
CEs and psychodrama training credits available
Student discounts available

Register at philapsychodrama.com.

What Else is Forming

Collaboration with Hearten House - Early June

We’re partnering with Hearten House in Salt Lake City for a training on leadership and spontaneity. This is about developing the capacity to lead from presence rather than script— especially when the stakes are high and you don’t know what comes next.

Details coming soon.

Fall Intensives

We have two weeks on the calendar for fall:

• Landscape of Loss (September 18 - 20)

• Reclaiming Your Role (October 16 - 18)

Registration open now. More details in upcoming newsletters and at philapsychodrama.com.

Ongoing Support

Group Supervision is available Thursdays 12 - 1 PM EST via Zoom. Rolling enrollment for clinicians practicing (or aspiring to practice) psychodrama and experiential therapy. Details at philapsychodrama.com.

Finding Emotional Power, Karen Moser’s monthly small group for personal growth and resilience, is open to new members. Contact karen@philapsychodrama.com.

Spring training season continues. If Courage to Connect resonates, now’s the time to commit.

— Haydn, Karen, and Dave

Closed groups create special conditions for learning. You’re not performing for strangers— you’re practicing with people who will see you again. That changes what’s possible.

If you missed the sign-up window for this cohort, reach out and we can see what’s possible. If the timing didn’t work, we have two spring intensives coming up that offer a different entry point.

Unburdened Self— Two Weeks Away

March 6-8, 2026

If you’ve been thinking about the Unburdened Self intensive, registration is still open but the weekend is approaching quickly.

This three-day training uses psychodrama to work with internal roles and self-states— the parts that protect, that parts that carry our burdens, the parts the push or withdraw. Whether you’re familiar with Internal Family Systems (IFS), ego state work, or other parts-oriented approaches, this training explores how psychodramatic methods help clients identify, differentiate, and work with the roles they carry.

For clinicians who want to practice parts work through enactment, not just insight.

Investment: $600

CEs and psychodrama training credits available

Discounts available for students

Register here.

Courage to Connect: Relational Risk and Attachment

April 24-26, 2026

How do we show up in connection?

This intensive examines the relational patterns we carry— the risks we take, the protection we need, the ways we stay safe but end up alone.

We’ll use psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy to explore:

• How attachment patterns show up in the room

• The difference between intimacy and intensity

• Working with rupture and repair through enactment

• Practicing relational risk in a contained space

This weekend is for clinicians who know that understanding attachment theory intellectually is different from actually practicing relational presence.

Investment: $600 standard / $525 early bird (until March 24th)

CEs and psychodrama training credits available

Discounts available for students

Register here.

What’s Ahead

Spring is training season. Summer will be quieter— time to integrate and rest. We have two fall intensives on the calendar (Landscape of Loss in September, Reclaiming Your Role in October), but for now, the focus is March and April.

If you’re looking for ongoing support, Group Supervision runs Thursdays 12-1pm EST. Virtual. Rolling enrollment. Details at philapsychodrama.com.

We’d love to have you. Thanks for following along.

— Haydn, Karen, and Dave

It’s not just that you’re moving around instead of sitting still. It’s that you’re practicing something in your body that you can’t fully grasp intellectually. You’re rehearsing a way of being that doesn’t exist yet.

That’s what training groups offer— concentrated time to practice being different before you have to be different in the room with your clients.

There are a couple of spots still remaining. Reach out before registration closes on 2/7.

Unburdened Self: Working with Parts and Self-Leadership

March 6-8, 2026

Most of us carry multiple internal roles— parts that protect, parts that push, parts that withdraw. Working with these roles effectively means more than talking about them. It means engaging with them through action.

The Unburdened Self is a three-day intensive that uses psychodrama to work with internal roles and self-states. Whether you’re familiar with Internal Family Systems (IFS), ego state work, or other parts-oriented approaches, this training explores how psychodramatic methods can help clients (and practitioners) identify, differentiate, and work with the roles we carry.

We’ll practice:

• Identifying and working with internal roles using psychodramatic and sociometric methods

• Exploring protective strategies and burdened roles without bypassing or overwhelming

• Practicing intrapsychic and interpersonal psychodrama to support unblending, differentiation, and integration

• Applying action-based methods in clinical work with parts and role systems

This training integrates psychodrama with IFS concepts, but the foundation is psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy. You don’t need prior IFS or psychodrama training— just openness to working with multiplicity through enactment.

Investment: $600 (discounts available for students)

CEs and psychodrama training credits available

Register here.

Philadelphia Training Group— Final Call

The Philadelphia Training Group begins February 22 with a few last-minute spots available. Registration closes this Friday, February 7, to allow for participants onboarding.

This closed-cohort group meets monthly through June in Fishtown (2/22, 3/29, 4/19, 5/24, 6/28) and focuses on developing comfort and skill in facilitating and experiencing psychodrama, sociometry, sociodrama, experiential therapy, and group psychotherapy.

If you’ve been considering it, this is the week. Registration will not open again until July, 2026. Details at philapsychodrama.com or email haydn@philapsychodrama.com.

Looking Ahead: Courage to Connect

Our second spring intensive, Courage to Connect: Relational Risk and Attachment, runs April 24-26.

This weekend explores how we show up in connection— the risks we take, the protection we carry, and the patterns that keep us safe but alone. For clinicians who want to understand relational work through enactment, not just theory and storytelling.

Full details coming in the next newsletter. Registration now open at philapsychodrama.com.

Ongoing Offerings

Group Supervision continues Thursdays 12-1pm EST via Zoom. Rolling enrollment for clinicians practicing (or aspiring to practice) psychodrama and experiential therapy. Inquire at info@philapsychodrama.com.

Finding Emotional Power, Karen Moser’s monthly small group for personal growth and building resilience, is open to new members. $120 per session. Contact karen@philapsychodrama.com for more info.

Thanks for coming along for the ride. Spending 2026 with all of you has already been a blast. If any of this feels like something you’ve been looking for, reach out.

— Haydn, Karen, and Dave

This is a closed-cohort training group— meaning you commit to the full series and the group stays together over time. This continuity is what allows you to do your own work, practice facilitating, and develop skills within a group that actually knows you and can support real growth.

It’s where people go deep— not because they’re chasing intensity, but because depth is what happens when you slow down and stay with something.

What It Is

A monthly experiential therapy and psychodrama training group meeting in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Small cohort. Real work. Teaching integrated into experience, not separated from it.

You’ll Learn

• How to warm people up to their own work

• How to read sociometry and work with groups as a whole

• How to direct a psychodrama and facilitate experiential processes with skill and containment

• How to trust what’s happening in the moment instead of running a script

This isn’t about collecting techniques.

It’s about developing the capacity to work spontaneously, responsively, and with real clinical rigor.

Dates (10 AM - 4 PM)

• February 22

• March 29

• April 19

• May 17

• June 28

Registration closes February 7th to allow for participant onboarding and group preparation.

Investment: $125/session, financial and personal commitment to the full series (can pay in full or installments)

Facilitated by: Haydn Briggs, LCSW, CGP, CP, PAT

This group requires an inquiry.

If you’re interested, reach out to haydn@philapsychodrama.com and we’ll set up a time to talk.

Another Way In: The Unburdened Self

March 6-8, 2026

If the training group isn’t the right fit— or the timing doesn’t work— there’s another option.

The Unburdened Self is a 3-day psychodrama training intensive focused on working with internal roles— protective parts, the inner critic, shame, burdened roles— using psychodrama and IFS approaches.

It’s experiential, it’s clinical, and it’s a chance to see how PAPI works without the longer commitment of a training group.

You’ll Learn

• How to identify and work with internal roles using psychodramatic and sociometric methods

• How to explore protective strategies and burdened parts without bypassing or overwhelming

• How to practice intrapsychic and interpersonal psychodrama to support unblending, differentiation, and integration

• How to apply action-based methods in clinical work with parts and role systems

Cost: $600 standard/ $525 early bird

CEs and psychodrama training credits available. Discounts available for students.

Register today.

Weekly Drop-In Group Supervision (Zoom)

If you want to work with us in another capacity, try supervision.

We offer weekly group supervision for clinicians practicing psychodrama and experiential therapy— or with aspirations to practice psychodrama and experiential therapy.

Thursdays 12:00 - 1:00 PM EST via Zoom.

It’s a depth-oriented space for case consultation, role analysis, and action-based supervision. We also offer limited licensure supervision slots for Pennsylvania clinicians.

Investment: $65/session or 6-pack for $330 ($55/session)

Initial $65 consultation required (applied to first session if accepted)

Facilitated by: Dave Moran, Karen Moser, and Haydn Briggs

Inquire at info@philapsychodrama.com

That’s what’s forming. If any of this feels like what you’ve been looking for, reach out.

— Haydn, Karen, and Dave

P. S. We also have two other ongoing training groups (one weekly in Exton, PA with Dave, one monthly in Exton, PA with Karen). If you’re interested in those, reach out to us at info@philapsychodrama.com.

Maybe one of us got your email at a training forever ago and now you’re trapped on another email list.

Either way: welcome, or welcome back.

This is Philadelphia Area Psychodrama Institute. We teach experiential therapy— psychodrama, sociometry, and group psychotherapy— to clinicians and facilitators who want to actually know how to use it.

What Makes Us Different (and Why It Matters)

We don’t teach psychodrama as a bag of tricks.

A lot of people learn the moves— role reversal, doubling, empty chair work— and think that’s psychodrama. It’s not.

If psychology is the study of the mind, psychotherapy is therapy of the mind, and psychoanalysis is the analysis of the mind, psychodrama is the drama of the mind— the mind in action.

Psychodrama is about helping people discover what their mind is in action, what they really need to work on, and warming them up to do it at a pace they can actually handle.

That requires reading the room, understanding where someone is in their relational world (sociometry), and learning to follow the client’s or the group’s lead instead of imposing your agenda.

Most trainings focus on what psychodrama looks like. We focus on how to help it emerge.

We work with groups as a whole, not just individuals with an audience.

Even if you’re doing individual therapy, your client exists in a social world. Their struggles live in roles, relationships, and systems.

We teach people to think sociometrically— to understand the group dynamics at play, whether that’s a therapy group, a family, a team, or the internal constellation of roles someone carries.

And yes, we also teach individual psychodrama and how to facilitate experiential intensives. The point is: you learn to work with what’s alive in the room, not on people.

We teach spontaneity and creativity as foundational, not optional.

Spontaneity isn’t about catharsis or letting it rip.

It’s about being able to respond in the moment with what’s actually needed— trusting yourself, trusting the process, and trusting that the group or client is telling you what’s ready.

The work is experiential. You learn by doing.

Not by taking notes. Not by watching demos alone.

By showing up, participating, and letting the work work on you.

If you care about your work, if you think it matters to grow yourself in service of your clients, if you’re willing to take risks and look closely at yourself— this might be for you.

What to Expect from Us

You’ll hear from us 1-2 times a month, max.

No spam. No endless promotional emails (we are already using LinkedIn for that).

Just updates on what’s forming, occasional reflections on the work, and invitations to train with us when it makes sense.

We run quarterly training intensives, ongoing training groups, and a weekly drop-in supervision group (on Zoom).

You can see everything on our calendar or by emailing us at info@philapsychodrama.com.

That’s it. Thanks for being here.

— Haydn, Karen, and Dave

Philadelphia Area Psychodrama Institute

P.S. If you’re not sure what psychodrama even is yet, that’s fine. Start with the website. Poke around. See if anything resonates. And if you have questions, reach out at info@philapsychodrama.com.

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