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About the Course:  

Mini Stage is an innovative approach to therapeutic work with objects in a miniature stage setting. Clients have a clear view of the stage, the available objects, and the clinician simultaneously. Its compact size makes it ideal for online sessions, ensuring clients have a comprehensive view of the entire stage while collaboratively arranging objects with the clinician's guidance. This facilitates a deeper exploration of clients' inner and outer dialogues, providing therapists with structured insights into their clients' realities.

The Mini Stage serves as a valuable tool for therapists, enabling individuals to externalize and address their issues in a creative and symbolic manner. It establishes a secure environment for the protagonist, offering an additional layer of safety, especially for clients not yet ready for psychodrama participation.

Moreover, the Mini Stage accommodates various therapeutic models, engaging clients with symbolic objects and role-playing to navigate complex emotions and challenges. Throughout this course, the work is conducted in a psychodramatic style, with references to the therapeutic spiral model, relational trauma repair model, and transactional analysis. Mini stage allows working with play, projection, and visual concretization, emphasizing the astonishing effect on clients as they gain new perspectives and creative solutions. While resembling sand tray work, the Mini Stage distinguishes itself by its smaller, yet equally impactful, size.

This video module introduces the utilization of the Mini Stage in online work with individuals. It illustrates the process of guiding clients to assume roles through miniature objects, enabling them to gain diverse perspectives on situations. Participate in a transformative individual session featuring a therapist from the US, guided by a therapist from the Netherlands.

This module is designed for:

• Therapists

• Social workers

• Psychologists

• Counselors

• Psychodramatists

• Educators

• Coaches

Appropriate for those who are new to action methods, as well as experienced practitioners, students in mental health fields, and those who want to develop their skills in action methods. Acting skills are not necessary.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the core principles and techniques of Mini Stage in individual settings, including how to use miniature objects and role-play to externalize emotions and challenges.

Module highlights: 

• Core Techniques: explore essential techniques of Mini Stage, including object selection, and role reversal critical for impactful sessions.

• Facilitation Skills: module demonstrates how to guide Mini Stage, in-person or online for individual sessions, mastering the art of structuring sessions that promote insightful exploration and emotional engagement.

• Mini Stage Mastery: module explains mini stage application in therapeutic settings and strategies for effective online facilitation.

How and where to use:

• In Clinical and non-clinical setting

• Individual setting

• Online and in-person (therapy, counseling, business coaching, classes, group leading).

• For developing social skills, emotional intelligence, conflict management, role training, professional skills training 

• In single sessions (conferences, business training etc.)

Presenter:

Ina Hogenboom holds a registration as a psychologist with the NIP and serves as a trainer in psychodrama at both her own institute and the NBES (TEP). She has a specialization in integrating psychodrama with trauma work, particularly through the Therapeutic Spiral Model. In her practice, Ina skillfully merges psychodrama, sociodrama, and sociometry with techniques from ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), Focusing, Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor (PBSP), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), cognitive behavioral therapy, and incorporates the latest insights from neuroscience.

Module Includes:

Main Content:

• Videos - 64 min

• Test - 30 min 

• Course Survey - 5 min 

Recommended Content:

• Working with Mini Stage Online. Interview with Ina Hogenboom. Part 1 - 11 min.

• Working with Mini Stage Online. Interview with Ina Hogenboom. Part 2 - 15 min.

• Working with Mini Stage Online. Interview with Ina Hogenboom. Part 3 - 15 min.

• Practicum - 30 min

Hours for Certificate:

• 1.5 training hours on the Action Explorations Education Certificate. Our courses may be applied toward professional certification/training hours, depending on your board’s policies. Please verify eligibility with your certifying board or primary trainer. We’re happy to connect and answer questions about course content, hours, and documentation. Reach out anytime with your questions.