Conference Program

THE 100 FACES OF CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMA

4th International Conference for Psychodrama with Children and Youth

Conference Programme in  PDF (version April 14th, 2025) ConferenceProgramme_April.14th

PLACE of the Conference:  str.  Regele Ferdinand nr. 22-26, Cluj-Napoca https://clujhub.ro

Workshop leaders will have the opportunity to pay early bird fees after the early bird deadline. Workshops will have 90 minutes length. Abstracts for Plenary Presentations are published, for Workshops are in the editing process, will be published at the middle of May. 

CONFERENCE TIMETABLE (April 14th, 2025)

(Provisional structure,  final structure will be published at the middle of May)

FRIDAY – September 12th, 2025
16:00-17:00 Registration and Coffee break
17:00-17:15 WELCOMING (APCA-KH)
17.15-18.00 Warmup and Connecting
18.00-19.30 Plenary presentation:HOW OLIVER BECAME THE LORD OF THE SEVEN SEASPSYCHODRAMATIC PLAY THERAPY WITH FAMILIES AICHINGER, Alfons (Germany)
19.30-19.45 Coffee Break
19.45-20.30 BOOK LAUNCH – the Romanian language translation of Hanna KENDE’s book, Psychodrama with Children: Healing children through their own creativity – Short discussion

 

SATURDAY – September 13th, 2025
09.00-09.30 Warmup (Playback)
09:30-11:00 Plenary presentation: THE TRAUMA-RESILIENCE OF ALBERT CAMUS, NOBODY’S SON, AS PARADIGM OF CHILDREN-PSYCHODRAMA – KENDE, Hanna (France)
11:00-11:30 Plenary presentation: THE EFFICIENCY OF CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMA – Pilot research results, Research Team (Bulgaria-Romania)
11.30-12.00 Coffee Break
12:00-13:30

90 min

Workshops I (simultaneously six workshops)

  • PLAYING WITH FAMILIESAICHINGER, Alfons (Germany)
  • WORKING WITH RESISTANCE – PSYCHODRAMA WITH ADOLESCENTSSTEVENS, Craig (United Kingdom)
  • MUSIC-SHADOW-DRAMA, THE POSSIBILITIES OF SHADOW PLAY IN CHILD PSYCHODRAMA GROUPS –  MAJOROS Andrea; RÁCZ Magdi & SZEBENI Viola (Hungary)
  • „HELLO, SCUM! IT IS ME, THE ALMIGHTY!” – WORKING WITH ADOLESCENTSKOLEVA, Dessislava & KOEV, Nikolay (Bulgaria)
  • „PLAY WITH BRAIN” – PSYCHODRAMA WITH GIFTED CHILDRENPOPLĂCENEL Monica & BOCANCEA Anca (Romania)
  • „- WHAT DO YOU WANT? – AN OWNER” – WOUNDED PARENTS AND STRONG CHILDREN ROMÁN Mónika; SZÁNTÓ Bíborka & ROMÁN Sára (Romania)
13:30-15:30 Lunch Break
15:30-17:00

90 min

Workshops II (simultaneously six workshops)

  • „LET’S SPEAK ONE LANGUAGE!” PSYCHODRAMA-FAMILY-THERAPY (PFT) –  MUTAFCHIEVA, Milena (Bulgaria) & FLEGELSKAMP, Stefan (Germany)
  • „HEDGEHOG GIRL” – THERAPEUTIC PROCESS WITH A CHILD IN A DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY CONTEXT (OVERCOMING INTERNAL CONFLICTS AND TRAUMA OF PARENTAL SEPARATION AND DIVORCE) JURIĆ, Ivana; KOLIĆ ANTOLOVIĆ Nikolina & KORUŠIĆ, Vedran (Croatia)
  • „ROYAL SUMMIT” – ROLE-PLAYING CREATIVE GAMES IN ADOLESCENT’S PSYCHODRAMA GROUPS MOGUNOVA, Larissa (Russia)
  • „THE TREASURE IN DISGUISE” – THE FOCUS OF GROUP LEADERSNÉMET Csilla & POZSÁR Bea (Hungary)
  • PSYCHODRAMA ON THE SPECTRUMBITON, Dana & BEDIVAN Ana-Caterina (Romania)
  • „FROGS INTO PRINCES” – HEALING FACTORS OF ADLERIAN CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMAORBÁN Mária & SZŐKE Enikő (Romania)
17:00-17:30 Coffee Break
17:30-19:00

90 min

Workshops III (simultaneously six workshops)

  • „SHALL WE PLAY A STORY?” – PSYCHODRAMA AS A TRAINING TOOLCALLIGARIS, Antonina; ELINOIU, Natalia; GIAMPAOLI, Stefania; MARABISSO Federica; MATTIO, Ezio & MASTROGIACOMO Silvia (Italy)
  • HEALING THROUGH PLAY – PSYCHODRAMA FOR CHILDREN FROM ABUSIVE HOMESDVORNINA, Irina & POPA, Svetlana (Moldova)
  • INTEGRATING ADOLESCENT PSYCHODRAMA, FERENC MÉREI’S PSYCHODRAMA APPROACH AND THE TECHNIQUES OF PLAYBACK THEATREKISS GYÖRGY Ádám (Hungary) & PÉTERFFY Csilla (Romania)
  • „THE CAVER AND THE STALACTITE” – CHILDREN’S PSYCHODRAMA WITH FAMILIESDRINÓCZKY Viktória & MADOCSAI Dániel (Hungary)
  • INTERVENTIONS IN DIFFICULT GROUP PROCESSES SZIKORA Virág, BALOGH Judit & BAUER Hajnalka (Hungary)
  • THE SIX-PART STORY METHOD IN CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMAMÁRTON-LAZSÁDI Csilla & GERGELY Annamária (Romania)
19:00-19:30 Coffee Break
19:30-22:00 SURPRISE PARTYCelebration 100th birthday of Hanna KENDE

 

SUNDAY – September 14th, 2025
09.00-09.30 Warmup
09.30-11.00 Plenary presentation: “DO BODIES KEEP THE SCORE?” – PSYCHODRAMA AND SENSORI-MOTOR APPROACH IN WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH TRAUMA AND RELATIONAL WOUNDS BASTIANINI, Anna Maria; DOLCIMASCOLO, Maria & RAVIOLA, Marco (Italy)
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00

90 min

Workshops IV (simultaneously five workshops)

  • CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMA AND INTEGRATIVE DANCE THERAPYHORVÁTH Dorottya & colleague (Hungary)
  • CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMA AND THE METHOD OF THE „FIND YOUR TALE” GROUP SOÓS Dóra (Hungary)
  • CHILD PSYCHODRAMA WARM-UP GAMES – AN IMPROV DRAMA FOCUS FAZAKAS Mátyás (Hungary)
  • PSYCHODRAMATIC PLAY AS A KEY ELEMENT IN GROUP SCHEMA THERAPY PROTOCOL FOR CHILDRENTEODORESCU Diana (Romania)
  • BETWEEN WORLDS – PSYCHODRAMA WITH ATYPICAL CHILDREN ILYÉS Irén (Romania)
13:00-13:15 Coffee Break
13:15-14:00 CLOSURE

 

POSTER SECTION – permanently exposition under the time of the Conference (from Friday to Sunday)

CALL for POSTERS is OPEN until June, 30th, 2025 ! 

POSTERS received till February 28th 
  • CHANGE THROUGH ADLERIAN CHILDREN PSYCHODRAMA – ELINOIU, Natalia RAVIOLA, Marco (Italy)
  • PSYCHODRAMA WITH CHILDREN IN ISRAEL: AN OVERVIEWRON, Yiftach (Israel)